KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
WHEN IT COMES TO MUSLIM COUNTRIES.THE WEST IS SO HYPOCRITICAL.AS WELL AS THE ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES GETTING THE AID.
THE EUROPEAN UNION GIVES 6 BILLION TO EGYPT ALONE A YEAR.CANADA GIVES 9 MILLION A YEAR TO EGYPT.AMERICA GIVES 1.6 BILLION A YEAR TO EGYPT.WITH ALL THIS AID GOING TO EGYPT ALONE FROM THE WEST.MY QUESTION IS? WHY DOES EGYPTIANS CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL AND THE WEST WHEN THEY GET AT LEAST $8 BILLION A YEAR FROM THE WEST.IF THESE ARAB - JMUSLIMS IN EGYPT WANT A FRIEND THAT SUPPLIES THEM ENDLESS CASH KILLED OFF.HOW MUCH THE MORE IF THIS ENDLESS CASH FLOW EVER ENDED.AND THE WEST STILL GLADLY GIVES THE CASH EVEN THOUGH AT LEAST 80 CHURCHES HAVE BEEN LOOTED AND BURNED IN THE LAST 6 DAYS OF THE EGYPTIAN SO CALLED PEACEFUL PROTESTS.THE WEST CALLS THEMSELVES A CHRISTIAN LEAD NATIONS BUT LET THE MUSLIMS GLADLY BURN DOWN CHURCHES AND PERSECUTE AND KILL CHRISTIANS IN ALL THESE ARAB - MUSLIM COUNTRIES.HOW HYPOCRITICAL ARE THE WESTERN NATIONS.LETTING ARAB-MUSLIMS KILL OFF CHRISTIANS AND STILL FEED THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THESE COUNTRIES.JUST LIKE ISRAEL FORCED TO FREE MURDERERS TO KILL ISRAELIS AGAIN.THE WEST IS EVEN WORSE.BY PAYING THESE ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO MURDER CHRITIANS AND RIOT AND BURN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.YOU MIGHT SAY THE WEST IS BUYING THE DEATH OF CHRISTIANS-JEWS IN ALL THE MIDEAST ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES.DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO THE SO CALLED MORAL WESTERN NATIONS.THAT THEY FEED ENDLESS CASH TO ARAB - MUSLIMS TO KILL THE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THEIR COUNTRIES.WITH FRIENDS LIKE ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES.WHO NEEDS ENEMIES!
ISRAEL PERSECUTED WORST IN HISTORY YET
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
ISAIAH 31:5
5 As birds flying,(PLANES) so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;(WITH PLANES) defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.(NUKE OR BOMB ISRAELS ENEMIES)
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
ISAIAH 14:12-15
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(SATAN HAS PROUD I PROBLEMS)
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
LUKE 10:18
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.(FOR WANTING TO BE GOD-SATAN HAD AND HAS EYE AM TROUBLES)
JOB 1:7
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.(PROOF SATAN ON EARTH WALKING AND CAUSING CHAOS WITH THE 1/3RD FALLIN ANGELS WITH HIM FROM THE FALL-SATANS ARMY PUPPETS TO KILL ,STEAL,DESTROY)
MATTHEW 4:1,3,5,8-9,11
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.(SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH IN THE WILDERNESS IN JERUSALEM AREA TEMPTING JESUS)
3 And when the tempter (SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH) came to him,(JESUS) he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
5 Then the devil (SATAN) taketh him (JESUS) up into the holy city,(JERUSALEM) and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,(MOUNT)
8 Again, the devil (SATAN LITERALLY) taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him (JESUS) all the kingdoms of the world,(ON EARTH) and the glory of them;
9 And (SATAN) saith unto him,(JESUS) All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.(SATAN AS GOD INSTEAD OF REVERSE SATAN WORSHIPPING JESUS AS GOD OF ALL THE EARTH WHICH IS THE REAL TRUTH)
11 Then the devil (SATAN) leaveth him,(WALKS AWAY LITERALLY FROM JESUS ON EARTH) and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.(JESUS-GOD)
2 CORINTHIANS 11:3
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his (SATANS A MALE,NOT FEMALE) subtilty,(LITERALLY IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IN THE MIDEAST ON EARTH) so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
1 PETER 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:(ESPECIALLY ISRAEL HE HATES THE WORST)
JOHN 10:10
10 The thief (SATAN) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
MATTHEW 12:24
24 This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub(SATANS NAME) the prince of the devils.(FALLIN DEMONIC ANGELS AT THE FALL WITH HIM)
JOHN 12:31
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince (SATAN-ALSO THE PRINCE OF THE GODLESS MEDIA) of this world be cast out.
