In recent weeks a series of incidents in Egypt give evidence that, post-Mubarak, the Copts are being pressured to assume the time-warped status of dhimmis, a captive people in their own native lands, whose status is to be tightly circumscribed by traditional sharia law. The ancient...
In the context of the recent outpouring of hatred and violence against the Copts, and specifically the destruction of the ancient church in Soul, the Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Ali Gomaa (or Jum'a) has issued a fatwa condemning violence against Christians and their places of...
Back on October 17, 2010, I commenced a blog post on Egypt. I had meant to title it Storm Clouds Gather over the Christians of Egypt. My first sentence was "We seem to be on the verge of witnessing a tragic, and even catastrophic assault...
A briefing by Mark Durie January 20, 2011 http://www.meforum.org/2848/muslims-in-the-west-loyal Listen to the Audio Recording Mark Durie is a theologian, human rights activist, and pastor of an Anglican church in Australia. He has held visiting appointments at the University of Leiden, MIT, UCLA, and Stanford. During his years in Indonesia,...
This article has been published in the Washington Times as "Stop opening churches to Muslims" This past week Fox News posted a report that Heartsong church in Cordova, Tennessee and Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandra, Virginia have made their church buildings available to Muslims to...
This article is published in the February 2011 edition of ViewPoint Magazine. Fear of Islam in the News Fear of Islam has become news. Time magazine’s cover story of August 2010 was “Is America Islamophobic?” Bobby Ghosh wrote: “… where ordinary Americans meet Islam, there is evidence...
Here is a list of false beliefs and modes of thought which make it hard for people in the West to come to terms with the challenge of Islam today. If you are deeply attached to any of these ideas or ways of thinking, you...
I am indebted to Andrew Bostom for reminding us (here, with extended commentary) of Princeton Emeritus Professor Richard Falk's eulogy to the Ayatollah Khomeini, published in the New York Times, February 16, 1979, of which excerpts are re-posted below. Such sentiments seem entirely consistent with the...