Life on Hold for Egyptian Christian Arrested for his Faith
Before his search, Ashraf Thabet did his best to observe Muslim rules, including prayers such as these Cairo Muslims display.(Photo: Compass)
Unresolved charge of ‘defaming religion’ leaves him in perpetual limbo.
CAIRO, Egypt, December 16 (CDN) — An Egyptian who left Islam to become a Christian and consequently lost his wife, children and business is waiting to see if the government will now take away his freedom for “defaming” Islam.
Believers considered second-class citizens in American ally
By Michael Carl
Attacks by Muslims in one of America's Middle East allies, Egypt, on Christians are intensifying, and experts on the centuries-old conflict over Islam's claim to pre-eminence say the violence isn't a surprise.
Sudan investigates case of woman seen being flogged on YouTube clip
Only when Footage sparks international condemnation as police laugh and joke as they administer whipping to screaming woman
What a barbarism!!!
Screengrab from a YouTube clip of a woman being lashed in a carpark by police in Sudan.
Sudan's judiciary has launched an investigation into the public flogging of a woman after footage of her being whipped by laughing policemen was posted to the internet.
Muslims in Pakistan Burn, Beat Evangelist Unconscious
Police decline to name suspects in attempted murder.
Muslim villagers opposed to the evangelism of the Rev. Wilson Augustine, 26, burned his face, hand and arm.
SARGODHA, Pakistan, December 13 (CDN) — An evangelist is still recovering from burns after six young Muslim men beat him with clubs and belts and set him on fire last month in a village near this Punjab Province city, the Christian told Compass.
Sweden suicide bombings: Luton synonymous with Islamic extremism and racial tension
In the last decade Luton has become synonymous with Islamic extremism and racial tension.
Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly's home in Luton Photo: WILL WINTERCROSS
Two years ago a leaked British intelligence report identified the town as being home to one of the main concentrations of extremists in the country.
It has a long and troubled history. In 2004 two of the most notorious terrorist cells in British history met at the Toddington service station just north of Luton.
Sweden suicide bombings: Luton synonymous with Islamic extremism and racial tension
In the last decade Luton has become synonymous with Islamic extremism and racial tension.
Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly's home in Luton Photo: WILL WINTERCROSS
Two years ago a leaked British intelligence report identified the town as being home to one of the main concentrations of extremists in the country.
It has a long and troubled history. In 2004 two of the most notorious terrorist cells in British history met at the Toddington service station just north of Luton.
A Baltimore construction worker was charged Wednesday with plotting to blow up a military recruiting station in Maryland after the FBI learned of his radical leanings on Facebook, joined his plot and supplied him with a fake car bomb that he tried to detonate, federal officials said.
Antonio Martinez, 21, a U.S. citizen who recently converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Hussain, declared on his Facebook page that he hates "Any 1 who opposes Allah." Those kinds of postings, brought to the FBI's attention, sparked an intensive investigation involving an undercover agent, a secret informant and a chilling plot to kill military personnel in the United States because they were killing Muslims overseas, according to an FBI affidavit filed Wednesday.
Egyptian Christian Teens Arrested and Charged in Church Incident
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In what is viewed as a precedent by right groups, Egyptian state security forces opened fire on November 24 on Christian Copts, killing four, wounding 78, detaining hundreds and charging 170 with grievous charges -- "enough to keep them behind bars for 10-15 years," says Coptic political analyst Magdy Khalil.
Muslim Mob in Egypt Firebombs Christian Homes, Businesses
Rumor of romance with Christian sends hundreds into destructive frenzy.
By Wayne King
CAIRO, Egypt, November 29 (Compass Direct News) – Christians in a small village in southern Egypt are rebuilding their lives and homes after hundreds of Muslims rampaged through their community firebombing houses and businesses over rumors of a romantic relationship between a Christian and a Muslim.
At least 23 homes and numerous businesses, all Christian-owned, were damaged or destroyed in the village of Al-Nawahid in Qena Governorate, 454 kilometers (282 miles) south of Cairo. Five people were injured, two seriously.
Egyptian Security Used Live Ammunition on Christian Coptic Protesters, 4 Killed
By Mary Abdelmassih
(AINA) -- Christian Copts worldwide were shocked and enraged at the use of live ammunition by Egyptian state security forces against unarmed Coptic protesters, causing the death of three Coptic young men. A four-year old child suffocated from tear gas thrown inside the chapel. Rights groups inside and outside of Egybpt have condemned the use of excessive violence by security forces and the use of live ammunition against Coptic demonstrators.
Egyptian Christians Clash With State Security Forces Over Church Construction
(AINA) -- Clashes broke out between Christian protesters and Egyptian security forces over the construction of St. Mary and St. Michael church in Talbiya, within the Omraniya neighborhood of Giza, resulting in the killing of two Copts, hundreds of injuries and the arrest of more than 200 Copts.
Egypt NGOs slam investigations with Coptic protesters
Several NGOs have slammed the prosecution’s investigations into Wednesday's clashes between security forces and Coptic rioters. The violence came as thousands of Copts protested a decision by the Giza authorities to halt construction at a local church.
A statement released on Thursday by six organizations accused the general prosecution of infringing on defendants’ rights during interrogations.
Policemen hurl stones from heights at Coptic demonstrators
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One person is dead and some 30 injured after clashes in Cairo over the construction of a church building.
Hundreds of Christians fought running battles with riot police after authorities stopped the expansion of the building.
The Orthodox Coptic Christians maintain they had an official permit.
But authorities say permission was given for the expansion of a cultural centre and not something that resembles a church.
One young female demonstrator said: “They have the right to build their mosques and everything else, but we don’t have the right. And this is our country. We were born here. We should have the right to build in our country.”
In Muslim-majority Egypt, Christians make up 10 percent of the population, and
Christian Copts, Egyptian Security Standoff Over Church Construction
(AINA) -- A Standoff took place on November 22 between Copts and security forces, which stormed the Church of St. Mary and St. Michael, in Talbiya, Giza to stop the construction of the church. It was the second time in less than 10 days that security forces stormed the church premises to seal it off.
Pupils asked to list the 'reprehensible' qualities of Jews
Around 5,000 children attend a network of 40 schools
Diagrams show children how to hack off hands and feet
Children in Britain are being taught brutal Sharia law punishments, including how to hack off a criminal’s hand or foot.
So-called ‘weekend schools’ for Muslim pupils as young as six also teach that the penalty for gay sex is execution and that ‘Zionists’ are plotting to take over the world for the Jews.
One set textbook challenges youngsters to list the ‘reprehensible’ qualities of Jews.
Investigation: A BBC Panorama programme has found that around 40 weekend schools are teaching Sharia law to British children as young as six (file picture)
Muslims Burning Christian Homes an 'Act of Fate,' Say Egyptian PoliceNews
(AINA) -- Police authorities in the Egyptian village rampaged by a Muslim mob on November 15, torching some 22 Coptic houses, came to the conclusion that the fires came about haphazardly as an "act of fate." The Bishop of Nag Hammadi, Anba Kyrillos, rejected the police explanations of the cause of the fires, saying "An act of fate caused 22 houses to be torched? An act of fate also caused torching of shops, a storage house and a large number livestock not near each other?" He added that the two Coptic-owned fields and irrigation machinery were torched one day later, "so was this also an act of fate?"
Coptic Christians in the Upper Egyptian village of el-Nowahed, Abu-Tesht, in Qena Province, were victims of an attack by a Muslim mob of nearly one thousand on Monday, November 15. The attack started at nearly 10:00 pm on Monday evening and lasted until the early hours of Tuesday morning.
