The agony of Chrisian conversion to Islam

Raymond Ibrahim, omce again explains it all for us. 


From RaymondIbrahim.com May 23 also FrontPageMagazine

Conversion, Adultery, and Savagery Strike Egypt 

The true story behind the recent Islamist attacks on Egypt's Copts—wherein over a dozen Christians were killed, hundreds wounded, and their churches torched—is as illuminating as it is sordid.

To recap, Islamists—or "Salafists," as many in the Egyptian media are referring to the "Taliban-looking guys in slippers"—demonstrated before St. Mark Cathedral, insisting that their "Muslim sister" Camelia Shehata be released by the Coptic Church, which was supposedly holding and torturing her, a Copt, for converting to Islam. So Camelia once again appeared announcing unequivocally that she never converted to Islam, and would live and die as a Christian.


Not ones to be deterred, Islamists immediately began rioting about how another Coptic girl, Abeer Talaat, had converted to Islam and was abducted and imprisoned by the Coptic Church—hence the violent rampage (which continued into the weekend, when Christians demonstrating against the attacks were attacked again, with one killed and over 100 injured).

In fact, Abeer did convert to Islam. However, her family did not know; all they knew is that their married daughter had run off with another man. They brought her to stay at a guest house belonging to the church, designed to help separated couples reconcile. According to the priest, she left the guest house well before the Islamists began insisting that she was being held "against her will" in the church.

More telling is why Abeer converted to Islam: to get an instantaneous divorce from
her husband...



Asked in a recent interview if she converted to Islam for its own appeal, or simply to get rid of her Coptic husband, Abeer said "No, I had a lot of problems with my husband and that's what caused me to do this [convert to Islam]. I asked 'How can I be rid of him [her husband]' and was told to 'be done of him by changing your religion' [to Islam], so I did this to be rid of him."

Asked "Do you want to stay a Muslim, Abeer?" she responded with a small "Well, it's something that there's no return from."

As we have seen, and as Abeer knows, Islam's views on conversion are dramatic: Muslims who convert out, the apostates, are to be put to death according to Sharia; non-Muslims who convert in—sincerely or not—are a source of great pride and parade.

In short, all the death and destruction recently visited upon the Copts was performed in the name of a "convert" whose only motivation for converting to Islam was to gain an advantage against her Christian husband. Even the Islamist Muhammad al-Awwa, an inciter against Copts, recently confirmed that Abeer "has no connection with Islam" and does not know the first thing about it.

Many Egyptian media commentators have rightly asked: what sort of Muslims are these who kill and destroy on behalf of an adulterous and bigamist woman—two great crimes in Islam? Apparently for some, gaining converts is more important than actually upholding Islamic principles; for others, any excuse to attack Christians and churches, even in the name of a nominal Muslim, is good enough.
Finally, this entire affair is a reminder of the continuity of Islam's supremacist history. Despite the apologetics and white-washing, anyone who has studied the historic spread of Islam knows that most of the conquered, indigenous peoples who converted to Islam throughout the centuries did so, like Abeer, for the temporal benefits and advantages—including sloughing off dhimmi status—that come with joining the "winning team," and not for anything intrinsic. Perhaps this also explains why the Muslim world's "inferiority complex" is directly tied to the issue of conversion.

Continued jihad against Christians in Egypt

In a dispute between Christians and the Egyptian military government, the verdict went against the Christians.  Even as evidence showed that it was Muslims who were the agressors, Islamic norms must prevail. 

Another example in a long and continuing line of Islamic supremacism actions, designed to drive out any dissenting voice.


From France24 May 29

Egypt sentences Copts over church scuffle  

AFP - An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced two Coptic Christians to five years in jail for violence and trying to turn a factory into an unlicensed church, judicial sources said.

The two men, also convicted of possessing weapons, were arrested on May 18 after clashes between Christians and Muslims in Cairo's Ain Shams district as the Copts planned to hold prayers in the building.

A Coptic-led group that took part in a reconciliation meeting between the two sides says the two men are innocent and their lawyers will try to appeal the ruling.

Sameh Abdel Satar, a member of the Egypt Lovers and Peace Society, said the Coptic Church had obtained permission in January to convert the building, which it had purchased in 2006, into a church.

(.) The caretaker government has said it will draft a law to ease restrictions on building churches.

So first they had permission, then they didn't.  Obviously the law, sharia law is upheld by the military government, as they won't think about removing restrictions, only to ease them. 

