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Raymond Ibrahim: Open Season on Christians in Libya
It’s open season on Coptic Christians in Libya. A few days after seven Copts were identified as Christians, pulled out of their homes by “unknown gunmen” and taken out and executed in Jarutha, some 20 miles west of Benghazi (see here for graphic pictures), Egyptian Copts are still being singled out and killed. This comes […]
Libya: Seven Egyptian Christians found dead on beach
Who in Libya would have a grievance against Christians? Well, last September, two Egyptian Christians were murdered in Libya after refusing to convert to Islam. And the country is full of “brigades of former rebels and Islamist militias in a country awash with weapons.” So the likelihood that these seven Christians were killed under similar […]
Devastating Benghazi timeline: Obama missed intel briefing five days in a row before jihad attack, went to campaign rally right after it
Note that Obama says, “Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat” the day before a Libyan defense militia warned State Department officials about the jihad threat in Benghazi. “Devastating Benghazi Timeline Reveals Obama MIA,” by Wynton Hall for Breitbart, January 16: The government watchdog group that revealed that President Barack Obama failed to attend […]
Libya announces timetable for Sharia implementation
They voted for it Thanks to Barack Obama. “Sharia begins in Libya,” by Essam Mohamed for Magharebia, January 14: As part of its recent adoption of Sharia, the Libyan government announced a rough timetable for the implementation of Islamic banking and finance. “It is our duty to apply Sharia,” Economy Minister Mustafa Abufanas said last […]
Libya: Christians fearful of implementation of Sharia
“There’s really no such thing as just Sharia, it’s not one monolithic Continuum – Sharia is understood in thousands of different ways over the 1,500 years in which multiple and competing schools of law have tried to construct some kind of civic penal and family law code that would abide by Islamic values and principles, […]
U.S. seeking al Qaeda jihad terrorist linked to Benghazi attack
But…but…the New York Times told us that al Qaeda wasn’t involved! “Months of investigation by The New York Times, centered on extensive interviews with Libyans in Benghazi who had direct knowledge of the attack there and its context, turned up no evidence that Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the […]
New York Times: Benghazi jihad attack caused by Muhammad video after all
Amazing that they would say this several months after it was revealed that “just minutes after 35 jihadists crashed through the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, nearly one year ago, the facility got word to the State Department, FBI and Pentagon that terrorists were attacking, according to a forthcoming book that provides the fullest […]
Libya: Jihad/martyrdom suicide bomber murders 13 people at army checkpoint outside Benghazi
Root cause: “Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed…” (Qur’an 9:111) But don’t talk about that. To do so would be “Islamophobic.” “At least 13 killed in Benghazi bombing,” from Al Arabiya, December 22 […]
Libya: Benghazi has become training hub for Islamic jihadists
What difference does it make, Secretary Clinton? This is the difference that it makes. “Benghazi, Libya, has become training hub for Islamist fighters,” by Nancy A. Youssef for McClatchy, December 12 (thanks to Anne Crockett): BENGHAZI, Libya “” Every week, about a dozen Syrians arrive at Benghazi”s airport for what”s described as insurgent training. When […]
Libya: “Much loved” American teacher shot dead in Benghazi while jogging
Ronald Thomas Smith was most likely killed simply for the crime of being an Infidel in Benghazi, but it is also possible that he was murdered for proselytizing. Daphne Bamburg’s statement certainly gives the impression that he was trying to convert Muslims to Christianity: “Ronnie’s greatest desire was for peace and prosperity in Libya and […]
Libya’s National Assembly: “Islamic law is the source of legislation in Libya. All state institutions need to comply with this.”
As Stephen Brown says below, this does not mean that Libya is going to become a Sharia state a la Saudi Arabia or Iran — at least not at this point. Sharia being “the source of legislation,” which is language that is in recent Egyptian constitutions, is a slight distancing from “Sharia is the law […]
U.S. to train Libyan military, including Islamic jihadists
Really, what could possibly go wrong? “U.S. to Train Libyan Military, Including Islamists,” by Bill Gertz for the Washington Free Beacon, November 16 (thanks to Kenneth): Simi Valley, Calif. “” The U.S. military is preparing to conduct military and special operations training for Libya”s military and the training will risk including Islamist terrorists among the […]
Libyan group abducts nation’s Prime Minister, five days after U.S. commandos seized al-Qaeda jihadist al-Libi
Retaliation? “Libyan ex-rebel group says it ‘arrested’ PM Zeidan,” from AFP, October 10: Tripoli (AFP) – A group of former rebels in Libya said Thursday it had “arrested” Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, after he was seized by gunmen from a Tripoli hotel in a dawn raid. The Operations Cell of Revolutionaries, which in principle reports […]
U.S. raids target Islamic jihadists in Libya and Somalia
…while giving them weapons in Syria. “U.S. raids target Islamic extremists,” from The Associated Press, October 5: MOGADISHU, Somalia – In a stealthy seaside assault in Somalia and in a raid in Libya’s capital, U.S. military forces on Saturday struck out against Islamic extremists who have carried out terrorist attacks in East Africa, snatching a […]
Interfaith outreach in Libya: Muslims murder two Christians for refusing to convert to Islam
Islamophobia: it’s pandemic. “Two Egyptian Christians Slain in Libya,” from Morning Star News, September 30: CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) ““ A group of Muslims robbed two Egyptian Christians living in Libya, then tied up and shot them to death after the two Copts refused their demand to convert to Islam, relatives said. On a rural […]
Interfaith outreach in Libya: Jihad bombers target Catholic church in Benghazi, priests escape unhurt
Dialogue. “Updated | Bombers target Catholic church in Benghazi, priests escape unhurt,” from Malta Today, May 19 (thanks to Tom): Fr Alan Castillo and Fr Raghib Marzouk escaped unhurt after a bomb went off at the Catholic church in Via Torino, Benghazi, late Friday night. According to sources, a bomb was placed at the main […]
Libya: Ten killed in jihad car bomb explosion near Benghazi hospital
More glories of the Arab Spring “As many as 10 killed in car bomb explosion outside hospital in Benghazi, Libya,” from FoxNews.com, May 13 (thanks to Kenneth): TRIPOLI, Libya ““ A car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing at least 10 people, AP reported, in one of […]
UK withdraws some embassy staff from Libya
This “Arab Spring” thing is working out almost as well as “interfaith dialogue.” Here, the UK takes official, albeit tacit, recognition of the ongoing jihad in Libya: “UK withdraws some embassy staff from Libya,” from the BBC, May 10 (thanks to Anne Crockett): Britain has withdrawn some staff from its embassy in Libya in response […]
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