EPHESIANS 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(SATAN THE SATANIC DEMON BEHIND THE GODLESS MEDIA) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
REVELATION 12:4-6,13-17
4 And his tail (SATANS)drew the third part of the stars of heaven,(1/3RD OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL WHO ARE DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS-DEMONS) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (ISRAEL) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(SATANS LAST HOLOCAUST TO TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL FOREVER)
5 And she brought forth a man child,(MARY DID-JESUS WHO IS(JEWISH) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman (MARY WHOS JEWISH REPRESENTING ISRAEL)fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(3 1/2 YRS)
13 And when the dragon (SATAN) saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman (MARY) which brought forth the man child. (JESUS IS JEWISH)(ISRAEL PERSECUTED THE WORST IN HISTORY YET)
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.(PROTECTED FOR 3 1/2 YRS IN PETRA JORDAN)
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.(A TSUNAMI I BELIEVE SATAN WILL TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL WITH)
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.(GOD PROBABLY CREATES A QUAKE TO STOP THE TSUNAMI WATERS)
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,(SAVED) which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The head of the United Nations admitted this past week that the
organization he heads has had a bias against Israel.“Unfortunately,
because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel
has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias and sometimes
even discrimination,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon admitted during
his visit to Jerusalem, according to the European Jewish Press (EJP).Addressing students participating in the Rishon Lezion College of
Management’s Model UN program at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem, Ban
said Israel should be treated equal to all the other 192 UN member
states.The comments came in response to complaints by the students that
Israel receives more criticism than any other member country in the
world body.Ban told the students he had come to the region for the sixth time to
express his support for the renewed peace talks between Israel and the
Palestinian Authority."I have never been this optimistic," he said, according to EJP,
adding that the international community had never had such expectations
and hope that the peace process would reach a solution.“This time, I expect real peace,” the UN chief said, urging both
sides ‘’to be patient’’ and adding that negotiations are still the best
way to reach a two-state solution.“The Israeli and Palestinian people are neighbors and have no choice
but to live in harmony and peace, side by side,” Ban was quoted by EJP as having said.On Friday, Ban met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu,
who told him that the Israeli-Arab conflict has nothing to do with the
Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and everything to do with Arab
refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.“As far as the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, we have to get to
the root cause of the problem and the root cause was and remains the
persistent refusal to recognize the Jewish State in any boundary,” said
Netanyahu.“It doesn’t have to do with the settlements – that’s an issue that
has to be resolved, but this is not the reason that we have a continual
conflict. The conflict preceded the establishment of a single settlement
by half a century and when we rooted out all the settlements in Gaza,
the attacks continued because of
this basic opposition to the Jewish State. I think it’s important to
understand that if we build a few hundred apartments in Gilo or Ramot,
or the other Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem, or in urban blocks that
everybody knows, including the Palestinian negotiating team, according
to the Al Jazeera leaks, will be part of the final peace map
in Israel, I think these are not the real issues that we need to
discuss.”Netanyahu called on Ban to look into the abuse of UNRWA (the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency) camps in Gaza which was running "peace camps"
that were actually being used to "instill the culture of hatred and the
ideas of destroying Israel amidst Palestinian children.”Ban also called on Israelis and PA Arabs
to overcome "deep skepticism" that he said risked thwarting efforts to
reach a peace agreement. "We must overcome the deep skepticism that
comes from 20 years of
stalemate," Ban said at a meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli President
Shimon Peres.
Ban Ki-moon admits UN bias against Israel
PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME
PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).
WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 PETER 4:16-19
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt has once again unreservedly taken the side of the army. After three days of violence following the clearing out of Morsi supporters from sit-ins, the community led by Pope Tawadros II released its first official reaction on Friday night. The statement came at the end of the 'day of anger', on which dozens of churches and buildings outside the capital linked with the Christian presence were attacked by Islamists. All the while the Police continued to shoot at Morsi supporters. It should also be noted, however, that in some cases, such as in Sohag and Mynia, moderate Muslims have constructed human chains in order to hold back Islamists and to protect Christian places of worship.At the end of another day of clashes, a very tough statement was issued, published on the website of Pope Tawadros, head of the largest Egyptian Christian faith. The text leaves no margin for dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Coptic Orthodox Church states that it is on "the side of Egyptian law, of the armed forces and of all the Egyptian civil institutions when it comes to confronting violent armed organisations and ambiguous forces for wrongdoing, either within the country or abroad". He encourages listeners to look beyond the squares where the Muslim Brotherhood have been holding sit-ins, to look further in order to gain a general overview of what has been occurring for weeks in the country. "The attacks on government buildings and peaceful churches are terrorising everyone, whether they be Copts or Muslims. These actions go against any religion, any moral code and any sense of humanity", reads the text released by the Coptic Pope Tawadros.The Coptic Church also issued a harsh judgement on the way in which the crisis is reported outside Egypt. It expressly speaks of "falsehoods broadcast by Western media", urging for an "objective" revision to be made of the descriptions given of the actions of those unreservedly labelled as "blood-thirsty radical organisations". The Coptic Orthodox Church maintains that, "instead of legitimising them with global support and political coverage while they are trying to wreak havoc and destruction upon our beloved land, the media should report all events truthfully, with accuracy and with honesty".On a broader level, Tawadros accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of having sought out any way to bring about sectarian clashes. He reaffirmed his own support for "national unity" while rejecting any form of "international interference in our internal affairs. As the hand of evil continues to commit arson, to kill and to destroy, God's hand comes closer in order to protect, to strengthen and to rebuild. We place our full trust in Him in leading the Egyptian people at this delicate time in our history towards a better future, one which is full of peace, justice and democracy, all of which are things the people of the Nile Valley deserve".This stance reflects the mood of the vast majority of Copts, who have expressed their support for the army in many different ways in the last few days, even with regards to the wave of terror and the church attacks. However, at the same time, this creates the risk of greater exposure of the Copts to the wrath of the radicals - all of this to the backdrop of an ever more dangerous downward spiral.
Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi is one of the hundred wealthiest men in the world. He lives between Addis Ababa and Riyadh, is of Ethiopian birth and has Saudi nationality. His fortune has been amassed through his work in a wide range of sectors including mining, hospitals, finance, agriculture and oil. There is only one other dark-skinned man in the world who has greater wealth than he does.Incredibly acute inequality is nothing out of the ordinary in Ethiopia – a country with eighty million inhabitants whose life expectancy is below fifty. Ethiopia has an incredibly exclusive elite made up of few very wealthy citizens, with very prosperous countries not too far away. For a case in point, we could look at the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia, nations that have built their immense wealth on oil. These are Islamic countries keen to swell the ranks of those who follow the words of the Quran, even in Queen Sheba’s homeland, where Mohammed sought refuge when he was forced to flee persecution in Mecca.“Our challenge also centres around the poverty of our own people”, says the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Abune Berhaneyesus Dermerew Souraphiel, “the Saudis help our poor people in exchange for them converting to Islam. The Saudis know that they will not be good Muslims, but that their children will be. In this way, Saudi Wahabbism is putting peaceful coexistence in Ethiopia at risk”.On 9 August, 10,000 Muslims paraded through the streets of the capital to celebrate the end of Ramadan. They called for the release of the imams arrested some twenty months ago because of their links with fundamentalist groups and the sermons they preached after praying. Religious leaders have been accused of conspiring against the state. The demonstration descended into violent clashes, with some injured and a few deaths. The Islamic community has very tense links with the government, even though several ministers are Muslim. The country’s economy is seeing strong growth, but a lot is left to be desired in the area of human rights. For instance, one year ago, twenty journalists were convicted of conspiring against the government and given very severe sentences of between eight years and life.In August last year, the Orthodox Patriarch Abuna Paulos and Melles Zenawi died. The latter had been the one to overthrow the former dictator, Mengistu, before ruling the country from the end of the 1991 war onwards. The deaths of these two important figures now means that the political balance and religious balance are much more delicate. According to the last government census, 34% of Ethiopians practice Islam, while Christians make up 62% of the population. 44% of Ethiopians are Orthodox Christians, while 17% are Protestant and only 1% are Catholics, who number around 800,000 in total. Despite their small numbers, the Catholics run a large share of the social services. For some time, Christians and Muslims have worked together on several social works. Furthermore, recently an Interreligious Council was created in order to facilitate dialogue and manage shared services. “The government entrusts us with many social services because we do not discriminate”, says the Archbishop of Addis Ababa and President of the Ethiopian Bishops’ Conference, who underscored the fact that nor should the state discriminate against anyone, basing itself on its own most fundamental form of legislation, “our constitution is open to all religious groups. The Muslims would like to impose Sharia law, but public courts do not apply religious laws”. In Ethiopia, many keep a close eye on how the crises in North Africa and the Middle East are developing, in particular those in Syria and Egypt. If the Muslim Brotherhood ends up on top, this could grant renewed strength to Islamic Salafist groups, who want to impose Sharia law and give Islams a greater presence in public life.
Men riding a motorbike threw acid at two British teenage girls in Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar region, leaving them with facial, chest and back injuries, a senior police official said on Thursday.The Zanzibar government has offered a $6,170 reward for information on attackers who threw acid at two British Jewish women.Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18 and reportedly active members of the Federation for Zionist Youth (FZY), are from England's northern city of Manchester. According to police in the Indian Ocean archipelago, they were flown to Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam.Trup’s father, Marc Trup, a dentist in Hampstead, told the Telegraph: “We're trying to get them back as soon as possible. We're trying to organize a medivac flight." They had been volunteering at a local school in Zanzibar, an island that is popular with international tourists but suffered a wave of deadly protests last year as supporters of an Islamist group repeatedly clashed with the police.Britain is concerned about Wednesday's attack and is "in contact with the Tanzanian authorities," the Foreign Office said in a statement.A friend of Trup's, Oli Cohen, 21, told the Jewish Chronicle, "Katie was attacked two weeks ago by a Muslim woman for singing on Ramadan. She was shocked as it just came from out of the blue - but she wasn't scared enough to come home she stayed out there to finish her trip and volunteering.” The police, however, described the attack as "an isolated incident", refusing to link it to rising religious tension on the island between majority Muslims and its Christian population.The police said it was the first time visitors to the island had been attacked in this way, describing the incident as “alien” to both the police investigating and the victims. Officers had no idea as to the motive, they said."The attackers approached the girls as they were walking on a street at around 7:15 p.m. and threw acid at them," Zanzibar Urban West regional police commander Mkadam Khamis Mkadam told Reuters. "The incident occurred when the streets were deserted as most people were breaking their Ramadan fast."Television images showed one girl obviously in pain in the back of a car at the Zanzibar airport."The victims sustained facial, chest and back injuries from the acid attack," Mkadam said.According to the Jewish Chronicle, Gee's mother, Nicky was previously featured in the Chronicle as a supporter of the Israel-based Hazon Yeshaya Soup Kitchens charity.Friends of the victims took to Twitter to express their shock and support, the Chronicle reported. Sabrina Davies tweeted, "Hope @katiejgee and Kirstie make a speedy recovery, thinking of you both xxx." Louisa Green also tweeted, "Can't actually believe what I just read in the news... Absolutely horrific. Thoughts are with @katiejgee and Kirsty Xxx".Jemima Schav also contributed to the Twitter conversation, saying, "Really hoping @katiejgee is okay right now".The Britons were expected to fly home on Thursday.The attack came during the tourist season in the historic town and after a Zanzibar Muslim leader, Sheikh Fadhil Suleiman Soraga, was hospitalised with acid burns in a November attack.Two Christian leaders were killed early this year in separate attacks.A separatist group in Zanzibar, Uamsho (Awakening), is pushing for the archipelago to exit from its 1964 union with mainland Tanzania, which is ruled as a secular country. Uamsho wants to introduce Islamic Sharia law in Zanzibar.