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Pakistan victimized by....Pakistan

Not to worry, I can explain.  By blaming any and all conspiracy theories on American policy, Indian paranoia or the Jews, Pakistan self-perpetuates their own victimization.  It can never be their fault, it must always be someone else.  Creating and propagating these lies allows them to continue their victimization, and the continued spread of Islam from Pakistan.  For them to deny their victim status they would, in effect be slitting their own throats by giving permission to Islamists and jihadists that the time is right to take the reins of power.

Pakistan needs to put on their big boy underwear and take a firm and definitive position on Islam. 

What are the chances of that?


From AP/Yahoo May 29 by Chris Brummitt

Amid bombings, Pakistan turns to conspiracies

ISLAMABAD – Facing a surge in violence after the killing of Osama bin Laden, Pakistanis are taking comfort in conspiracy theories that allege Indian or American agents — not fellow Muslim countrymen — are behind the attacks, especially last week's brazen assault on a naval base.

Lawmakers, media pundits, retired generals and even government officials often hint at suspicions of a "foreign hand" in the violence, despite there being no evidence and often explicit claims of responsibility by militant groups like the Pakistani Taliban.

Aired on television talk shows and in newspapers, conspiracy theories are everywhere — underscoring the challenges facing the United States as it seeks to convince Pakistan's overwhelmingly anti-American population that it faces a shared enemy in the Taliban.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton fought back Friday against the stories flying around.

"America cannot and should not solve Pakistan's problems, that is up to Pakistan," she told reporters. "But in solving its problems, Pakistan should understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make problems disappear."

While tales of malign intervention by foreign powers exist in other developing countries, in Pakistan they come with a heavy price. They confuse the country as to who it is fighting and complicate efforts to defeat militants and counter their extremist ideology.

Shifting the blame away from Islamist militants and onto foreigners helps protect the powerful Pakistani army from an uncomfortable truth: its long association with militants that are now turning against the state.

Right-wing Islamists who support the Afghan Taliban and share the Pakistan Taliban's hatred of America and calls for strict Islamic law are also put in a difficult position by the terror being unleashed on the country. For them, it is easier to blame foreigners out to destabilize the country than acknowledge the slaughter carried out in the name of Islam.

No evidence is ever reported to back up the claims, but unsubstantiated rumors make it into media coverage: the bodies of suicide attackers were uncircumcised, for example, implying they were not Muslims...

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Electronic intifada against Israel

The rise of the internet has been both a blessing and a curse.  I, for one would not be able to give you the news and commentary through this blog if not for the 'net.  The ability to research billions of documents instantly is unrivaled by any library of bookstore.  Our natural instincts to reach out and touch someone exploded beyond any ones expectations.  We as a people are united by the strands of a digital Xanadu, for better and for worse.

Jihadists and Islamists have spread Islam, to a large extent by exploiting the internet.  The dissemination of propaganda and Islamic literature, the recruitment of mujaheed, or martyrs, the propagation of lies and falsehoods against the enemies of Islam through so-called legitimate humanitarian groups and the ability to communicate furtively through secure networks all conspire to give Islam much-needed control in their crusade against the West and Israel.

This is jihad by the keyboard.

This is Islam.


From Haaretz May 30 by Tomer Zarchin

Police: Recognition of Palestinian state could ignite violent protests

Incoming commissioner Yohanan Danino says anti-Israel campaigns published on the internet, Facebook are changing the ways in which Israel must defend its sovereignty. 

	Palestinian children march through Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza during rally marking the Nakba, May 17, 2011.
	Photo by: AP

Israel is preparing itself for large-scale violent unrest, Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino said on Sunday, adding that social networks such as Facebook have changed the type of threats to Israel's sovereignty.

Israeli officials have voiced their concern that a plan by the Palestinian Authority to seek United Nations recognition of Palestinian independence would ignite West Bank violence, as well as bring about unrest in Israeli Arab communities.

Earlier this month, during the annual Nakba Day, which commemorates what Palestinians see as the "disaster" of Israel's establishment, more than 100 infiltrators crossed the Syria-Israel cease-fire line at Majdal Shams, and a total of 14 infiltrators were killed on the Syrian and Lebanese borders.

Invaders, not infiltrators.  These people are part of an invading army with no uniforms.
 
Speaking at a conference at the southern city of Eilat, Danino predicted that the various proclamations of a non-violent struggle would soon give way to violent protests as soon as an independent Palestinian state would be announced.
 
