Islamic law is totalitarianism. There can be no freedom in the Western sense of the word, since the “Islamic understanding of ‘freedom,’ or hurriyya means perfect slavery” (524), and this slavery is between Allah the master and his human slaves.

Dozens of Gaza Christians staged a rare public protest Monday, claiming two congregants were forcibly converted to Islam and were being held against their will. The small but noisy demonstration showed the increasingly desperate situation facing the tiny minority. Protesters banged on a church bell and chanted, “With our spirit, with our blood we will sacrifice ourselves for you, Jesus.”