Supporters of the group have engaged in running street battles with the police in the past, but authorities have not linked the group with the attacks on Christian clerics.
WHEN IT COMES TO MUSLIM COUNTRIES.THE WEST IS SO HYPOCRITICAL.AS WELL AS THE ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES GETTING THE AID.
THE EUROPEAN UNION GIVES 6 BILLION TO EGYPT ALONE A YEAR.CANADA GIVES 9 MILLION A YEAR TO EGYPT.AMERICA GIVES 1.6 BILLION A YEAR TO EGYPT.WITH ALL THIS AID GOING TO EGYPT ALONE FROM THE WEST.MY QUESTION IS? WHY DOES EGYPTIANS CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL AND THE WEST WHEN THEY GET AT LEAST $8 BILLION A YEAR FROM THE WEST.IF THESE ARAB - JMUSLIMS IN EGYPT WANT A FRIEND THAT SUPPLIES THEM ENDLESS CASH KILLED OFF.HOW MUCH THE MORE IF THIS ENDLESS CASH FLOW EVER ENDED.AND THE WEST STILL GLADLY GIVES THE CASH EVEN THOUGH AT LEAST 80 CHURCHES HAVE BEEN LOOTED AND BURNED IN THE LAST 6 DAYS OF THE EGYPTIAN SO CALLED PEACEFUL PROTESTS.THE WEST CALLS THEMSELVES A CHRISTIAN LEAD NATIONS BUT LET THE MUSLIMS GLADLY BURN DOWN CHURCHES AND PERSECUTE AND KILL CHRISTIANS IN ALL THESE ARAB - MUSLIM COUNTRIES.HOW HYPOCRITICAL ARE THE WESTERN NATIONS.LETTING ARAB-MUSLIMS KILL OFF CHRISTIANS AND STILL FEED THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THESE COUNTRIES.JUST LIKE ISRAEL FORCED TO FREE MURDERERS TO KILL ISRAELIS AGAIN.THE WEST IS EVEN WORSE.BY PAYING THESE ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO MURDER CHRITIANS AND RIOT AND BURN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.YOU MIGHT SAY THE WEST IS BUYING THE DEATH OF CHRISTIANS-JEWS IN ALL THE MIDEAST ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES.DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO THE SO CALLED MORAL WESTERN NATIONS.THAT THEY FEED ENDLESS CASH TO ARAB - MUSLIMS TO KILL THE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THEIR COUNTRIES.WITH FRIENDS LIKE ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES.WHO NEEDS ENEMIES!
ISRAEL PERSECUTED WORST IN HISTORY YET
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
ISAIAH 31:5
5 As birds flying,(PLANES) so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;(WITH PLANES) defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.(NUKE OR BOMB ISRAELS ENEMIES)
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
ISAIAH 14:12-15
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(SATAN HAS PROUD I PROBLEMS)
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
LUKE 10:18
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.(FOR WANTING TO BE GOD-SATAN HAD AND HAS EYE AM TROUBLES)
JOB 1:7
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.(PROOF SATAN ON EARTH WALKING AND CAUSING CHAOS WITH THE 1/3RD FALLIN ANGELS WITH HIM FROM THE FALL-SATANS ARMY PUPPETS TO KILL ,STEAL,DESTROY)
MATTHEW 4:1,3,5,8-9,11
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.(SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH IN THE WILDERNESS IN JERUSALEM AREA TEMPTING JESUS)
3 And when the tempter (SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH) came to him,(JESUS) he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
5 Then the devil (SATAN) taketh him (JESUS) up into the holy city,(JERUSALEM) and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,(MOUNT)
8 Again, the devil (SATAN LITERALLY) taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him (JESUS) all the kingdoms of the world,(ON EARTH) and the glory of them;
9 And (SATAN) saith unto him,(JESUS) All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.(SATAN AS GOD INSTEAD OF REVERSE SATAN WORSHIPPING JESUS AS GOD OF ALL THE EARTH WHICH IS THE REAL TRUTH)
11 Then the devil (SATAN) leaveth him,(WALKS AWAY LITERALLY FROM JESUS ON EARTH) and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.(JESUS-GOD)
2 CORINTHIANS 11:3
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his (SATANS A MALE,NOT FEMALE) subtilty,(LITERALLY IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IN THE MIDEAST ON EARTH) so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
1 PETER 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:(ESPECIALLY ISRAEL HE HATES THE WORST)
JOHN 10:10
10 The thief (SATAN) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
MATTHEW 12:24
24 This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub(SATANS NAME) the prince of the devils.(FALLIN DEMONIC ANGELS AT THE FALL WITH HIM)
JOHN 12:31
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince (SATAN-ALSO THE PRINCE OF THE GODLESS MEDIA) of this world be cast out.