"The areas of friction between the [Israeli Jewish and Arab] populations, the attempts to infiltrate borders, calls published on the internet and on Facebook pages to defy Israel's sovereignty, all put forth a new reality," the incoming police chief said.

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Muslim Brotherhood leader wants to run for President of Egypt

And why not?  Obama is reaching out to the Brotherhood as a secular civil rights group who has given up violence and embraced democracy.  The revolution, we are told is either the voice of the little people rising up against tyranny or a new Islamic awakening stemming from the 1979 Iranian revolt. 

The latter would apply here.


From AlMasry AlYoum May 29 by Hany ElWaziry

Brotherhood sheikh to run for president


Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh Hazem Abu Ismail announced his intention to run in Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections.

He said that if elected he would implement Islamic sharia law and cancel the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.

Ismail was the Brotherhood’s candidate in 2005 parliamentary elections for Dokki in Giza.

The group announced earlier that it would not take part in the presidential elections and confirmed that it would compete for only half the seats in Parliament. But Ismail is the second Brotherhood member to have announced his intention to run for president in defiance of the group's leadership. The other Brotherhood candidate is Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, a liberal-minded Islamist.

And that would be a Muslim who does what?  Exactly how is a liberal Islamist defined? 

Muslims attack church in Egypt, Christians prosecuted for defending themselves

Islam attacks Christians and destroy their church, and they defend themselves with rocks and knives.  For that the authorities arrest and prosecute Christians, not the Muslims who initiated the attack.

Where is the outrage from Obama?  Where are the letters of condemnation from Western leaders and the media?  Anybody??


From AINA May 27

Egyptian Military Court Prosecutes Only Christians in Muslim Church Attacks

(AINA) -- A Military court in Egypt has sentenced three Christian Copts to 5-years imprisonment on charges of possession of firearms and pocket knives. The Court released all other Muslims and Copts arrested following clashes on May 19 over the re-opening of St. Mary and St. Abraham churches in Ain Shams West (AINA 5-24-2011). Copts Emad Ayyad and Ayman Youssef Halim were convicted of carrying firearms. Emad Ayyam's son, Ayad Emad Ayad, was convicted of carrying a pocket knife.

Eight Copts, mostly students, were arrested in Ain Shams West and charged with rioting, violence and causing injury to citizens. Three of the Copts were also charged with possession of firearms and knives. Police arrested three under-age Muslims on charges of throwing stones at the army.

Defense lawyer Abraham Edward said "This is a very unjust, severe and cruel verdict." He said that as lawyers they are unable to fathom what is going on.

"Today's case is very strange, a case where there is not one shred of evidence to indict them. If this case went in front of the International Court of Justice they would all be set free." He criticized the five-year prison sentence handed down to Ayad Emad Ayad for carrying a pocket knife. According to the law this is punishable by a six months suspended sentence.

The only evidence they need is the fact that they are all Christians living in an Islamic country.  It should only get worse when the Muslim Brotherhood with the Salafis take charge.

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Muslim rape in Norway: OK by Islamic standards

In Islam, it is virtually impossible for a woman to prosecute for rape.  There must be four male witnesses to the crime who will testify on behalf of the woman.  As women are seen as property and men can have sexual relations with them at their whim and on demand, rape is a non-crime for men, but seen as adultery in women. 

If a woman is raped by a Muslim man, he can claim she" asked for it" by her actions and not be punished.  Women rape victims are stoned to death because of their adultery in Iran, Yemen and Saudi Arabia and others.  Men who are sodomized are considered to be gay, and are summarily murdered also in these same countries.

Remember, this is Islam.


From FreeThought Nation May 27 by Acharya S.

Pakistani Muslim rapist admits women have no rights or opinions in Islam

A practicing Muslim man raped and threatened a young Norwegian girl for several hours. Numerous rapes in Sweden over the past several years have been committed by "non-Western men," e.g., Muslims. In fact, in the past year, all rapes in Oslo have been committed by non-Western men.

This fact is overlooked by Western media as it would be "insulting" to Muslims.  What is most insulting is the reason behind the rapists actions:

"He said that he had the right to do exactly as he wanted to a woman. Why? Because that is how it was in his religion. Women did not have rights or opinions. He was in charge."

Islam teaches utter disrespect for women, who are mere possessions of savage men, to be raped whenever the beasts feel like it. At least this rapist admitted that fact of Islamic misogyny and sexism, which should be obvious to anyone with eyes to see.

