Egypt issues arrest warrant for U.S. pastor

Egypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that has sparked riots across the Muslim world.

The case is largely symbolic since the seven men and one woman are believed to be outside of Egypt and unlikely to travel to the country to face the charges. Instead, the prosecutor’s decision to take legal appears aimed at absorbing at least some of the public anger over the amateur film, which portrays the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, womanizer and buffoon.

The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the accused, which includes the film’s alleged producer, face charges of harming national unity, insulting and publicly attacking Islam and spreading false information. The office said they could face the death penalty, if convicted. No date for the trial has been set.

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Old Observer

If it's such a crime to say something about Islam, it should also be a crime to say anything against any other faith. They are ready to kill over it, but it's ok to make fun of or even kill, Christians? What is this world coming to?
Ah, but we know. Satan is alive and well, and trying to garner as many souls as possible before it's too late for him–and the time grows ever shorter.
- Evermyrtle
  
  There have been many Christians killed and their Bibles and Christian literature burned in their country. They go completely berserk over something an American writes, in our own country, only shows exactly where they stand. America protects all of the foreigners in the USA, we certainly need to protect our own, Americans. If we allow them to be tried by Islamists we are Islamist ourselves and have no respect for our people or our GOD. As long as they are in our country, they should have not one iota of power here. America, we need to pray for these people.
  
  By the way the things, the lies that they write and speak about our country and our GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST are ignored, but they want to yield power here against our people for what we say or write is outrageous. Is the book true? Will we allow such atrocities against our people? I do not know. Again our people need to "pray without ceasing."
- MikefromColorado
  
  It is so crystal clear that the Muslims are in an all out assault against all Christians and Jews…they have declared very openly that if we don't succumb to the Muslim way of life and their religion, its off with our heads. SHARIAH LAW must be stopped in this country, it is slowly creeping in. OBAMA must be tossed out of office if we expect this to ever happen as he has up until this time been a closet Muslim. Their are so many lies and open deceit coming out of this man that we are all dieing slowly of the OBAMA CANCER. If re-elected there will be no holding back of the dispicable and illegal President. Christians need to rise up and defend our way of life. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
U.S. Sailor

You Islamics are friggin' nuts. Get a life already and stop believing in the foolish Koran and that piece of garbage Islam religion.
- MikefromColorado
  
  GOD bless you for being in our armed services and willing to defending our nation, when we have a deceitful President, head of our military that is so anti-military.
vaquerobob

Where is the condemnation of these actions by Egypt from our POTUS and State Department who have sworn to uphold our Constitution and the sacred guarantee of Freedom of Speech?!?!
- Ken
  
  Our Muslim leader, Obummer, will probably round these people up and ship them over to Egypt himself……What a weiner we have in the white house.
  - MikefromColorado
    
    You are so right…he is a Muslim, he is Bi-sexual and he was born in Kenya. He is part of the SOROS Conspiracy to destroy America.
yaki534

It seems that Mr Obama is not going to take any action to defend Americans and/or Christians from these Islamic terrorists. I say we withdraw all Christians and American citizens and also ANY foreign aid or monies plus freeze any and all banking they have in the U.S. If they hate us so bad they surely should not get any of our tax dollars. I also want us to rescue the Pastor that gave us information to get Bin Lauden.
- MikefromColorado
  
  AMEN to ALL that, we need to ALL work diligently to rid ourselves of this horrific (no, I never said terrific, I said horrific) man that snuck into office that far too many seemingly adore. What is wrong with America, are all you OBAMA adoring citizens simply STUPID. can't you not see what he is doing. We need to watch out for his second term because it will be even worse than his first if that is possible..and it will be. He already stated that when he spoke to Russia when the mike was still open. Its no secret that he keeps Joe Biden in office as an insurance policy to protect his ars…who would go after him if Joe Biden is the replacement.
- http://www.facebook.com/lanell.mueller LaNell Mueller
  
  Oh, didn't you read that just yesterday our illustrious government just awarded Egypt 130 million a month in aid? If that isn't treason I don't know what is.. We can't pay our own bills but we are giving money away. No wonder we are trillions of dollars in debt. I agree with you that we need to stop all foreign aid unless its to countries who support us.
agbjr

I state here and now Mohammed was a camel flea-infested pedophile and Allah is NOT God but Satan himself. I am a proud native-born United States citizen beholden to no law except that of God Almighty and the United States Constitution. OK, Egypt, come and get me.
agbjr

I state here and now Mohammed was a camel flea-infested child molester and Allah is NOT God but Satan himself. I am a proud native-born United States citizen beholden to no law except that of God Almighty and the United States Constitution. OK, Egypt, come and get me.
CC@

I say go ahead, issue your arrest warnings and see if you can come get him. Go ahead, his freedom is guaranteed in this country "still" no matter what little boy obama says so go ahead, come get him and see if you don't bite the bear in the rear. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE another country coming here and arresting our citizens for exercising their free will and constitutional rights so if you've got it in you, then let's see where this cookie crumbles.
silvernotes

Symbolic or not, I'd cut their aid. The need to learn a lesson or two in free speech and that they can not sweep our constitutional rights away.
fort9erdon

