Islam’s ‘Public Enemy #1’

NRO ^ | 3/25/08 | Raymond Ibrahim

[Dawnsblood]

Though he is little known in the West, Coptic priest Zakaria Botros — named Islam’s “Public Enemy #1” by the Arabic newspaper, al-Insan al-Jadid — has been making waves in the Islamic world. Along with fellow missionaries — mostly Muslim converts — he appears frequently on the Arabic channel al-Hayat (i.e., “Life TV”). There, he addresses controversial topics of theological significance — free from the censorship imposed by Islamic authorities or self-imposed through fear of the zealous mobs who fulminated against the infamous cartoons of Mohammed. Botros’s excurses on little-known but embarrassing aspects of Islamic law and tradition have become a thorn in the side of Islamic leaders throughout the Middle East.

Botros is an unusual figure onscreen: robed, with a huge cross around his neck, he sits with both the Koran and the Bible in easy reach. Egypt’s Copts — members of one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East — have in many respects come to personify the demeaning Islamic institution of “dhimmitude” (which demands submissiveness from non-Muslims, in accordance with Koran 9:29). But the fiery Botros does not submit, and minces no words. He has famously made of Islam “ten demands,” whose radical nature he uses to highlight Islam’s own radical demands on non-Muslims.

[Dawnsblood]

Interesting article, Christianity is alive and well in the middle East.

[whipitgood]

Reminds me of the liberal left in the USA. They have zero tolerance for any point of view which disagrees with their own.

[ELS]

bttt

[fireforeffect]

Try the Good Father's web site for more info.

http://www.islam-christianity.net/

Many of the books are available in .doc and PDF.

[PGalt]

Very good article by Raymond Ibrahim. Thanks for posting, Dawnsblood. I recently purchased and started reading “The Al Qaeda Reader” (very interesting so far). Hooray Zakariah Botros! (never heard of this guy before today)

[PGalt]

Thanks for the link.

[El Laton Caliente]

I need to bookmark this one.

[DesScorp]

Talk about risky... Muslims that convert to other faiths are guilty of apostasy in Islam... and apostasy calls for death in sharia law. It takes tremendous faith and commitment to convert in that atmosphere.

[Mount Athos]

great find

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks...I would like to know more about this Coptic priest Zakaria Botros...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And he is on YouTube:

Father Zakaria Botros is right about some translated Quran

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[dan1123]

Indeed, Islamic cleric Ahmad al-Qatani stated on al-Jazeera TV a while back that some six million Muslims convert to Christianity annually, many of them persuaded by Botros’s public ministry.

Amazing. Botros has many riches waiting in heaven.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Great post!

[SunkenCiv]

Botros's excurses on little-known but embarrassing aspects of Islamic law and tradition have become a thorn in the side of Islamic leaders throughout the Middle East... He has famously made of Islam "ten demands," whose radical nature he uses to highlight Islam's own radical demands on non-Muslims.

Thanks Ernest!

[dan1123]

Botros' 10 demands:

1. Strike out all the Koranic verses that deny the divinity of Jesus and the revelation of God in him
2. Acknowledge that Jesus is the spirit and word of God, as they truly believe, without hiding this fact
3. Strike out the Koranic verses and hadiths that incite to kill Christians
4. Strike out the Koranic verses and Hadiths that incite to terrorism and oppression in all their forms
5. [omitted in interview]
6. Stop the attack on Jesus and the Holy Book in mosques and in all the media
7. Give people and Muslims the freedom of... You may ask what do I care about the Muslims? No! They must have the freedom to choose their religion and the freedom to express their belief
8. Abolish the punishment for apostasy, to stop torturing people who convert to Christianity, and to stop imprisoning or even killing them
9. Formal apologies must be made by leaders throughout the Arab world for the murder of Christians in countries invaded by Islam
10. Leaders throughout the Arab world should make formal apologies for the insults directed against our faith throughout Islamic history

[Straight Vermonter]

Talk about risky... Muslims that convert to other faiths are guilty of apostasy in Islam... and apostasy calls for death in sharia law. It takes tremendous faith and commitment to convert in that atmosphere.

But still...

Islamic cleric Ahmad al-Qatani stated on al-Jazeera TV a while back that some six million Muslims convert to Christianity annually, many of them persuaded by Botros’s public ministry.

The power of Christ to draw people home is amazing.

[Straight Vermonter]

Ping

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think I was wrong in post #12....

I believe this YouTube has the Father Zakaria

Not sure who the speaker is on the previous YouTube ...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

More:

The disasters of the Quran_1

Abraigating (sp?) verses....of the koran...