The murder by Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) thugs in Sirte, Libya, of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians this weekend provoked the first formal Egyptian military incursion into another state’s territory since the 1991 Gulf War. Egyptian fighter jets bombed warehouses, training camps and other assets of Daesh in Derna.

Cairo-based journalist Bel Trew writes that the Egyptian minister of pious endowments was shown on al-Arabiya declaring that those who beheaded Christians had “departed from the (Islamic) faith.” I.e. he said they are no longer Muslims.   »»» Informed Comment

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that “People of the Book” (Christians and Jews) who live peaceably in a Muslim land must be protected in their lives, honour and property by their Muslim neighbour. He said that anyone who harms such a person harms him and offends God.

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