Reporting on the persecution of Christians in Islamic countries. http://english.freecopts.net/english/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:32:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://english.freecopts.net/english//images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://english.freecopts.net/english/ Reporting on the persecution of Christians in Islamic countries. http://english.freecopts.net/english//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=9 (AINA) -- Since the Christmas Eve Massacre on January 6,2010, when six Copts were killed and nine seriously injured by Muslims in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Nag Hammadi (AINA 1-7-2010 (http://www.aina.org/news/20100107150122.htm)), the Coptic Patriarchate in Cairo has become a Mecca for oppressed Copts from all over Egypt.Nearly every Wednesday, when Coptic Pope Shenouda III gives his weekly sermon, Copts go to complain to the Pope and make known their grievances to other Copts who never come to hear about those cases due to media blackout. They hope to meet with human rights activists attending the sermon without fear of getting arrested by State Security for congregating under the prevailing emergency laws. News - Latest Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:30:38 +0100 http://english.freecopts.net/english//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1098&Itemid=9 by: Adel MelekaThe planned “Islamic Center” near ground zero with the name “Cordoba” started much debate among Americans and raised some serious questions and divided the country from top to bottom in a time where the country is fighting radical Islam around the Globe and struggling to survive economically. What a timing! The main question to be raised is: are Americans known for “religion intolerance”? The answer lies in the fact that there are 1209 mosques in USA and no body heard about any rejection to their construction! News - Latest Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:28:19 +0100 http://english.freecopts.net/english//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1097&Itemid=9 (AINA) -- Egyptians, Muslims and Christians alike, are closely watching the controversy associated with the Ground Zero Mosque project, though for different reasons. The Egyptian media is giving this issue full coverage with articles mostly accusing Americans of Islamophobia, and supporting Muslims to hold on to their rights to build a mosque anywhere as guaranteed by the US constitution, regardless of what Americans think.On the other hand, some influential Muslims rejected the idea of a Mosque near Ground Zero only on grounds that it would backfire on Islam, by connecting it to the 9/11 events. Dr. AbdelMotey Bayoumi, a member of Al Azhar's Islamic Research Academy, believes it could be a Zionist conspiracy to harm Islam. News - Latest Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:24:51 +0100 http://english.freecopts.net/english//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1096&Itemid=9 The Shoebat Foundation has obtained a shocking audio recording of Rauf's own voice boasting in Arabic that Obama's historic speech in Cairo was provided by the Imam's work with the Cordova Initiative in what the Imam called The Blue Print which, according to him, was the solution to the Islamic-American divide. Rauf claimed that Chapter 6 of the Imam's work engineered by the Cordova Initiative was the construct for the entire speech. Audio Highlight (Listen Now)QUESTION: So who really was speaking on that historic day of June 4th 2009 in Cairo, Egypt?President Obama or the Imam of the proposed Ground Zero Mosque, Feisal Abdul Rauf?ANSWER: Feisal Abdul Rauf! (Link to audio excerpt of Raul interview at bottom of page)The Shoebat Foundation has obtained a shocking audio recording of Rauf's own voice boasting in Arabic that Obama's historic speech in Cairo was provided by the Imam's work with the Cordova Initiative in what the Imam called The Blue Print which, according to him, was the solution to the Islamic-American divide. Rauf claimed that Chapter 6 of the Imam's work engineered by the Cordova Initiative was the construct for the entire speech: News - Latest Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:35:19 +0100 http://english.freecopts.net/english//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1095&Itemid=9 A new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Growing-Number-of-Americans-Say-Obama-is-a-Muslim.aspx) indicates that the number of Americans who erroneously believe President Obama is a Muslim is growing.In March 2009, the percentage was 11 percent. Today, it's 18 percent.The percentage of those asserting that the president is a Christian -- which he is -- has gone down in that time, from 48% in March 2009 to 34% today.A plurality of Americans -- 43% -- say they don't know what religion the president is. News - Latest Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:42:39 +0100 http://english.freecopts.net/english//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1094&Itemid=9 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/the-washington-times/) President Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/) says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we don't?It has become customary for presidents to offer greetings to various religious communities on the occasion of their most holy days. PresidentsFord (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ford-motor-company/) and Carter (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/carter/) both issued Ramadan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ramadan/) messages, as did PresidentsClinton (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/clinton/) and George W. Bush (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/george-w-bush/). The Ramadan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ramadan/) greeting became intensely political during Mr. Bush (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/george-w-bush/)'s tenure because he was seeking to dispel the charge that the war on terrorism was a crusade against Islam. But Mr. Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/) has used the occasion of Ramadan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ramadan/) to rewrite U.S. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/united-states-of-america/) history and give Islam a prominence in American annals that it has not earned. News - Latest Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:49:22 +0100 http://english.freecopts.net/english//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1093&Itemid=9 AFP-Mahmoud al-Zahar said Muslims have to build everywhere so that followers can pray, just like Christians and Jews build their places of worship.Al-Zahar spoke Sunday on Aaron Klein Investigative Radio on WABC-AM. He is a co-founder of Hamas and its chief on the Gaza Strip.Sen. Chuck Schumer says Al-Zahar's comments don't carry any weight because Hamas is a terrorist organization. Schumer hasn't taken a stand on the mosque. News - Latest Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:40:41 +0100