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Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church, Part II
Right Side News 30 April 2013
By Raymond Ibrahim
- Jesus painting splattered with the blood of Christian worshipers killed during the 2011 bombing of the Church of Two Saints
The Modern Era
After some 14 centuries of persecution and church attacks,Egypt’s Copts ushered in the 2011 new year by having one of their largest Jesus painting splattered with the blood of Christian worshipers killed during the 2011 bombing of the Church of Two SaintsJesus painting splattered with the blood of Christian worshipers killed during the 2011 bombing of the Church of Two Saintschurches attacked: 
14 March 2013: International Day to Defend Apostates and Blasphemers
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain 13 March 2013
Press Release
Countless individuals accused of apostasy and blasphemy face threats, imprisonment, and execution
Blasphemy laws in over 30 countries and apostasy laws in over 20 aim primarily to restrict thought, expression and the rights of Muslims, ex-Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
On 14 March 2013, we, the undersigned, call for an international day of action to defend apostates and blasphemers worldwide by highlighting ten cases though there are countless more.
War on Women: Taliban Kill 20% More Women and Girls
FrontPage Magazine 22 February 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
…Islam. Fighting the War on Women since the year 610.
Afghanistan is going really well, as you might have heard. The negotiations with the Taliban are going smoothly and they just put in a bid to kill 20 percent more women and girls in the new united Afghan government.
Muslim Persecution of Christians: November 2012
Radical Islam 4 February 2013
By Raymond Ibrahim
Reports of Christian persecution by Muslims around the world during the month of November include (but are not limited to) the following accounts. They are listed by form of persecution, and in country alphabetical order, not necessarily according to severity:
Kuwait: Man Given Five Years for Insulting the Emir on Twitter
Arutz Sheva 4 February 2013
By Elad Benari
A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to five years in prison on Sunday for insulting the emir on Twitter, a rights lawyer and news websites said, according to Al-Arabiya. This is
Kuwait seeks review of France hijab ban
Saudi Gazette 23 January 2013
Kuwait called on France to reconsider its ban on wearing Islamic face veils in public during a speech at the UN Human Rights Council, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported
Upheaval In Islamic World Greatest Threat To Christians In 2013
Cross Rhythms 10 January 2013
Continuing upheaval in the Islamic world looks set to pose the greatest threat to Christians in 2013, believes Release International, which serves persecuted Christians
Report points to 100 million persecuted Christians
Deutsche Welle 9 January 2013
The non-denominational Christian relief organization Open Doors has said about 100 million Christians face persecution around the world. The group pointed to an increase in
Video: Muslim slave market footage from the 1960`s
The Muslim Issue 8 January 2013
From Africa to Qatar, this old documentary show footage of a Muslim slave market. In the clip African Muslims themselves are buying and selling other Africans as slaves.
Kuwait introduces death penalty for ‘cursing God and prophets’
faithfreedom.org 3 January 2013
Kuwaiti MPs this week approved a law with a death penalty for Muslims who curse God, the Koran, all prophets and the wives of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed. Non-Muslims who commit
Shiite Muslims gain seats in boycotted Kuwait election
Deutsche Welle 3 December 2012
Kuwait's minority Shiite Muslims have gained one-third of the parliament in early polls boycotted by majority Sunni candidates. The opposition has vowed to continue protests
Kuwaiti Turkish Banking Firm Aims to Become First Shariah Bank in Germany
Shariah Finance Watch 30 November 2012
Kuwait Finance House’s Turkish operation, Kuveyt Turk, has applied for a German banking licence and aims to become the first Shariah-compliant bank in Germany. The bank says
Porn sites appear in Islamic countries’ most-visited online rankings
Al Arabiya News 15 November 2012
At least five pornographic websites are among Egypt’s 100 most frequently visited online destinations this year, according to Alexa, a division of Amazon.com that tracks online traffic patterns globally.
The statistic proves particularly significant as Egyptian web surfers may soon be stripped of all access to Internet pornography sites.
Egypt’s Prosecutor General ordered the government’s ministries of telecommunications, interior and information to begin enforcing a ban on online porn last week.
Durham University's 2.5m Kuwaiti gift 'astonishing', says Conservative MP
Telegraph.co.uk 2 October 2012
By Andrew Marszal
Durham University's decision to accept a L2.5 million endowment from a former Kuwaiti Prime Minister who resigned in a corruption row last year is "astonishing", Conservative
Mail order sex workers arriving in Kuwait
bikyamasr.com 25 July 2012
By Sharifa Ghanem
DUBAI: Kuwait security sources said hat they have discovered a hi-tec international sex workers syndicate working in the country. The sources said that the sex trafficking
Kuwait police arrest, detain man for drinking in public during Ramadan
bikyamasr.com 25 July 2012
DUBAI: It is illegal to drink or eat in public in Kuwait during the holy month of Ramadan, where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. Over the weekend, Kuwaiti police said
The History and Ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood
Gates of Vienna 23 July 2012
By Prof. Dr. Hans Jansen
Most Gates of Vienna readers are already familiar with the work of Prof. Dr. Hans Jansen, a retired Professor of Modern Islamic Thought at the University of Utrecht.
Dr. Jansen was the keynote speaker at the Brussels Conference in the European Parliament two weeks ago. A video of his speech (with improved audio) is embedded at the bottom of this post, along with videos of his testimony at the trial of Geert Wilders in the fall of 2010. The text of Dr. Jansen’s speech in Brussels is here, and the transcript of his trial testimony is here.
The paper below was originally presented by Dr. Jansen to U.S. government officials at a conference in Arlington, Virginia in 2006. We are deeply grateful to the author for sending it to us.
The quiet influence of Kuwait's Salafis
swissinfo.ch 28 June 2012
By Sylvia Westall
KUWAIT - When Salafi Islamists objected to a youth forum on politics and religion in Kuwait earlier this year they took to Twitter and other media, but not to the
Men should be allowed sex slaves and female prisoners could do the job – and all this from a WOMAN politician from Kuwait
FaithFreedom.org 12 June 2012
A Kuwaiti woman who once ran for parliament has called for sex slavery to be legalised – and suggested that non-Muslim prisoners from war-torn countries would make suitable
Kuwait Twitter user gets 10 years for prophet insult
The Asian Age 5 June 2012
A lower court in Kuwait sentenced a Shiite tweeter to 10 years in jail on Monday on charges of insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammed, his lawyer Khaled al-Shatti said. "We plan to challenge