"Women are your fields: go, then, into your fields whence you please." Quran 2:223

"Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in beds apart, and beat them." Quran 4:34

"A male shall inherit twice as much as a female." Quran 4:11

"Call in two male witnesses from among you, but if two men cannot be found, then one man and two women whom you judge fit to act as witnesses..." Quran 2:282

Watch the videos at the source article.  They are disturbing and eye-opening.

Taliban plan takeover of Pakistan and their nuclear weapons

They said it.  Once again, from the mouths of our enemies comes a warning and a promise.  The Taliban tell us they will take over Pakistan, and they will take control of the nuclear weapons.  Do you think anyone will raise a finger?  Does anybody care?


From IBN Live May 28

Taliban aims to take over Pakistan, its nukes

Washington: The Taliban has said they have no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, asserting that it is the only Muslim state possessing such weapons and the terror group aims to take over the country as well as its nukes.

Taliban has stepped-up violent campaign to avenge Osama bin Laden's death has renewed fears that the country's warheads could be vulnerable.

Declaring that "Pakistan is the only Muslim nuclear power state," Taliban Spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said that his group had no intention of changing the fact, Wall Street Journal reported. The Taliban, after all, aim to take over Pakistan and its weapons, he said.

A well coordinated Taliban attack on Pakistan key naval airbase at Karachi had triggered fresh global alarm that radical militant groups operating from the country's restive tribal areas bordering Afghanistan might be out to snatch nuclear weapons.

Seeking to dismiss these concerns, Ehsan claimed that US was using this as an excuse to pressurise Pakistan government and military into fighting Taliban, whom he portrayed as country's true protectors.

"Isn't it a shame for us to have the Islamic bomb, and even then we are bowing down to the pressures of America?" the Taliban spokesman mocked.

WSJ said Ehsan's remarks appeared tailored to appeal to that increasingly nationalist mainstream, where conspiracy theories flourish about American, Indian and Israeli plots to deprive Pakistan of its atomic arsenal.

Pakistan's nuclear capability is cherished here as the guarantor of safety from India's far larger conventional military.

The Taliban will use nuclear weapons against whoever they see as their enemy, and that is all non-Muslims or non-Islamic countries.  They will not limit themselves to just defending themselves against India. 

Berlusconi misunderstands Islam and democracy

Silvio Berlusconi has had his share of gaffs and scandals, not unusual for the Italian people and their government, but this is beyond a mere slip of the lip.  He believes that "These events show that democracy can take root in countries that have different cultures from those of the west..."  As with virtually all political leaders, he mistakes Jeffersonian democracy with Islamic ideals and sets up a false conclusion which will come back to bite him on the backside.


From ABNA News May 28

Berlusconi: "Arab Spring shows democracy compatible with Islam"

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The unrest that has shaken the Arab world over the past six months and ousted two of the region's autocratic leaders shows that Islam is compatible with democracy, Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi told said on Friday.

"The principle has been established that democracy is not only compatible with western countries and their civilisations, and I believe this is very important," Berlusconi told journalists at the Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France.

The stirrings of democracy seen in the popular revolts that have taken place in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and other Arab countries are the latest in an "extraordinary period of history" that has unfolded over the past 25 years, he said.

"Who could have predicted the fall of Soviet Communism and the end of Apartheid in South Africa and the Arab people's decision to march towards democracy?" Berlusconi stated.

Tunisia's longtime president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali fled the country in January following a month of popular protests dubbed the Jasmine Revolution. This inspired the revolt in Egypt that toppled its Hosni Mubarak from the presidency less than a month later on 11 February.

"These events show that democracy can take root in countries that have different cultures from those of the west and it's imaginable that these revolts could spread to other countries," Berlusconi concluded.

Jesus was a Muslim

Well, if you believe the billboards that say Jesus is a prophet of Islam, than the logical conclusion is that he has to have been a Muslim. 

Of course we know better, don't we?  The problem is that many people will believe this claim, and without having a basic understanding of Islamic doctrine they will pass this false information on, perpetuating Islam as a religion of peace.

One thing is for sure, Christians will not be out murdering those who "insulted" Jesus Christ.


From The Sydney Morning Herald May 28 by Aaron Cook

 

He's not the son of God, just the support act

CHRISTIANS in Sydney will have their core beliefs challenged by provocative advertisements due to appear on billboards and buses in the next month.

