Back in 2015, I watched a 1-minute video of Muslims connected to the Islamic State (“ISIS”) breaking crosses inside and from atop churches. Because the video had for some days been going viral on Arabic social media, I, in an effort to bring Western peoples up to speed with Muslims—to show them what Muslims around the world were watching—uploaded it onto YouTube. YouTube’s … [Read more...]
New Documentary Exposes the Shady Origins of the Persecution of Christians in Syria
The Stream The Broken Cross, a new Arabic-language documentary, was launched and screened in Damascus on September 2 before a large audience of religious and diplomatic figures, including journalists and media. The film exposes the activities of a largely unknown (in the West) Islamic group, the Turkestan Islamist Party. According to its director, Najdat Ismail Anzour, This … [Read more...]
A Thousand Years of Jihad on the Oldest Christian Nation
The Islamic scimitar is rattling with Christian blood again. In late 2020, war broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Two months later, peace was achieved on condition that the ancient Christian nation cede a portion of its ancestral land to its Muslim neighbor, namely Artsakh, since the twentieth century known as “Nagorno-Karabakh.” The peace bought by such appeasement … [Read more...]
ICC Video: A Deep Dive into the Destructive History of Islam with Raymond Ibrahim (Part 1)
Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, recently interviewed me. The official description and video follow: 09/10/2023 Today, I have the privilege of sharing with you an interview with Raymond Ibrahim, an author and expert on Islamic history. The history of Islam is fascinating, particularly as it relates to the religion’s relation to other faiths. Throughout … [Read more...]
Iraqi Christians’ Never-Ending ‘Black Day’
The Stream The Christians of Iraq recently commemorated the ninth anniversary of “The Black Day,” that is, August 6, 2014, when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) invaded northern Iraq, where most of that nation’s Christian minorities, known as Chaldeans and/or Assyrians, live. The atrocities then committed—and which were correctly labeled genocide by the … [Read more...]