EPHESIANS 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(SATAN THE SATANIC DEMON BEHIND THE GODLESS MEDIA) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
REVELATION 12:4-6,13-17
4 And his tail (SATANS)drew the third part of the stars of heaven,(1/3RD OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL WHO ARE DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS-DEMONS) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (ISRAEL) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(SATANS LAST HOLOCAUST TO TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL FOREVER)
5 And she brought forth a man child,(MARY DID-JESUS WHO IS(JEWISH) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman (MARY WHOS JEWISH REPRESENTING ISRAEL)fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(3 1/2 YRS)
13 And when the dragon (SATAN) saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman (MARY) which brought forth the man child. (JESUS IS JEWISH)(ISRAEL PERSECUTED THE WORST IN HISTORY YET)
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.(PROTECTED FOR 3 1/2 YRS IN PETRA JORDAN)
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.(A TSUNAMI I BELIEVE SATAN WILL TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL WITH)
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.(GOD PROBABLY CREATES A QUAKE TO STOP THE TSUNAMI WATERS)
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,(SAVED) which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Ban Ki-moon Admits: UN is Biased Against Israel
The head of the UN admits to Israeli students that the organization he heads is biased against the Jewish state.-By Elad Benari-First Publish: 8/18/2013, 5:36 AM-Israelnationalnews
Ban Ki-moon-AFP photo
Ban Ki-moon admits UN bias against Israel
DEBKAfile
August 17, 2013, 11:14 AM (GMT+02:00)
Visiting UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon admitted that, “Unfortunately because of
the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered
from bias – sometimes even discrimination.” He was speaking to Israeli
students in Rishon Lezion Friday. Ban added that Israel should be
treated as “equal to all other 192 members states.” The UN secretary was
optimism about the current peace process between Israel and the
Palestinians. He urged Israel to overcome its skepticism and the
Palestinians to unify, in order to achieve two states living in peace –
three states would be unacceptable.
PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME
PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).
WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 PETER 4:16-19
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
08/17/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
The Coptic Church: "With the army, against violent organisations"
Tawadros, the Coptic Pope
Incredibly tough statement from the largest Christian community in Egypt, excluding any possibility of mediation with the Muslim Brotherhood while also accusing the foreign media
Giorgio Bernardelli RomeThe Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt has once again unreservedly taken the side of the army. After three days of violence following the clearing out of Morsi supporters from sit-ins, the community led by Pope Tawadros II released its first official reaction on Friday night. The statement came at the end of the 'day of anger', on which dozens of churches and buildings outside the capital linked with the Christian presence were attacked by Islamists. All the while the Police continued to shoot at Morsi supporters. It should also be noted, however, that in some cases, such as in Sohag and Mynia, moderate Muslims have constructed human chains in order to hold back Islamists and to protect Christian places of worship.At the end of another day of clashes, a very tough statement was issued, published on the website of Pope Tawadros, head of the largest Egyptian Christian faith. The text leaves no margin for dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Coptic Orthodox Church states that it is on "the side of Egyptian law, of the armed forces and of all the Egyptian civil institutions when it comes to confronting violent armed organisations and ambiguous forces for wrongdoing, either within the country or abroad". He encourages listeners to look beyond the squares where the Muslim Brotherhood have been holding sit-ins, to look further in order to gain a general overview of what has been occurring for weeks in the country. "The attacks on government buildings and peaceful churches are terrorising everyone, whether they be Copts or Muslims. These actions go against any religion, any moral code and any sense of humanity", reads the text released by the Coptic Pope Tawadros.The Coptic Church also issued a harsh judgement on the way in which the crisis is reported outside Egypt. It expressly speaks of "falsehoods broadcast by Western media", urging for an "objective" revision to be made of the descriptions given of the actions of those unreservedly labelled as "blood-thirsty radical organisations". The Coptic Orthodox Church maintains that, "instead of legitimising them with global support and political coverage while they are trying to wreak havoc and destruction upon our beloved land, the media should report all events truthfully, with accuracy and with honesty".On a broader level, Tawadros accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of having sought out any way to bring about sectarian clashes. He reaffirmed his own support for "national unity" while rejecting any form of "international interference in our internal affairs. As the hand of evil continues to commit arson, to kill and to destroy, God's hand comes closer in order to protect, to strengthen and to rebuild. We place our full trust in Him in leading the Egyptian people at this delicate time in our history towards a better future, one which is full of peace, justice and democracy, all of which are things the people of the Nile Valley deserve".This stance reflects the mood of the vast majority of Copts, who have expressed their support for the army in many different ways in the last few days, even with regards to the wave of terror and the church attacks. However, at the same time, this creates the risk of greater exposure of the Copts to the wrath of the radicals - all of this to the backdrop of an ever more dangerous downward spiral.