The ads, paid for by an Islamic group called MyPeace, will carry slogans such as ''Jesus: a prophet of Islam'', ''Holy Quran: the final testament'' and ''Muhammad: mercy to mankind''.

A phone number urges people to call to receive a free Koran and other Islamic literature.

The organiser of MyPeace, Diaa Mohamed, said the campaign was intended to educate non-Muslims about Islam. He said Jesus was a prophet of Islam, who was to come before Muhammad. ''The only difference is we say he was a prophet of God, and they say he is God,'' Mr Mohamed said. ''Is it thought-provoking? Yes, it is. We want to raise awareness that Islam believes in Jesus Christ,'' he said.

Mr Mohamed said he hoped the billboards would encourage Christians and Muslims to find common ground. They were not intended to downgrade the significance of Jesus. ''We embrace him and say that he was one of the mightiest prophets of God.''
MyPeace plans to extend the campaign, funded by private donations, to television.

The Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, Rob Forsyth, said it was ''complete nonsense'' to say Jesus was a prophet of Islam. ''Jesus was not the prophet of a religion that came into being 600 years later.''

But the billboard was not offensive, he said. ''They've got a perfect right to say it, and I would defend their right to say it [but] … you couldn't run a Christian billboard in Saudi Arabia.''

Of course not, as Islam is a one-way street.

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Islam in Malaysia: from the inside, a personal story

The "anti-jihadist" has written this very powerful piece on Islam in modern, moderate Malaysia.  This is something everyone should read, as it lays out in vivid detail one man's journey out of the darkness of Islam.


From Jihad Watch May 28 by anti-jihadist

A Malaysian journey from darkness

A Malaysian journey from darkness
by the Anti Jihadist

For most Americans and those reading this, the nation of Malaysia--the country I call home--is likely nothing more but a mysterious, distant, small and relatively unimportant land. Some of you might be familiar with Malaysia's carefully cultivated public image of being some sort of harmonious multicultural tropical paradise, which is recycled endlessly in 30-second-long television spots both here and overseas.

But for anyone who may be trying to come to grips with the grim reality that is Islam, Malaysia may be one of the most important places on the planet. That's because anyone who still, despite all the evidence, feels that there really is a moderate, progressive, tolerant and peaceful Islam, need look no further than Malaysia. Once you do, you'll be thoroughly disabused of this notion.

My own awakening to Islam is mostly a tale of ignorance and more than whiff of denial, punctuated by sudden, shattering and irreversible epiphanies. I say 'shattering' because the ideas that I embraced as I grew up--that Islam is just one religion of many, and doesn't particularly pose a threat to anyone--does not withstand anything more than a cursory examination of the facts. And as the evidence piled up and my doubts grew, those old notions I had held previously, like a sheet of plate glass, came apart under the hammer blows of truth.

The first blow to my complacency was that dark day in Lower Manhattan nearly ten years ago. Like so many others reading this, I was horrified at the televised scenes of destruction and carnage in New York and Washington. How could any rational human feel otherwise? But as the days and months passed after September 11th, I starting hearing Malaysians say, over and over, that the US Government was lying about 9-11, that it was a 'set up' and a plot against Islam. And that the Jews were really behind it, of course. As I realised how sincere these Malaysians were in these outlandish ideas, I thought, "What makes so many people in this country prone to this nonsense?" At the time, the exact answers eluded me, but my budding doubts about Islam festered.

Another devastating blow came when Doctor Azahari Husin, a well educated Malaysian who had willingly and savagely butchered hundreds, maybe thousands of innocents, both Muslim and 'infidel' alike, became the most notorious terrorist in Southeast Asia, When he was buried in his hometown here in Malaysia in 2005. I read about it in the Malaysian newspapers. The local media did their best to humanise the man, and his funeral was like a hero's sendoff, well attended by hundreds of Malays who screamed 'Allahu akbar' as his coffin was lowered into the ground. The Malaysian government said nothing about Azahari's passing, not even a perfunctory condemnation of his wanton deeds. In addition, Azahari's own family has, to this day, steadfastly refused to apologise for any of Azahari's long list of crimes. I remembered thinking at the time, "What kind of government and what kind of family could refuse to condemn a mass murderer?' My doubts grew apace.

How consistent: Homosexuality still punishable by death after "Arab Spring"

At lease we can count on Islam being true to form on the important issues.  As secular democracy races through Arab countries we see the real face of the revolution....again.  Being gay will not be part of the new democratic Islam.

Will anyone take notice of the dichomoty?