We should extradite that pastor down in Florida to Egypt! Enough people have died, in the aftermath of his foolishness. God, will make him answer for the deaths he has caused.
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-B-Severy/557985964 David B Severy

The muslims have been burning bibles for years. Do christians storm their embassies in Washington D.C. No. There has never been a "religion" like the Muslim religion. It enjoys a level of hypocrisy beyond any I know of, and has double standards written into it's doctrines.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004047180339 John Adams

Is he also willing to prosecute the muslims in and out side his country that have made anti-Christian statements?
John J Flanagan

Although I agree that the pastor in question is inflammatory and plainly wrong, as this individual also protests at the funerals of American soldiers and Marines killed in combat. Having said that, he is not worthy of death for his speech. I firmly hope that the American people now see how much of a real threat to freedom the Muslim faith has become. For this man and the seven Coptic Christians to be tried and possibly executed for speaking against Muslims is the height of hypocrisy for this most violent and intolerant religion. There can be no peace between Muslims and Christians. We must realize this and accept this reality. Under Islam, all of us would be persecuted and perhaps murdered for our faith. This is not acceptable and resistance to Islam is not an option, it is a necessity.
Jerry R Wood

Let them come to America to get them, our guns are loaded and were waiting.
fliteking

Ob*ma and H*lder will probably arrange for this pastor to take a trip over-seas.

Otherwise the Egyptians might release the pictures of H*lder B_____ the camel.
Bacchus

I think it is about time Christians stood up against the Anti Christ statements in the koran. Perhaps we should take them to court for blasphemy, the over 600 hate statements, the death demands that are in the koran and the lies about Jesus. Stand up for our freedom of thought which the koran seeks to take away,There are several proofs in the koran that confirm the satanic nature of allah. Pity muslims cannot understand what an evil book the koran really is.
TheTruthSpeaker

Islam cannot stand the truth to be told about their religion. One of these days they will discover the truth but it will be too late for them. There is only one God and one Savior, Jesus Christ.
Sam

Tell Egypt to take a flying leap right into hell! Islam is a political religion that uses their god as a front for their evil agenda. Allah did not give the Ten Commandments or Jesus. Therefore, he is not the One True God. That is why those people are so evil. They are idol worshipers. In the bible, these kind of people were constantly being destroyed by God. He hates idolatry.
jagraham

