Islamophobia: is it persecution?

Islamic leaders from all over the world and in the United States claim Westerners are blinded by Islamophobia. William J. Murray examines Islamophobia in the light of the latest mass murders of Christians in Iraq and Egypt.

Religioun of peace bombs church in Alexandria, Eqypt

While Coptic Christians were worshiping at a special New Year’s Eve mass, a follower of the religion of peace set off a  a car bomb in front of the church. Egyptian media reports seven dead, however, the Coptic Church reports 45 known dead with some missing in debris. (See Voice of the Copts)

Christmas Day is not celebrated until January 7^th in Egypt by Coptic and other Christian denominations. About 130 Christians, including children, will probably remain imprisoned on January 7^th, nearly two months after 2,000 members of the state security forces attacked their church building arresting them. Several people were killed during that attack in which police chanted Islamic war cries and tried to tear down the three story building that was under reconstruction. The object of the attack was to prevent the building from being used for Christmas services.

About 25 homes surrounding the church in the Christian area of Giza, a Cairo suburb, were burned to the ground by local police and one news agency reported that more than 20 people were blinded deliberately in one or both eyes. Although the St. Mary’s Church had a permit for renovation and additions from the national government, the governor of Giza, Sayyed Abdel-Aziz told a news agency that the permit had been “misused” by the Christians and the acts of the police were justified.

This bombing of the Church of the Saints in Alexandria shows that the Egyptian government not only ignores but condones attacks on Christians