From CNN May 27 by Catriona Davies

Will gays be 'sacrificial lambs' in Arab Spring?

(CNN) -- The uprisings bringing political change and demonstrations across much of the Arab world have given millions of people hope of greater freedom. But some gay people in the Middle East fear exactly the opposite.

Homosexuality is illegal -- enforced to varying degrees -- in most Arab countries.
A 2011 report by the International Lesbian and Gay Association reported that homosexuality is illegal in 76 countries worldwide and punishable by death in five, including Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The total number of Islamic countries is 57.  Do the math.

Despite the risks, there are those willing to speak out and campaign for gay rights across the Middle East.

Sami Hamwi, a 35-year-old journalist from Damascus, is the Syrian editor for the website Gay Middle East, but few friends or family know his true sexual orientation.

Hamwi said: "We have been trying in Gay Middle East to start a group to be able to help LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender] people in Syria. It is a work in progress."

How far that work will proceed is anyones guess.

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Egyptian church destroyed by Islam to be re-built in Egypt

We shall see.  Sharia law and the Pact of Umar prohibit the construction or re-building of a church on Islamic lands yet the Egyptian Army wants to do just that.

Appeasement of Christians?  Defiance of hardline Islamists?

We won't know until the church is reopend for services, or is destroyed once again by the "religion of peace".


From AINA May 26 by Daniel Blake

Egypt Orders Restoration of Church Destroyed in Islamic Attack

The military regime in Egypt has attempted to ease interfaith relations by ordering the restorations of an Egyptian church destroyed by Islamist extremists earlier this month.

A group of craftsmen have been dispatched and are working to restore St. Mary's Church in Imbaba, a suburb of Egyptian capital Cairo.

Rising tensions between Christians and Muslims in Egypt have seen an escalation in violence over recent months. However, the country's military rulers are looking to calm both sides and have ordered that the gutted church be restored immediately.

Workers have quickly moved in and are hoping to complete work in just three weeks, even though such work would normally be completed in closer to three months.

Despite the urgent way the ruling military have gone about trying to correct the wrong that was done, critics fear that the rulers will struggle to ease interfaith relations. In particular, they are skeptical of the new regime being able to keep peace without resorting to the violent tactics that ex-President Hosni Mubarak used.

The church in question suffered heavy damage through the fire started by Islamic militants, with the entire ground floor of the church left in ruin.

One of Egypt's largest construction firms has now moved in and will use special chemicals and paint to rescue as many of the church artifacts and paintings as possible.

Malak Gerges was inside the church at the time of the attack, and he reported to Reuters how the Islamist aggressors "dragged me out and threatened and abused me."

Although Gerges survived the attack, one other attendant at the church was not so fortunate. Rescue workers found his burned corpse as they plied their way through the remains of the church

Many of Egypt's Christians, who make up only 10 percent of the country's population, currently fear further attacks. However, Egypt's ruling military council has vowed to protect Christians by increasing security around churches.

Does the world belong to Islam?

From the perspective of Islamists all over the globe, yes it does. 

Iran is one of the biggest agitators for a global Islamic hegemony, their rhetoric and anti-semitic rants keeping the drumbeat of Jew-hating at full boil.  Their blind hatred for anything non-Islamic is evident in how they treat their own people, as well as their total adherence to sharia law.  I love Iran, only for the fact that they are exactly who they say they are and make no bones at all about which direction they want the world to go.

Iran is an easy read, just watch their lips move.


From ABNA May 27

Worlds future belongs to Islam

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “The recent events … show that the future of the world, including [that of] the US and Europe, belongs to Islam,” Moslehi said at a conference in the central Iranian city of Karaj on Thursday.

The intelligence minister pointed to the recent popular revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen and other anti-government uprisings across the Arab world and argued that all of these movements are of Islamic nature, inspired by the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Moslehi referred to the West's “confusion” over the wave of the Islamic awakening, saying Western countries try to attribute the movements to “non-Islamic” roots.

The recent visits by US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to different parts of the world, particularly to the Middle Eastern countries, are aimed at “preventing further losses to the US interests in the region,” he added.

Moslehi called on regional heads of states, especially Saudi officials, not to follow the US path, because they themselves will eventually “get entangled with the Islamic awakening.”

Not so veiled threat alert.

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Islamists fear Christian takeover in Egypt....wait, what?

Some people have framed the revolt in Egypt as such, so far to no avail.  The more appropriate view comes from Christians actually in Egypt, watching their secular revolt being taken over by the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis together.

