If you turn on any mainstream media outlet, you are far more likely to hear about the poor Syrian rebels and the death toll of Bashar Al-Assad’s forces. What you’re not likely to see is the imminent peril Egypt’s Christians are in. Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate – and frontrunner in the run-off election – Muhammad [...]
Archive | May, 2012
Teen’s sentence for defaming Islam upheld
ASSIUT, Egypt, May 30 (UPI) – A Christian teenager sentenced to three years in jail for defaming Islam has lost his appeal before an Egyptian court, the government said. An appeals court in the southern Egyptian city of Assiut upheld the prison sentence handed to 16-year-old Gamal Abdu Massoud, the Egypt Independent reported Wednesday. Massoud was [...]
Preview ChangesThe McDonald’s Toy Story
By Walid Shoebat The people of Saudi Arabia are furious with the McDonald’s fast food chain for a toy which they say desecrates the name of Muhammed, the prophet of Islam. They are demanding retribution. According to the Arabic news website, Kermalkom.com, “[the McDonald's fast food restaurant] abused the Prophet Muhammad by placing his name at the base of a [...]
UN: Pakistan judges pressured to use blasphemy law
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistani judges are often pressured to convict people accused under the country’s blasphemy laws that call for the death penalty for anyone insulting Islam, a special U.N. representative said Tuesday. Gabriela Knaul, the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, told a news [...]
Yemen: US drone strike kills 5 militants
From the AP SANAA, Yemen – A U.S. drone strike Monday aiming for an al-Qaida leader has killed five militants in the country’s south as part of a Yemeni offensive against the Islamist group, Yemeni officials said. They said the airstrike targeted Qaid al-Dahab, a local leader of al-Qaida, in a convoy of three [...]
Egypt’s Elections and where the Middle East is headed
Walid Shoebat Raymond Ibrahim presents an accurate picture of the condition in Egypt’s elections: “as the Western mainstream media fixate on images of purple-stained fingers—it is well to remember that there is much more at stake in Egypt’s elections than the mere “right” to vote.” He adds: Bear in mind that this is not the [...]
Video: Pat Condell calls out Saudi Arabia
Until western leaders and prominent media pundits – on both the left and the right – start speaking like this publicly, Islam will continue to successfully creep in western lands. h/t BNI
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