Check out the situation with the Christians in Egypt ... Kidnapping and holding for ransom Christians throughout the Islamic world has become especially common, with roots in Islamic law: second-class “infidel” Christians are, according to Koran 9:29, required to pay tribute, or jizya (an Arabic word which indicates something that substitutes for something else, in this case, money in exchange for the life of the condemned infidel, who, by refusing to convert to Islam, deserves death). And, after destroying dozens of Christian churches, Muslim Brotherhood supporters are now demanding jizya money from the Copts, also in al-Minya province. Because the jizya was abolished due to Western intervention in the 19th century, other Islamists, jihadis, and terrorists in general, apparently seeing themselves as “jizya vigilantes,” believe they are exonerated to kidnap and hold for ransom, or jizya, Christians—for this scenario of kidnapping and holding Christians for ransom has been playing itself over and over again in the Islamic world, with increased frequency, and not just in Egypt, but Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sudan, ad nauseum. raymondibrahim/muslim-persecution-of-christians/christian-abduction-gangs-form-in-egypt/
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:01:19 +0000