Published by the Gatestone Institute The deplorable state of religious freedom in the Islamic world came to the fore in May when news of the arrest, imprisonment, and death sentencing of a pregnant Christian wife and mother on the accusation that she had left Islam for Christianity reached the world. On May 15, Meriam Ibrahim of Sudan was sentenced to flogging followed by … [Read more...]
Tripoli: Islamists Desecrate Christian Cemetery
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an anonymous American teacher in the Muslim world. Following my visit to the damaged Bride of the Sea on Tripoli's harbor, I decided to take a look at the city's Christian Cemetery, which has been attacked and desecrated three times since the fall of Qaddafi in 2011 (the last attack occurring in January … [Read more...]
Christian Nurses Betrayed by Muslim Colleagues in Pakistan
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world. Even though I have been living in the Islamic world for almost three years, the events in this story surprised even me. I guess the idea of being betrayed by a friend or a co-worker with whom I have had a long and cordial relationship is still hard for me to … [Read more...]
One Copt Released, Many Still Captive or Dead
Coptic Solidarity Wadi Ramsis, a Coptic doctor who was kidnapped in Sinai two months ago was released Monday after “payment of large sums of [ransom] money,” said authorities. Targeting Copts—especially professionals, who can afford to pay, or children, whose parents become desperate to pay—is becoming endemic to Egypt. In May, five “unidentified persons” kidnapped a Coptic … [Read more...]
Forced to Flee for Blasphemy: Christian Experiences in Pakistan
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world. While in Thailand last month, I visited my friend Paul, who, with his family, was forced to flee Pakistan in 2012. After lunch he introduced me to Stephan, another Christian who fled Pakistan with his family because of religious persecution. Like Paul, … [Read more...]