Egyptian judge: ‘Unacceptable for Christians to testify against Muslims’
MAY 25, 2015 6:50 PM BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM 23 COMMENTS

Law2True to the medieval teachings of Islam—in this case, that an “infidel” Christian’s testimony against a Muslim is null and void in (a Sharia) court—the following letter was recently published on Arabic media demonstrating that little has changed in Egypt:

Yesterday I suffered an extremely harsh and psychological shock. I went to court with one of my neighbors, a widow, to serve as witness in an inheritance case. Another neighbor and witness accompanying us was a young Christian. We had all been living as one family. Imagine my shock, then, at the judge who very rudely and with incomprehensible disapproval rejected the testimony of the [Christian] youth [saying]: “It is unacceptable for a Christian to testify against a Muslim.”

Iran: Muslim convert to Christianity gets five years in prison
MAY 26, 2015 2:16 AM BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM 5 COMMENTS

Ibrahim Firouzi, a Muslim convert to Christianity in Iran, was sentenced to the maximum five years in prison for “action against national security through collusion and gathering.”

After Firouzi converted to Christianity, he was arrested on August 25, 2013 and convicted of evangelizing, colluding with “anti-regime” foreign networks, launching a Christian website, and, in short, working against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Although his prison term was supposed to end on January 13, 2015, authorities continued holding him illegally, and on March 8 sentenced him to serve another five years “in very difficult conditions.”

Egypt: Muslim convert to Christianity rots in prison
MAY 26, 2015 2:20 AM BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM 2 COMMENTS

Bishoy Armia Boulous, formerly known as Mohammed Hegazy, an apostate from Islam in Egypt,remains imprisoned on charges of blasphemy related to his conversion to Christianity.

Imprisoned now for approximately a year, he has been held well past the legal six month investigation period. All this time, he has been subject to physical and verbal abuse, from both prison guards and fellow inmates on account of his “apostasy” from and “blasphemy” against Islam. He has been denied a Bible and has not had eyeglasses since they were intentionally broken some time ago.

Bishoy was initially arrested in 2013 for “spreading false news.” But, according to his lawyer, Karam Ghobrial, the real reason his client is being held and tortured in prison has to do with what made Bishoy notorious some years back in the first place: his audacity not only to convert to Christianity, but to try formally to change his religious identity from Muslim to Christian on his ID card—prompting much public animosity and death threats against him at the time.

Turkey bulldozes Armenian Christian orphanage
MAY 26, 2015 3:10 AM BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM 3 COMMENTS

On the same year that millions around the world commemorated the centennial of the Armenian Genocide—or, more fundamentally, the Christian Genocide—Turkish authorities have started the demolition of Kamp Armen, an Armenian orphanage. Armenian sources reported in early May that bulldozers have begun to demolish the building located in the metropolitan district of Tuzla, despite attempts by some political representatives of the opposition parties to intervene.

The orphanage was built in 1962 on the initiative of the Armenian Protestant community. Reports Agenzia Fides:

Thanks to its activities, the institution has helped 1,500 children to grow up in an environment based on the spirituality and culture of Armenian Christianity. There was also Hrant Dink among its students, the Armenian Turkish journalist, founder of the bilingual magazine Agos, killed in 2007 after being repeatedly threatened with death for his positions on the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish State had expropriated the orphanage in 1987, and all legal attempt by the Armenian Protestant communities to regain control of the building fell on deaf ears.

Masakr u Tunisu: Teroristi napali turističko središte, najmanje 27 mrtvih



Naoružani teroristi napali su dva hotela u turističkom mestu Sus u Tunisu i ubili najmanje dvadesetsedam osoba, javlja AP. Reuters javlja da je došlo do vatrenog obračuna napadača i policije, kao i da je najmanje jedan napadač ubijen.

Prema prvim informacijama, napad je izveden na plaži u blizini hotela Imperial Marhaba, čuli su se pucnji i jedna jača detonacija, a trenutno u cijeloj oblasti vlada panika i nema preciznih informacija,prenosi B92.

