Gatestone Institute Yesterday, January 7, 2024, marked the Eastern Orthodox Christmas, according to the Julian calendar. Less than two weeks earlier, on December 25, 2023, the more familiar Catholic and Protestant Christmas was celebrated in the West. This winter, however, festivities were cancelled. Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, was a ghost town . "This year," said … [Read more...]
Denmark: ‘Is Christian Persecution One of the World’s Biggest Problems?’
Below is an English translation of a Danish report written by journalist Iben Thranholm following an interview with me for the Danish publication, Udfordringen ("the Challenge"): Christian persecution is a much bigger problem than we are aware of and than Western governments want to recognize and act on, believes the American-Egyptian historian Raymond Ibrahim. He has written … [Read more...]
Christian Homes and Cattle Burn for Building Legalized Church in Egypt
Coptic Solidarity Once again, Muslim fanatics have risen up in violence and hate—attacking Christians to the cries of Islam’s war cry, “Allahu akbar”—simply because the Copts, Egypt’s most indigenous inhabitants, sought to build themselves a place of worship. The incident began on December 16, 2023, and continued into the evening of December 18, in the village of al-‘Azib (in … [Read more...]
‘They Hate Us!’ The Muslim Persecution of Christians, November 2023
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of November 2023. The Muslim Slaughter of Christians Pakistan: A Muslim man murdered a young Christian because he was “driven by a strong hatred for Christians and Jews.” On Nov. 9, around 3 a.m., Muhammad Zubair broke into a Christian household while … [Read more...]
Video: ‘Raymond Ibrahim on Islam’s War against the West and Muslim Persecution of Christians’
I recently spoke at The Free Press Society in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event description and video follow: On November 13th 2023, The Free Press Society had invited American historian, author and columnist Raymond Ibrahim - who has an Egyptian/Coptic Christian family background - to tell about his ongoing studies of the persecution of Christians, especially in Muslim … [Read more...]