Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of December 2023. Christmas-Timed Slaughters and Nightmares Nigeria: Beginning on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day, Muslim terrorists massacred nearly 200 Christians. Well-armed Muslim Fulani tribesmen hacked, stabbed, riddled with bullets, and … [Read more...]
Lenient Ruling against Murderers of Coptic Christian Raises Questions
Coptic Solidarity A court ruling concerning the murder of a Christian man has left many of Egypt’s Copts disappointed and, once again, feeling discriminated against. Background: In April, 2022, three masked men pulled up near the workshop of Rani Ra’fat, a 28-year-old Coptic engineer. Once the Christian appeared, a hail of fire was opened on him. He died on the spot; 22 … [Read more...]
Coptic Christmas Eve: Another Church Torched in Egypt
Coptic Solidarity Sadly, but certainly not surprisingly, another Christmas has come and gone in Egypt, with yet another Islamic terror attack on a church gathered for prayer. On Jan. 6, 2024—Christmas Eve according to the Orthodox calendar, which millions of Christians spend by worshipping in church—Muslim fanatics torched a prayer tent in the village of Mansheyet Zafarana in … [Read more...]
‘A Gory Christmas’: Christians Slaughtered in the Nigerian Genocide
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...]