There are three possible options that result in only two certain outcomes.
First option and outcome: Vote for and re-elect the Hope and Change candidate that supposedly cares about the poor and uses the words of the Bible as his justification for massively increasing spending on social welfare programs. If Christians turn out and vote for President Obama then he will be re-elected.
Second option and outcome: Vote for the rich, capitalist, candidate that promises to return America to its original foundations to a less centralized government with more personal freedoms. This candidate’s religion even denies the Orthodox Christian view of the Trinity. Mormonism even espouses that Satan and Jesus are spirit brothers and that God had physical relations with Mary. If Christians turn out and vote en masse for Governor Romney despite his religion, then he will be elected.
Third option and outcome: Christians abstain from voting because each candidate is unworthy; Obama wants gay marriage and Romney’s religion denies that Jesus is Lord above all. In good conscience Christians stay home from the polls. That results again in the first outcome.
Reflecting on the first option: If anyone thinks that President Obama is a Christian then let the record speak for itself. This is a man who for 20 years sat under the hate-filled preaching a Rev Jeremiah Wright, a Black Liberation Theology hate monger. I wonder if Rev Wright ever preached on “Loving God and Loving your neighbor as yourself” which Jesus said is the Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22)? Radio talk show host and former political candidate Alan Keyes, even offered further evidence in 2004 that then Senate Candidate Obama was not a Christian. Keyes said that even “Jesus Christ would not vote for Obama” due to his far left views on abortion and infanticide while serving in the Illinois State Senate.
President Obama recently showed more of his so-called “Christian” faith in by claiming to have compassion on same sex individuals who want to have the same rights of marriage that heterosexuals have enjoyed from the beginning of civilization. The President even cited the Golden Rule in his decision. We must be reminded however that even Satan quoted scripture when he tempted Jesus (Matthew 4). Similarly, the President quoted scripture to justify his position. Unfortunately his position is inconsistent with the whole counsel of Holy Writ. This misreading of the Bible is what the Great Reformer, Martin Luther, warned when he said that “Scripture does not have a wax nose” and is not to be twisted into anything we want it to say. Seems this was just a bone to the Gay Rights crowd so they would continue to donate to the President’s re-election effort.
President Obama has led from behind on this economic recovery and led from the front increasing this catastrophic debt burden he has imposed upon our children and grandchildren. Unfortunately these massive tax increases will choke the growth of this economy and our power as a world leader will consequently diminish. When he promised to change this country, he meant what he said. In my view, the President is actually a statist. His god is actually the all-powerful government bent on subjugating a free people under his rule.
Reflecting on the second option: So what would a Mormon presidency look like? There are sixteen Mormons serving in the US Congress. Mormons are known for their abstentions from alcohol, tobacco, caffeine. I served in the military with many Mormons and they were some of the finest officers dedicated to the defense of America that I ever served with. Other Mormon friends I have are some of the hardest working and most patriotic people I know. Devout Mormons are law abiding citizens of very higher moral standards and committed to their families. Governor Romney and his family could be characterized in this way.
Would Mormon theology or a Mormon President be counter to the preservation of our Great Republic? First, we must understand that Mormon theology is a “works based” religion. I think we could infer that good works accomplished by any group (feeding the hungry, blood drives, coats for kids, etc…) are beneficial to our society as a whole. The disagreement is in the motivation for doing good works. The theological discussion with Mormons or other religions is whether good works can justify our standing on Judgment Day before God Almighty. What is not in dispute is the “good” in the term good works.
Second, would Governor Romney be the mouthpiece of the Mormon Church or a good President of all the people? As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. Just as President Kennedy was the first Catholic president and did not act as the American Pope, there is no reason to think that a Romney Presidency would rule from Salt Lake City.
Reflecting on the third option: Christians staying home from the polls or voting for a third party candidate keeps the status quo in place with Harry Reid running the Senate and conservatives being demonized in the House for wanting to reign in the debt. Worse than that, if we don’t overturn the Affordable Care Act we become complicit in furthering the continued slaughter of the unborn under the ruse of “Women’s Health Coverage.” This government’s intervention, never seen before in the history of this Great Republic, mandating that faith based organizations participate in this slaughter is unconscionable. Think of it this way, we have a modern King Herod in office that is determined to slaughter the unborn and whose ultimate goal is power, total power. (Historical note-around the time of Jesus birth King Herod ordered the slaughter of boys two years old and under in Israel to try to kill Jesus.)
What is a Conservative Christian supposed to do? Christians should be all about sharing the message of God’s love through Jesus Christ. We are also called in the New Testament to be good citizens. Therein lays the dilemma, because the world of politics is a human endeavor run by sinners, of which I am one. Christians also understand the reality of the evil that exists around us. Jesus called us to be “Salt and Light” to a dark and lost world. Therefore I should do everything in my power to advance the kingdom of Christ and counter evil. Therefore I have to vote and I have to vote against the current President’s policies.
In light of the recent attacks on our embassies in the Middle East and North Africa, it seems that the current President is more content with appeasing the Muslim Brotherhood than standing strong against the regimes that want to do us harm. Just as I am justified in killing an intruder that comes into my house and seeks to do my family harm, our country is also justified in defending itself against militant Islam that is hostile to our values and the freedoms we enjoy in the West. Justification for Christians to take up arms can be found in what is called Just War Theory.
If Christians cannot vote in good conscience for the Romney/Ryan ticket due to the Mormon connection, please consider stopping the modern King Herod by voting against President Obama. That would be the “R” selection on the ballot

Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/09/what-is-the-conservative-christian-to-do-in-the-2012-presidential-election/#ixzz26pnBTDJz
- mallen11
  
  No vote or write in votes or 3rd party votes will allow -0 to win and lead our country into communism and devastation. I hope you are prepared to go down with our country. I am voting for the R&R Team against -0 because I believe in capitalism and not communism. God will allow one or the other according to whether We the People will put Him first in our lives.
Mex Seiko

Any fawa against any American citizen should be considered a declaration of war and any harm done to an American citizen as an execution of such should trigger a swift response over the country issuing the order. If I was POTUS I would issue a fair warning to any country issuing fatwa over my people. You fatwa me, I fatwa you. A fatwa is a call to assassinate. It's terrorism.
Paula

People are tip-toeing around this "religion" because Islamists are all bats71T crazy. Ever wonder why when people curse they don't say "allah damn it"? Two reasons: 1) he's not REAL and 2)Because the satan in all of us knows who the REAL God is.
- mallen11
  
  That was a good comment except that as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ we have the indwelling of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit and therefore, Satan cannot indwell us. We are all born with a sin nature because of Adam but we have power from God to resist it through the study and application of His Word.
  
  The indwelling of the Trinity:
  God the Father – Eph 4:6, II John 9; the indwelling of God the Son – John 14:20, John 17:22-23 & 26, Rom 8:10, II Cor 13:5, Gal 2:20, Col 1:27, I John 2:24; the indwelling of the Holy Spirit – Rom 8:11, I Cor 3:16 & 6:19-20, II Cor 6:16
  - Evermyrtle
    
    You are right to a point but Satan never give up on us as long as we can think and make decisions. We have to close to JESUS every moment and never hesitate or grow slack for a moment. The more we love our SAVIOR the more he hates us and will fight us.
    - mallen11
      
      I totally understand what you are saying; I was only sticking with the Biblical truth that Satan cannot indwell any believer but he can influence us if we neglect His Word.
      
      1 Peter 5:8
      Be of sober spirit, be on the alert your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
bill carver

I see that the bible verses st john 15;18-27 and verse 16;1-4. has begun plus bringing in the church called chrislam!!
Judy Ladd

one word comes to mind…. SATAN.. he keeps his anti-CHRISTian movement alive by using puppets of governments and other faiths. Be alert.