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Tunisia: Muslims Threaten Church, Cover Its Cross with Garbage Bags

According to Al Quds, last Tuesday it was revealed that the Christian Orthodox Church in Tunis, one of very few churches in the country of Tunisia, is being "abused" and receiving "threatening messages" from "Salafis." Church members are described as...

Courtroom Terror

Apologists often try to explain away Islamic terrorism as a byproduct of something else. The usual argument is that, because Muslims are politically, socially, or militarily weak—the archetypal example often given is Israel vis-à-vis the...

More Evidence of Egyptian Police Stripping Women Naked?

We all remember the international uproar that erupted when, during a clash between police and protesters in Egypt, the former beat and partially stripped to her bra a female protester (subsequently known as the "Blue Bra Woman"). An older video which...

Egyptian Cleric: No to Mother's Day—Even if it Saddens Mothers

Sheikh Yassir al-Burhami, an influential leader in Egypt's Salafi party—which won some 25% of the nation's votes, second only to the Muslim Brotherhood—just issued a fatwa banning any participation in Mother's Day, which is celebrated March 21st in Egypt...

Egypt's Top Presidential Candidate: 'Sharia Must be Applied'

Yesterday at a conference, Dr. Abd al-Mun'im Abu al-Futuh—the most popular presidential candidate in Egypt and a leading Muslim Brotherhood figure—declared that "Islam must be upheld and Sharia must be applied; nor shall we permit the methods of the...

Islam: The Eighth Wonder of the World?

As we know, the wonders of the world are seven; but there is an eighth "Wonder -of-Wonders" not counted among the seven: this is the "Muslim nation [umma]." I specifically did not say the "Islamic [or Islamist] nation," for within this Muslim nation are...

Muslim Persecution of Christians: February, 2012

Half of Iraq's indigenous Christians are gone due to the unleashed forces of jihad, many of them fleeing to nearby Syria; yet, as the Assad regime comes under attack by al-Qaeda and others, the jihad now seeps into Syria, where Christians are...

Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for "Destruction of All Churches in Region"

According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is "necessary to destroy all the churches of the region." The Grand Mufti made his assertion in response to a...

Egyptian Presidential Candidate: 'I am the Mahdi'

According to today's edition of Egypt's Al-Wafd, a popular political website, the latest candidate for the Egyptian presidency, Muhammad Muhammad Musa, claims he is the hidden Mahdi -- a savior figure in Islamic eschatology. After exiting from the...

Refuting Muslim Apologetics Concerning Tawriya ("Creative Lying")

Sam Shamoun of Answering Islam recently forwarded me an article titled "Tawriya: Islamic Doctrine of 'Creative Lying'? Response to Raymond Ibrahim," appearing on a website called Muslim Debate Initiative, and written by one Shadid ("Severe") Lewis in...