"Rafah is an Islamic emirate. No to Christians on the land of Islam."

But remember: the real problem is "Islamophobia." An update on this story. "Forced eviction of Copts in Rafah," by Nader Shukry for Wataninet, October 1 (thanks to Lachlan):

A heated confrontation took place yesterday between the governor of North Sinai Abdel-Fattah Harhour and the Rafah Copts over their intention to leave town in the wake of threats against them by radical Islamists should they refuse to leave

Rafah an Islamic emirate

The crisis erupted some two weeks earlier when the Copts in Rafah on the Egypt Gaza border in North Sinai received handwritten threats thrown on their doorsteps by masked men on motorcycles. The notes read that: “Rafah is an Islamic emirate. No to Christians on the land of Islam.” The notes were signed in the name of Geish al-Badiya al-Islami (The Islamic Army of the Desert), and declared Rafah an Islamic emirate. The Copts were ordered to leave town in the matter of 48 hours.

When the Copts did not leave town, masked men on a motorcycle shot at Mamdouh Nassif, the Coptic owner of a grocery shop in Rafah, while in his shop. Nassif said that he threw himself on the floor to escape the shots which bombarded the chair he was sitting on. The refrigerators and the cabinets in the shop were damaged, and the glass front of the shop was shattered. Nassif said the armed forces patrol squad stationed close by never moved to investigate the matter till it received higher orders.

Fleeing for their lives

In the wake of this incident, the seven Coptic families living in Rafah realised that their lives and their children’s are threatened, especially with the free reign given to the radical Islamist armed groups there. 

Click on the title to read the whole thing at Jihad Watch.