10 The passage is worth quoting at length: “Wherever one looks along the perimeter of Islam, Muslims have problems living peaceably with their neighbors. The question naturally rises as to whether this pattern of the late twentieth-century conflict between Muslim and non-Muslim groups is equally true of relations between groups from other civilizations. In fact, it is not. Muslims make up one fifth of the world’s population but in the 1990s they have been far more involved in intergroup violence than the people of any other civilization.... Islam’s borders are bloody, and so are its innards” (256).
11 Raymond Ibrahim, The Al Qaeda Reader (New York: Doubleday, 2007), 216.
12 Robert Fisk, “Hosni Mubarak has fallen. Assad clings on. Yet the fate of their nations is anyone’s guess,” Independent, June 4, 2012, http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-hosni-mubarak-has-fallen-assad-clings-on-yet-the-fate-of-their-nations-is-anyones-guess-7814810.html.
13 Mary Abdelmassih, “Islamists in Egypt Blame Christians for Voting,” Assyrian International News Agency, May 29, 2012, http://www.aina.org/news/20120528191505.htm.
14 Fisk, “Hosni Mubarak has fallen.”
15 Liam Stack and Michael Slackman, “Clashes Grow as Egyptians Remain Angry after an Attack,” New York Times, January 4, 2011, http://www.nytimes. com/2011/01/04/world/middleeast/04egypt.html?_r=0; see also, Sherine Bayoumi, “Christians clash with police in Egypt after attack on churchgoers kills 21,” Washington Post, January 1, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/01/AR2011010102697.html.
16 “Nigeria unrest: Suicide bomb targets church in Jos,” BBC News, February 26, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17169935.
17 Amro Hassan, “EGYPT: Eyewitness claims train attacker did not target Copts, state media say,” Los Angeles Times, “Babylon & Beyond” blog, January 12, 2011, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/01/egypt-eyewitness-claims-train-attacker-did-not-target-copts-state-media-say.html.
18 Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, “In Egypt, Christian-Muslim Tension Is On the Rise,” NPR, February 25, 2012, http://www.npr.org/2012/02/25/147370689/in-egypt-christian-muslim-tension-is-on-the-rise.
19 Aminu Abubakar, “Gunmen attack prison, police station in northeast Nigeria, Agence France-Presse, March 7, 2012, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iH561ZKZ8vdVc4tK-1jHU3CXgHCg?docId=CNG.ee14969ceeae5ee3a1cea08479b15b12.31.
20 “Boko Haram (Nigeria)” entry, Jane’s World Insurgency and Terrorism, n.d., http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-World-Insurgency-and-Terrorism/Boko-Haram-Nigeria.html.
21 Adam Nossiter, “Nigerian Group Escalates Violence With Church Attacks,” New York Times, December 25, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/world/africa/explosion-rips-through-catholic-church-in-nigeria.html?hp.
22 “Nigeria: At Least 38 Killed in Christmas Eve Attacks,” Fox News, December 25, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/12/25/nigeria-killed-xmas-eve-blasts/.
23 Willis E. Elliott, “Though Shalt Not! The WaPo’s ‘On Faith Blog Spikes a Regular Contributor When He Writes on Islam,” PJ Media, January 17, 2011, http://pjmedia.com/blog/spiked-by-the-wapos-on-faith-blog/?singlepage=true.
24 Sally Quinn, “On Faith,” symposium, Washington Post, http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2011/01/first_faith_challenge_of_2011/all.html.
25 Raymond Ibrahim, “Whoever Fights Us, Fights Islam,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, December 14, 2012, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/whoever-fights-us-fights-islam/; Raymond Ibrahim, “A ‘Sudanese Genocide’ in Egypy?,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/a-sudanese-genocide-in-egypt/.
26 Ayman Saleh, “SHA,” YouTube video, July 26, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kklN7kCiQm0&feature=youtu.be.
27 “Egypt presidential candidate seeks Constitution based on Sharia Law,” Voice of Russia, May 13, 2012, http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_05_13/74584752/.
28 “Obama’s Intel Chief: Muslim Brotherhood Non-Violent, ‘Secular’ Group,” Fox News, February 11, 2011; available online at http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/02/10/obamas-intel-chief-muslim-brotherhood-non-violent-secular-group
29 Joseph Straw, “White House visit by a terror-linked Egyptian pol violated federal law, Rep. Pete king tells Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ” Daily News, July 25, 2012, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/white-house-visit-terror-linked-egyptian-pol-violated-federal-law-rep-pete-king-tells-homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-article-1.1122039.
30 “Dalia Mogahed succeeds in canceling meeting between Patriarch and Obama by order of Muslim Brotherhood leaders,” el-Nashra, November 22, 2011, http://www.elnashra.com/news/show/398043/, translation by the author.
31 “Dalia Mogahed” Discover the Networks, n.d., http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2428.