Horrible': Christian churches across Egypt stormed, torched
updated 5:08 AM EDT, Fri August 16, 2013
Egypt's churches looted and torched
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- A Christian church southwest of Cairo is attacked, state news says
- Moderate Muslims put out fire at one church, halted other attacks, church staff say
- A Coptic Orthodox Church leader says 52 churches have been attacked in 24 hours
- Bishop: "It's about burning churches to initiate a response that spirals into greater violence"
Kafr Hakim, Egypt (CNN) -- For 67 years, the Virgin
Mary Church has been a peaceful refuge for Shenouda El Sayeh, much like
the Giza province village of Kafr Hakim where it rests and where he has
lived all those years.But, as he swept its floors on Thursday, it was painfully obvious things had changed.The night before, a mob
-- chanting against Coptic Christians such as El Sayeh and calling for
Egypt to become an "Islamic state" -- had torched and looted the Virgin
Mary Church."I didn't expect this to happen," El Sayeh said.
He's not alone.
Christians all around Egypt are cleaning up in the aftermath of a spate
of attacks, which came on the country's deadliest day since the 2011
revolution that overthrew longtime President Hosni Mubarak.
Bishop Angaelos, the
Cairo-born head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom,
said he was told by colleagues in Egypt that 52 churches were attacked
in a 24-hour span that started Wednesday, as well as numerous
Christians' homes and businesses.Ishak Ibrahim, a
researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, told CNN he
had confirmed attacks on at least 30 churches so far, in addition to
the targeting of church-related facilities, including schools and
cultural centers.Those churches reportedly set ablaze Wednesday included St. George Church in Sohag, a city south of Cairo on the Nile River.And the new day brought
new attacks. Prince Tadros Church in Fayoum, which is southwest of
Cairo, was stormed and burned Thursday night, according to the official
Middle East News Agency.This and other attacks
have been blamed by some on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the
Islamist movement which backs recently deposed President Mohamed Morsy.
Government efforts to clear the group's Cairo protest camps resulted in
gruesome scenes in the capital: Egypt's health ministry says that at
least 580 people were killed and more than 4,000 injured amid clashes
involving security forces and Morsy supporters.Against this backdrop,
it may be some time before it's established what group, if any, is
behind the church attacks, and how coordinated this violence has been.Until then, Christians
in Egypt are left to try to put things back together, as well as to
attempt to make sense of what's transpired.As Dalia Ziada of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, told CNN: "This is horrible to happen in only one day."
'A very dangerous game to play'
Egypt will have much to
deal with if, and when, things do settle down. Once that happens,
Angaelos says that a proper investigation of the church attacks should
follow -- especially since, he feels, the sheer scale of incidents
suggests they were orchestrated, rather than a byproduct of chaotic
unrest."We would want the
people who have done it to be brought to justice because I think they
are trying to do something which is much more dangerous," he said."It's not just about
burning churches, it's about burning churches to initiate a response
that then spirals into even greater violence -- and that is a very, very
dangerous game to play."
The targeting of
churches and Christian properties was not unexpected, Angaelos said,
given the tensions in Cairo and elsewhere and in light of escalating
attacks on Coptic Christians in recent weeks.The growing threat led him last week to issue a statement warning of "a very real risk upon the life of every Christian."
Pope Tawadros II, the church's leader in Egypt, also suspended weekly
public events for fear of attacks on Christian congregations.But the warnings didn't
prevent the violence, nor did security efforts to protect churches and
Christian communities, according to Ibrahim.Said Angaelos, "The ferocity and the speed with which it all happened ... was quite surprising."
Burning of books
A Bible Society of Egypt
statement posted online Wednesday reported the "complete burning and
destruction" of its bookshops in the cities of Assiut and Minia, in
southern Egypt."Fortunately we were
closed today, fearing such an attack, so none of our staff were
injured," wrote Ramez Atallah, the society's general director. "The
attackers demolished the metal doors protecting the bookshops, broke the
store windows behind them and set the bookshops on fire."Other stores and parked cars on those streets were also destroyed, he said."It is important to
underline that -- while some Christian properties have been the victim
of this violence -- they are by no means the only ones targeted,"
Atallah said."This is an attack against the state by a violent minority in an attempt to destabilize the nation."CNN iReporter Amir Beshay, from Cairo, helped draw up a list of Christian churches and properties reportedly targeted.On it are sites in
Alexandria, Arish, Assiut, Beni Suef, Cairo, Fayoum, Gharbiya, Giza,
Minya, Qena, Sohag and Suez. They include churches and schools, as well
as homes and businesses belonging to Coptic Christians. CNN has not been
able independently to verify the reports.Asked about the attacks
on churches Wednesday, U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf said
the United States was deeply concerned. "We will continue speaking out
against this and continue talking to all parties and all sides about
renouncing this violence, about moving forward with a democratic
process."Daniel Sinclair,
director of communications at Christian Solidarity Worldwide, said the
group was "deeply concerned at the unwarranted and continuing targeting
of the Coptic community. We urge the government to ensure comprehensive
security to all Egyptians, regardless of their religion."
