The following article was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by Joachim Osther “What assistance, fellow warriors, can we hope for from God, we who, while His churches are perishing, not only do not come to their defense, but do not even put forward any word of objection?” – Godfrey of Bouillon (c. 1060-1100), late 11th Century. And Then They Came In many ways, Godfrey’s exigent … [Read more...]
The Genocide of ‘The Sunday People’: 365,000,000 Christians Persecuted Worldwide
Gatestone Institute In 2023, 4998 Christians around the world—on average, 13 a day—were “killed for faith related reasons.” Another 4,125 Christians were illegally detained or arrested, and 14,766 churches and other Christian institutions were attacked. Overall, the global persecution of Christians remains higher than ever, with 365 million believers suffering “high levels of … [Read more...]
What If the West Accepted Only Christian Refugees from the Muslim World?
For years now, a number of mostly Eastern European nations have been arguing that, if they are going to accept any refugees from the Muslim world, they prefer Christians. Hungary, for example, has apparently been doing just that. To this, the official Western response has been to cry “racism!” Barack Obama, for instance, once called such a suggestion “shameful,” loftily … [Read more...]
Report: ‘Raymond Ibrahim Documents the Persecution of Christians, Also in Europe’
Danish journalist Peder Jensen recently wrote a report about my talk in Copenhagen for the website Document.dk. Titled, "Raymond Ibrahim Documents the Persecution of Christians, Also in Europe," an English translation of it, as well as the photo accompanying the report, follow: Author and translator Raymond Ibrahim was born in the United States to Coptic Christian … [Read more...]
Canada: Nearly 100 Churches Torched, Four during Christmas, 2023
The Stream About 100 churches have been vandalized, torched, or desecrated over the last two-and-a-half years—not in Egypt or Nigeria, but in Canada (mapped and listed here). While this phenomenon received a bit of media attention, after some 30 churches were initially torched in the summer of 2021, that number has significantly grown to 96, with the authorities doing little, … [Read more...]