32 Michael Hughes, “U.S. supports Al Qaeda ‘freedom fighters’ against Gaddafi in Libyan civil war,” Examiner, March 27, 2011, http://www.examiner.com/article/u-s-supports-al-qaeda-freedom-fighters-against-gaddafi-libyan-civil-war.
33 Kerry Picket, “Picket: Report—Threats toward U.S. embassy in Cairo demanding release of Blind Sheikh posted days before deadly consulate attack,” Washington Times, October 2, 2012, http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2012/oct/2/picket-white-house-middle-east-foreign-policy-mess/.
34 See Raymond Ibrahim, “Mass Arrest and Torture of Christians in Libya,” February 28, 2013, Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, February 28, 2013, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/mass-arrest-and-torture-of-christians-in-libya/ and Raymond Ibrahim, “Death for Preaching Christ in ‘Liberated’ Libya,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, February 21, 2013, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/islam/death-for-preaching-christ-in-liberated-libya/; “The Full Text of the NDU Libya Speech,” National Review Online, March 28, 2011, http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/263265/full-text-ndu-libya-speech-nro-staff.
35 Erick Stakelbeck, “Madness: Obama Administration Call on ‘All Sides’ to Show Restraint in Egypt,” CBN, Stakelbeck on Terror (blog), October 13, 2011, http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/archive/2011/10/13/madness-the-obama-administration-calls-on-all-sides-to-show.aspx.
36 Pete Winn, “State Department Purges Religious Freedom Section from Its Human Rights Reports,” CNS News, June 7, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/state-department-purges-religious-freedom-section-its-human-rights-reports.
37 “Obama administration pulls references to Islam from terror training materials, official says,” Daily Caller, October 21, 2011, http://news.yahoo.com/obama-administration-pulls-references-islam-terror-training-materials-044605689.html.
38 RepLunrenCA03, “Dan Lungren questions Paul Stockton Assistant Defense Secretary for Homeland Defense:,” YouTube video, December 13, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU6n1mrpAGY.
39 “Egypt Overlooked in State Department’s Religious Freedom Report,” Persecution, September 16, 2011, http://www.persecution.org/2011/09/16/egypt-overlooked-in-state-departments-religious-freedom-report/.
40 Terence P. Jeffrey, “Pakistan Passes Obama’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Test—After Sentencing Christian to Death,” CNS News, September 16, 2011, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pakistan-passes-obamas-religious-freedom-test-after-sentencing-christian-death.
41 Tad Cronn, “Hillary Compares Islamic Violence to Christianity,” Political Outcast, August 1, 2012, http://politicaloutcast.com/2012/08/hillary-compares-islamic-violence-to-christianity/.
42 Raymond Ibrahim, “Egyptian Cleric Threatens Christian Copts with Genocide,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, December 28, 2012, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/egyptian-cleric-threatens-christian-copts-with-genocide/.
43 “S. 1245 (112th): Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2011,” GovTrack, http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s1245.
44 Ben Pershing, “Frank Wolf, Jim Webb split over creati
ng special envoy post,” Washington Post, July 13, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/frank-wolf-jim-webb-split-over-creating-special-envoy-post/2012/07/13/gJQAGaG0hW_blog.html.
45 Ibid.
46 “Coptic Solidarity Third Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 28-29, 2012,” Coptic Solidarity, June 28, 2012, http://www.copticsolidarity.org/events/conferences/item/8-conference2012.
47 As heard by the author during the conference. Videos of the speakers can be accessed here at http://www.copticsolidarity.org/component/content/article/25-conference-materials/680-conference-videos.
48 Julian Pecquet, “Obama administration pressed to do more on Boko Haram terror designations,” The Hill, June 21, 2012, http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/terrorism/234193-obama-administration-pressed-to-do-more-on-boko-haram-terror-designations-.
49 Steve Peacock, “Obama: Slaughter of Christians a Misunderstanding,” WND, May 20, 2012, http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/obama-slaughter-of-christians-a-misunderstanding/.
50 Joseph DeCaro, “Muslim Group Demands Christian Prez Convert, or Resign,” Christian Persecution, August 11, 2012, http://www.christianpersecution.info/index.php?view=11679.
51 Elizabeth Harrington, “‘Religion is Not Driving Extremist Violence’ in Nigeria, Says Obama Official, After Church Bombings,” CNS News, April 10, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/religion-not-driving-extremist-violence-nigeria-says-obama-official-after-church.
52 Jon Gambrell, “Clinton: Poverty helping fuel violence in Nigeria,” CNS News, February 13, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/clinton-poverty-helping-fuel-violence-nigeria.
53 Jerome R. Corsi, “Claim: ‘Absolute Proof’ Obama Was Indonesian Citizen,” WND, August 7, 2012, http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/claim-absolute-proof-obama-was-indonesian-citizen/.
55 “Ann Widdecombe: UK aid policy should help persecuted Christians,” Catholic News Agency, October 22, 2011, http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/ann-widdecombe-uk-aid-policy-should-help-persecuted-christians/.