Long history in Egypt
Egypt's Christian
minority has been the target of a number of attacks in recent years. The
bombing of a major church in Alexandria in January 2011 killed 21
people and sparked worldwide condemnation.The situation has only
become worse since Egypt's popular revolution overthrew former President
Hosni Mubarak in 2011, said Angaelos."In the past
two-and-a-half years, we've had more deaths of people just because they
are Christians than in the last 20 years," he said, adding that this had
not triggered violent retaliation.He hopes for forgiveness and reconciliation among all Egyptians going forward, to help build a unified country. Christians have been in
Egypt since the 1st century and were, for centuries, the majority. Some
90% of Coptic Christians still live in the country, he said, making up
the largest Christian community in the Middle East.Angaelos puts the
proportion of Christians in Egypt at 15 to 20% of the population. The
CIA World Factbook says 10% of Egypt's population is Christian, while
the Pew Research Center, which says firm numbers are hard to come by,
puts the figure at about 5%.Back in Kafr Hakim, Atia
Ghattas told CNN his family's houses were attacked on the same night
the church was looted. There was incitement against the Coptic community
through the mosques in the area, he said.Father Boktor Saad, of
Kafr Hakim's Virgin Mary Church, said he believes that a small group of
extremists were responsible for inciting groups to attack his church.But, he and other church
staff said, not everyone participated, and some non-Christians
prevented the situation in that village from getting worse.They credited moderate
Muslims with putting out the fire at Virgin Mary, and halting further
attacks on Coptic Christians' homes and shops.Journalist Sarah Sirgany reported from Hafr
Hakim, Giza, and CNN's Laura Smith-Spark reported from London. CNN's
Greg Botelho, Arwa Damon, Sarah Brown and Richard Allen Greene
contributed to this report.
08/18/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Ethiopia: the Quran moves into the Horn of Africa
ABUNE BERHANEYESUS DERMEREW SOURAPHIEL WITH THE AUTHORITIES
In a land where Christianity and Islam have existed since their earliest days, Christians and Muslims have been living side by side in peace for centuries. Will the repercussions of the Arab revolutions reach all the way to Ethiopia and the region?
Davide Demichelis RomaMohammed Hussein Al Amoudi is one of the hundred wealthiest men in the world. He lives between Addis Ababa and Riyadh, is of Ethiopian birth and has Saudi nationality. His fortune has been amassed through his work in a wide range of sectors including mining, hospitals, finance, agriculture and oil. There is only one other dark-skinned man in the world who has greater wealth than he does.Incredibly acute inequality is nothing out of the ordinary in Ethiopia – a country with eighty million inhabitants whose life expectancy is below fifty. Ethiopia has an incredibly exclusive elite made up of few very wealthy citizens, with very prosperous countries not too far away. For a case in point, we could look at the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia, nations that have built their immense wealth on oil. These are Islamic countries keen to swell the ranks of those who follow the words of the Quran, even in Queen Sheba’s homeland, where Mohammed sought refuge when he was forced to flee persecution in Mecca.“Our challenge also centres around the poverty of our own people”, says the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Abune Berhaneyesus Dermerew Souraphiel, “the Saudis help our poor people in exchange for them converting to Islam. The Saudis know that they will not be good Muslims, but that their children will be. In this way, Saudi Wahabbism is putting peaceful coexistence in Ethiopia at risk”.On 9 August, 10,000 Muslims paraded through the streets of the capital to celebrate the end of Ramadan. They called for the release of the imams arrested some twenty months ago because of their links with fundamentalist groups and the sermons they preached after praying. Religious leaders have been accused of conspiring against the state. The demonstration descended into violent clashes, with some injured and a few deaths. The Islamic community has very tense links with the government, even though several ministers are Muslim. The country’s economy is seeing strong growth, but a lot is left to be desired in the area of human rights. For instance, one year ago, twenty journalists were convicted of conspiring against the government and given very severe sentences of between eight years and life.In August last year, the Orthodox Patriarch Abuna Paulos and Melles Zenawi died. The latter had been the one to overthrow the former dictator, Mengistu, before ruling the country from the end of the 1991 war onwards. The deaths of these two important figures now means that the political balance and religious balance are much more delicate. According to the last government census, 34% of Ethiopians practice Islam, while Christians make up 62% of the population. 44% of Ethiopians are Orthodox Christians, while 17% are Protestant and only 1% are Catholics, who number around 800,000 in total. Despite their small numbers, the Catholics run a large share of the social services. For some time, Christians and Muslims have worked together on several social works. Furthermore, recently an Interreligious Council was created in order to facilitate dialogue and manage shared services. “The government entrusts us with many social services because we do not discriminate”, says the Archbishop of Addis Ababa and President of the Ethiopian Bishops’ Conference, who underscored the fact that nor should the state discriminate against anyone, basing itself on its own most fundamental form of legislation, “our constitution is open to all religious groups. The Muslims would like to impose Sharia law, but public courts do not apply religious laws”. In Ethiopia, many keep a close eye on how the crises in North Africa and the Middle East are developing, in particular those in Syria and Egypt. If the Muslim Brotherhood ends up on top, this could grant renewed strength to Islamic Salafist groups, who want to impose Sharia law and give Islams a greater presence in public life.
