The Gospel Herald By Isaiah Narciso In light of the recent video released by ISIS showing the beheadings of 30 Ethiopian Christian men in Libya, author Raymond Ibrahim warns that the future of Christianity in the West is tied to the fate of Christians in the Middle East. In an interview conducted by Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review, Ibrahim, a Shillman Fellow at the … [Read more...]
¿Realmente está creciendo la persecución de cristianos en el mundo?
BBC Spanish By Leire Ventas En la pasada misa de Pascua el papa Francisco hizo un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional para que no permanezca "en silencio e inactiva ante el inaceptable crimen" de la persecución de cristianos en el mundo. Era la segunda vez durante la Semana Santa que hacía referencia a los 150 estudiantes muertos a manos del grupo yihadista Al Shabab … [Read more...]
Reports: Islamic State Blew Up Syrian Church in ‘Christian Hill’ on Easter Sunday
The Blaze By Sharona Schwartz The Islamic State group blew up a church in an Assyrian Christian village in northeastern Syria on Easter Sunday, the Syrian news agency and a Christian news agency reported. Residents of Tel Nasri village in the Hassaka province told Syria’s state news agency SANA that Islamic State militants planted explosives in the Church of the Virgin … [Read more...]
Pentagon Admits No Strategy to Blunt ISIS Expansion
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon admits it does not have a military strategy to blunt the spread of ISIS beyond its self-proclaimed caliphate in portions of Syria and Iraq. The jihadist movement now has pledges of allegiance from groups with a presence in 12 countries, from the Middle East, to North Africa to Central and Southeast Asia. In response to a question from WND at an … [Read more...]
Needed: A New Church Policy Toward Islam
Crisis Magazine By William Kilpatrick Mark Steyn observed that “there is no market for a faith that has no faith in itself.” He was referring to Christianity’s loss of faith in itself as exemplified by the decline of Christianity in Europe and the corresponding rise of Islam—a faith that does have faith in itself. A new Church policy toward Islam should be geared toward … [Read more...]