25 June 2009

Tantawi says French president is free to ban burka


A French women wears a face veil in Paris (File)
 
Days after President Nicolas Sarkozy slammed the burka, or face veil, as "not welcome" in France, Islamic scholars said the burka was not obligatory in Islam and said every state had a right to ban the face veil.

AINA
24 June 2009

Dr. Naguib Gobraeel, President of EUHRO asked: ''If this is not persecution then what is?"



(AINA) -- Fears of an impending massacre has gripped the Christian Copts in the village of Ezbet Boshra, El Fashn, which was scene to Muslim mob attacks on Copts on Sunday (AINA 6-22-2009).

London Daily Mail
24 June 2009
 
Saira Khan: My message to those Muslims who want to live in a Talibanised society, and turn their face against Britain, is this: 'If you don't like living here and don't want to integrate, then what the hell are you doing here? Why don't you just go and live in an Islamic country?'

  
Saira Khan, runner up in the first series of The Apprentice,
believes the burkha is an oppressive tool and says it is time
to ban it from the streets of Britain
 
Shopping in Harrods last week, I came across a group of women wearing black burkhas, browsing the latest designs in the fashion department.

London Daily Mail
23 June 2009

He became increasingly radicalised after converting to Islam and consequently changed his name from Andrew Philip Michael Ibrahim to Isa Ibrahim.


Convert to Islam: Andrew Ibrahim
before became a devout Muslim

A former public schoolboy accused of making his own suicide vest using home-made explosives described in court how he became interested in explosives to make himself 'cool' and 'popular'.

23 June 2009


The military podium where Sadat was shot is monument to the army's glory

Nearly 60 years since the Egyptian army overthrew the monarchy, some Egyptians may be looking to the army again for a successor to 80-year-old head of state and former air force chief Hosni Mubarak.

23 June 2009

French president: "The burka is not a sign of religion, it is a sign of subservience"


President says burka undermines French secularism and women's rights

The burka, or face covering some Muslim women wear, is "not welcome" in France because it is not a symbol of religion but a sign of subservience for women, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.

AINA
22 June 2009

Bishop Estephanos of Beba El Fashn: "We will all pray, if necessary we will all become martyrs. Our Coptic Church has been built on the blood of martyrs."

Human rights organization 'Sunshine':  "This is proof to the whole world that Egypt is persecuting the Copts".


Click here: (video of sit-in).
(AINA) -- An Egyptian Muslim mob attacked a church on Sunday, 6/21/2009 in the village of Ezbet Boshra-East, El-Fashn, smashing its windows and assaulting Copts with clubs and white weapons, wounding 25 Copts, in the presence and with the instigation of the State Security.

22 June 2009   
 
The ACLJ is calling on President Obama to take action to put policies in place that would protect Christians in the Middle East.  The ACLJ continues its global work to protect Christians who face punishment - and even death - because of their religious beliefs.
You can read the ACLJ letter sent to President Obama urging action.  That letter is posted here
And, the ACLJ has compiled reports about religious persecution of Christians in Egypt and in Saudi Arabia. 
The Egypt report is here. 
The Saudi Arabia report is here.