Bending for Islam
August 17, 2013, 7:30 am
1-The Times of Israel
To a Muslim like myself, Islam has passed me by the day a Mutawya’ah (Saudi religious police) caned
me for refusal to pray in the Grand Mosque of Riyadh, but it has become
a target of my criticism just last week when the Islamists in Zanzibar
doused two innocent British girls with acid. The straw of that incident
broke my back.My
criticism of my religion is long overdue. Out of respect for my family,
peers and friends, I delayed the inevitable because of my overflowing
optimism. I cannot and will not glue this broken glass.
If we Muslims do not speak about our own ills, who will? Consider for a moment any of the five possible
reasons why the Zanzibar Islamists viciously attacked Katie Gee and
Kirstie Trup, both 18-years old.
According to The Daily Beast, which dispatched
Margot Kiser to investigate the matter, the attack could have been
motivated by a Muslim woman who slapped one of the girls, two days
earlier, for singing Western songs. It is possible she would have
instigated men in her family to carry out the attack.Alternatively, the attack could have been motivated by local boys whose advances Katie and Kirstie spurned.Or, it could have been motivated when the girls reported missing funds at the Catholic School where they worked.Or, it could have been motivated by the fact they were not appropriately dressed in accordance with local customs
Or, the girls were singled out because they were Jewish.Good grief, where do I start? For singing or playing your music, we will mutilate you.For not satisfying our sexual urges due to our
own religious repression, we will mutilate you if you do not submit to
our hormonal rage.For stealing from your employer, we will
mutilate you if you report it; meanwhile, if you steal from us, we will
cut your limbs one by one.For not wearing the Hijab, we will mutilate
you; meanwhile, Western societies permit Muslim women the freedom to
select between customs.For just being Jews, we will mutilate you. You are guilty even when innocent.Is Islamism sick or what? Do you find the silence by our Muslim leaders as intolerable as I do? If you do, please voice your concerns. The
first step to fixing our ills is for the world to stop treating us like
royalties by bending before us or bending its rules to please us.The West must hold those responsible, directly
and indirectly, accountable. It is not just about the two Islamists who
attacked Katie and Kirstie, it is, also, about the deafening silence of
those Arab and Muslim leaders the West mistakenly holds in high regard.Enough is enough.
Two British teens active in Jewish group attacked with acid in Zanzibar
08/08/2013 18:24
Men riding a motorbike threw acid at two British teenage girls in Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar region, leaving them with facial, chest and back injuries, a senior police official said on Thursday.The Zanzibar government has offered a $6,170 reward for information on attackers who threw acid at two British Jewish women.Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18 and reportedly active members of the Federation for Zionist Youth (FZY), are from England's northern city of Manchester. According to police in the Indian Ocean archipelago, they were flown to Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam.Trup’s father, Marc Trup, a dentist in Hampstead, told the Telegraph: “We're trying to get them back as soon as possible. We're trying to organize a medivac flight." They had been volunteering at a local school in Zanzibar, an island that is popular with international tourists but suffered a wave of deadly protests last year as supporters of an Islamist group repeatedly clashed with the police.Britain is concerned about Wednesday's attack and is "in contact with the Tanzanian authorities," the Foreign Office said in a statement.A friend of Trup's, Oli Cohen, 21, told the Jewish Chronicle, "Katie was attacked two weeks ago by a Muslim woman for singing on Ramadan. She was shocked as it just came from out of the blue - but she wasn't scared enough to come home she stayed out there to finish her trip and volunteering.” The police, however, described the attack as "an isolated incident", refusing to link it to rising religious tension on the island between majority Muslims and its Christian population.The police said it was the first time visitors to the island had been attacked in this way, describing the incident as “alien” to both the police investigating and the victims. Officers had no idea as to the motive, they said."The attackers approached the girls as they were walking on a street at around 7:15 p.m. and threw acid at them," Zanzibar Urban West regional police commander Mkadam Khamis Mkadam told Reuters. "The incident occurred when the streets were deserted as most people were breaking their Ramadan fast."Television images showed one girl obviously in pain in the back of a car at the Zanzibar airport."The victims sustained facial, chest and back injuries from the acid attack," Mkadam said.According to the Jewish Chronicle, Gee's mother, Nicky was previously featured in the Chronicle as a supporter of the Israel-based Hazon Yeshaya Soup Kitchens charity.Friends of the victims took to Twitter to express their shock and support, the Chronicle reported. Sabrina Davies tweeted, "Hope @katiejgee and Kirstie make a speedy recovery, thinking of you both xxx." Louisa Green also tweeted, "Can't actually believe what I just read in the news... Absolutely horrific. Thoughts are with @katiejgee and Kirsty Xxx".Jemima Schav also contributed to the Twitter conversation, saying, "Really hoping @katiejgee is okay right now".The Britons were expected to fly home on Thursday.The attack came during the tourist season in the historic town and after a Zanzibar Muslim leader, Sheikh Fadhil Suleiman Soraga, was hospitalised with acid burns in a November attack.Two Christian leaders were killed early this year in separate attacks.A separatist group in Zanzibar, Uamsho (Awakening), is pushing for the archipelago to exit from its 1964 union with mainland Tanzania, which is ruled as a secular country. Uamsho wants to introduce Islamic Sharia law in Zanzibar.
Supporters of the group have engaged in running street battles with the police in the past, but authorities have not linked the group with the attacks on Christian clerics.