Zasad nije poznato koji drugi hotel je meta napadača.

Grad Sus je popularna turistička destinacija i zapadni mediji javljaju da tamo ima mnogo turista iz Velike Britanije.

Na društvenim mrežama se pojavila fotografija sa napadnute plaže, na kojoj se vidi dvoje turista kako leže u pijesku, a pretpostavlja se da su oboje ubijeni.

Baš sam čitala ovu vijest kad si ti stavio.

Tunis je popularan jer je jako jeftin, i iz Hrvatske puno ljudi ide dolje. Ispadne jeftinije tjedan dana Tunisa (sve sa avionom i hotel all-inclusive) nego tjedan dana u nekom hotelu na našoj obali (bez putnih troškova). Al s ovim im je sad sasvim sigurno propala sezona.

Hrvatska - mala zemlja za siguran odmor

Hrvatska - kupnja povratne karte nije bačen novac

Hrvatska - Mediteran kakvog se sjećate (prije povratka bradonja)

...nastavite niz

Slažem se s tobom, samo kažem... Plus što je Tunis uvijek slovio kao dosta liberalan, bar što se turista tiče.

Meni su sve te destinacije s jednom te istom plažom koja se proteže nekoliko stotina kilometara bezveze.

Zar npr Crna Gora, Grčka ili Cipar nisu negdje u tom rangu pristupačnosti?

Crna Gora je dosta jeftina, Grčka i Cipar ne znam, al mislim da je Tunis jeftiniji. Vjerojatno je dio privlačnosti i u tome što je egzotičniji, imaju pustinju i jahanje na devama

Za to može i Dubai (ali to je već papreno skupo)!

Možda se otvori i Albanija, mada ne znam kakva im je obala. Šta je s Bugarskom? Sestra me iznenadila - rekla da je tamo bila na skijanju i da je bilo super, za ljetovanje ne znam.

Već imaš aranžmane iz BiH za Albaniju, hvale ih ljudi, al šta znam. Bugarska je skroz ok, turistička mjesta su sređena, samo što je sjevernija i more ima tih algi, nije kao južna.
Bugarska je bila jeftina, ali sad su navalili Rusi, Švabe i Englezi pa su podigli cijene i oni.

Pa ovako na karti Bugarska (barem dobar dio nje) je južnije od cijelog hrvatskog jadrana. Jedino ako su im plaže bezze zbog zatvorenosti Crnog Mora, ali nije baš ni jadransko toliko otvoreno.

Baš sam čitala ovu vijest kad si ti stavio.

Tunis je popularan jer je jako jeftin, i iz Hrvatske puno ljudi ide dolje. Ispadne jeftinije tjedan dana Tunisa (sve sa avionom i hotel all-inclusive) nego tjedan dana u nekom hotelu na našoj obali (bez putnih troškova). Al s ovim im je sad sasvim sigurno propala sezona.

Ovo mi je iritantno. Pa što ako je s avionom ako ti do Rovinja recimo ne treba avion. Kakav je to argument

Uostalom, za Hrvatsku je logično da bude skuplja od Tunisa jer je i lokalni standard više te je daleko poželjnija destinacija u svjetskim okvirima. Ne znam što bi trebali napraviti, uvesti dvije valute da domaćima Hrvatska bude najjeftinija? Ovo nije napad na tebe, nego na tu izjavu koja se često čuje

Što se tiče jeftinijih destinacija, Grčka je skuplja tamo gdje valja, a jeftina na tzv. srpskom moru kod Soluna, Crna Gora slična stvar, a i prijevoz je problem. Dubai čak i nije tako skupa destinacija kako misliš Ministre, no klima nije Mediteranska ipak. Bugarska se diže, no nema baš aranžmana, a i previše je predrasuda nažalost. Španjolska u nekom obliku bi čak mogla jeftino ispasti.