It would not be fair of me to point out that I have, time and time again tried to tell you the democracy in Egypt is an Islamic democracy, one which is 180 degrees opposite from a Western democracy.

Yes it would.  I told you so.


From Reuters/Yahoo May 25 by Sami Aboudi

Christians worry Egypt being hijacked by Islamists

CAIRO (Reuters) - Last January, Nazih Moussa Gerges locked up his downtown Cairo law office and joined hundreds of thousands of fellow Egyptians to demand that President Hosni Mubarak step down.

The 33-year-old Christian lawyer was back on the streets this month to press military rulers who took over after Mubarak stepped down to end a spate of sectarian attacks that have killed at least 28 people and left many afraid.

Sectarian implies the Christians have equal culpability in the attacks.  This is false, and another way to demonize non-Muslims.

Those who camped out in Tahrir Square side by side with Muslims to call for national renewal now fear their struggle is being hijacked by ultra-conservative
Salafist Islamists with no one to stop them.

Uh, yeah.

"We did not risk our lives to bring Mubarak down in order to have him replaced by Salafists," Gerges said. "We want an Egypt that will be an example of democracy and freedom for the whole world."

When it comes to Islam, what you want and what you get are two different horses.

Sectarian tensions are not new to Egypt, where Christians make up around 10 percent of the population of 80 million. But the frequency and intensity of clashes have increased since Mubarak's overthrow.

With Christians making up only 10% of the population, it is unlikely they are responsibile for the increase in clashes, but they will get the blame anyway.  It's in the Qur'an, doncha know.

Many blame a broader weakening of law and order that began as the protests against Mubarak gathered pace and police deserted the streets. Authorities are trying to rebuild security forces to deal with increased lawlessness following mass jail breakouts.

Egypt's military rulers have vowed to punish those behind sectarian clashes, banned demonstrations outside places of worship and promised to give Christians equal rights.

Wait, you mean Christians do not have equal rights now?  But, I thought they did, you told us they did.  Are you lying to us?

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Boko Haram murders eight in Nigeria

Boko Haram, or "books, him bad" continue to wreak havoc in Nigeria, adding another eight victims to their grisly headcount.  The report refers to the attackers as members of a "radical Islamist sect"  rather than practitioners of Islam as laid down by Muhammad and defined by Islamic leaders today.  A disconnect which hides the real reasons behind the killings.


From AFP/Yahoo news Nay 27

Suspected Islamists kill eight in northern Nigeria

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – Gunmen believed to be members of a radical Islamist sect attacked a police station, police barracks and a bank in northern Nigeria Friday, killing eight people, police said.

"Around 70 gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram launched three separate attacks on a police barracks, a police station and a bank," Borno State police commissioner Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar told AFP.

The attacks happened in Damboa, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of Maiduguri, the state capital.

"Eight people were killed in the attacks, including four policemen. The other four were residents," he said.

Five other people were seriously injured, he added.

"They stormed the town in four buses and some motorcycles and used guns and explosives in the attacks before a joint military and police team engaged them in a shootout that lasted for over one hour," he said.

Police had launched a man-hunt for the attackers after they escaped the scene, the police chief added.

Police have blamed the sect for a series of bomb attacks and shootings in Maiduguri in recent months.

No mention of motive, as if this happened in a vacuum.  I wonder why that is?

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"the Iranian people and world nations are awakened and demand justice, freedom and the complete elimination of Israel"

This is Islam.


From PressTV May 26

Iran warns of US plots to save Israel

 

 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned against plots hatched by the United States to save Israel, urging world nations to remain vigilant.

 

“The US seeks to save the Zionist regime (Israel) with deceit. Everybody should know that the survival of the Zionist regime and its existence even in one span of the Palestinian soil is like preserving a cancerous tumor in the body of regional nations, and [is] a permanent threat against them,” said President Ahmadinejad in the Iranian city of Qom on Thursday.

He added that the Iranian people and world nations are awakened and demand justice, freedom and the complete elimination of Israel, IRNA reported.

The Iranian chief executive pointed to new plots of the US against the Palestinian people and its support for Israel and said, “Nations should choose officials who explicitly express their opposition to the presence of the US and Zionists in the region.”

President Ahmadinejad warned regional countries against an escalation of the situation in the region, stressing, “They should be cautious not to jump out of the frying-pan into the fire.”