56 Steven Edwards, “UN accuses Sudan’s president of genocide; then mulls naming him to Human Rights Council,” Fox News, July 13, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/07/13/un-accuses-sudan-president-genocide-then-mulls-naming-him-to-human-rights/#ixzz2HtBfsDYP.
57 “Report 1: Religious Affiliation,” Pew Forum, http://religions.pewforum.org/reports.
58 “PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN? DON’T EXPECT THESE PASTORS TO SPEAK UP,” WND, November 5, 2011, http://www.wnd.com/2011/11/363681/.
59 “Merkel’s Christian Comments Cause Upset,” Associated Press, November 7, 2012, http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/15321331/merkels-christian-comments-cause-upset/.
60 Alex Murashko, “US Church Remains in ‘Coma’ Despite Cataclysmic Events in Middle East, Says Watchdog,” Christian Post, July 26, 2012, http://www.christianpost.com/news/us-church-remains-in-coma-despite-cataclysmic-events-in-middle-east-says-watchdog-78887/#ije59HSQ9q7TUAx6.99.
61 “Religious leaders call on Congress to reevaluate military aid to Israel,” JTA, October 9, 2012, http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/10/09/3108806/religious-leaders-call-on-congress-to-reevaulate-military-aid-to-israel.
62 Chris Mitchell, “Gaza Under Hamas: A Taliban-like Regime?,” CBN News, July 3, 2010, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2010/July/Gaza-Under-Hamas-A-Taliban-like-Regime-/.
63 Kim Sengupta, “The plight of Syria’s Christians: ‘We left Homs because they were trying to kill us,” Independent, November 2, 2012, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-plight-of-syrias-christians-we-left-homs-because-they-were-trying-to-kill-us-8274710.html.
INDEX
1960s Sexual Revolution
2010 International Religious Freedom Report
A
Abbasid
Abdalla, Hawa
Abdulaziz, Omar ibn
Abdullah, Eva
Abu Fana Monastery (Monastery of the Cross)
Abu Makka church
Abu Qurqas
Aceh
acid
Acidre, Mario
Adan, Hassan Adawe
aerial strikes
Afghanistan
Africa Inland Church
African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress
Africans
Aftab, Julie
Afwerki, Isaias
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Agenzia Fides
aggressors
Agora
Ahamdi, Amouna
Ahmadzai, Sher
Ain Shams
Ajin, Ali
AK-47 assault rifles
Akkar
al-Adawi
Al al-Sheikh, Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah
al-Awwa, Muhammad Salim
Al Azhar
al-Baladhuri, Ahmed ibn Yahya
Albania
alcohol
Al Dalil
al-Din Ahmed ibn Taymiyya, Taqi (Ibn Taymiyya)
al-Din al Maqrizi, Taqi
al-Doura
Alexandria
Alexandria Criminal Court
al-Fady TV
Al-Faruq Battalion
Algeria
al-Ghamdi, Marzouk Salem
Algiers
Al-Gohary, Maher
Al Hafiz TV
al-Hamad, Adel Hassan
al-Hassani al-Baghdadi, Ayatollah Ahmad
al-Hindi
al-Huwaini, Abu Ishaq
al-Iraq, Aswat (“Voices of Iraq”)
al Islamiyya (the Islamic Group)
al-Jawziyya, Ibn Qayyim
Al Jazeera
al-Jouf
al-Kalima school
al-Kamil, Malik
al-Khaldi, Humood
Allah
Allahu Akbar!
al-Latif al-Mahmoud, Abd
al-Layth
al-Maghili
Al-Mahboula (Greek Catholic church)
al-Mansur, Abu Jafar (Abdallah)
Almby, Birgitta
al-Munawer, Osama
al-Muqaffa, Severus ibn
al-Murtada
al-Mutairi, Salwa
al-Mutawakal
al-Qaeda
Al-Qardhawy, Yusuf
al-Rashid, Harun
al-Sabah, Abdullah
Al-Sayed, Eman Muhammad
al-Shabaab (“the Youth”)
al-Tabari
al-Tartushi
al-Thawri
Amariah
ambo
American Jewish Committee
American Textbook Council
Amiriyah
ammunition
Amnesty International
Anatolia
Anba Bishoy Monastery
Anglican Catholic Church (in South Africa)
Anglo, Hiba Abdelfadil
“Anna,”
anti-Christian
anti-infidel
apologists
apostasy
The Arab Conquest of Egypt
Arabia
Arabian Nights
Arabian peninsula
Arabic Evangelical Church of Aleppo
Arabic-language media
“the Arabic nation,”
Arabic sources
Arab nationalist movements
“Arab Spring,”
Arazm, Fariborz
Arbashe, Andrei
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Damascus
Archbishop of Karachi
Armenian Evangelical Church
armored vehicles
arms (weapons)
arson (set fire, aflame, light)