He said the US foreign policy after Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979 has been aimed at stopping the progress of the Iranian nation and stressed that US President Barack Obama will “fail and become history with humiliation.”

“The enemy has worn the mask of deceit and is chanting the slogan of peaceful coexistence… but in fact intends to impose American ideas on nations,” Ahmadinejad added.

“Today, the plots of enemies have become more complicated than [those of] the past. They smile and threaten at the same time. They use their political, military and economic capabilities against nations while claiming to be flagbearers of defending human rights.”

Jihadists who beat teacher of Islam to girls were under surveillance for being jihadists

The police were already in the middle of investigating the suspects for jihadist activities, it was a bit of luck they heard the plot to kill the teacher.  They still did not stop the attack, probably fearing that their investigation would be jeopardized with the case they were building.  I guess the wait is over as far as prosecuting the men. 


From The Telegraph May 26 by Duncan Gardham

Men who beat up RE teacher were terrorist suspects

Azad Hussain, left to right, Akmol Hussein, Sheikh Rashid,
and Simon Alam all admitted causing grievous bodily harm
with intent after ambushing Gary Smith, left, outside his school.
Photo: PA

The Security Service had placed a listening device in a car driven by one of the men as part of an investigation into a suspected terrorist network in East London, sources told the Daily Telegraph.

When transcribers went back over a conversation the men had held in the car, they were picked up discussing killing Gary Smith and praising Allah as they drove from the scene after attacking him.

Akmol Hussein, 27, Sheikh Rashid, 27, Azad Hussain, 26, and Simon Alam, 19, all admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent after ambushing Mr Smith outside his school.

Akmol Hussein was heard setting out the plan to attack Mr Smith, head of religious education at Central Foundation Girls' School in Bow, east London, saying in a Bangladeshi dialect: 'This is the dog we want to hit, to strike, to kill.’

'He's mocking Islam and he’s putting doubts in people's minds...How can somebody take a job to teach Islam when they’re not even a Muslim themselves?' he added.

Mr Smith, 37, had been head of religious studies at the school for eight years and was described as an able, enthusiastic and popular teacher.

He followed the national curriculum by teaching his pupils all six of the main religions along with ethical issues such as abortion and euthanasia and the role of women.

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Democracy marches on in Egypt

As you read this, secular democacy is bloomig all over the Middle East.  Obama is reaching out to the Muslim Brotherhood, calling it a secular organization which builds boys clubs and has eschewed violence.  Then how does Obama explain these articles? 


From AlMasryAlYoum May 26 by Hany ElWaziry

Brotherhood leader: Next govt to be Islamist

 

A new video posted on the internet shows a prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader saying Egypt's next government will be Islamist.

The clip shows Sobhi Saleh, a senior Brotherhood figure who was a member of a judicial panel that laid down Egypt's current interim constitution, making statements to the group's younger members that became controversial. 

In the clip, Saleh said younger Brotherhood members should marry wives from within the group, saying those marriages will produce children and families that will form a "Brotherhood community able to impose its presence on life in Egypt."

 

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...and with Islamists comes sharia...

 

From AlMasryAlYoum May 25  by Khalaf Ali Hassan

 

Brotherhood leader: We shall apply Islamic sharia 

 

The Muslim Brotherhood would apply Islamic sharia if it came to power, said leading Brotherhood figure Sobhi Saleh, adding that sharia protects non-Muslim citizens.

“Terms like civil or secular state are misleading,” he said. “Islamic sharia is the best system for Muslims and non-Muslims."

Saleh apologized for his earlier statements that the Muslim Brotherhood could not recognize liberals or communists as Muslims, and that he disapproved of Muslims marrying outside the group.

“The media incorrectly paraphrased my statements,” he said.

Translated from the Arabic Edition

Upholding the Qur'an; sura 4, verse 34

YUSUFALI: Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great (above you all).
PICKTHAL: Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.
SHAKIR: Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.

The best of men are those who uphold the word of Allah.

This is Islam.

From Gulf Daily News May 26

'Beat women drivers' call 


RIYADH: A campaign has been launched on Facebook calling for men to beat Saudi women who drive their cars in a planned protest on June 17 against the ban on women taking the wheel. The call comes as activists are demanding the release of Manal Al Sharif, a Saudi woman who was jailed for defying the ban.

The page, titled "The Iqal Campaign: June 17 for preventing women from driving," refers to the Arabic name for the cord used to hold on the traditional headdress worn by many men in the Gulf, advocating the cord be used to hit women who dare to drive.