FrontPage Magazine Five-hundred years ago today, on October 31, 1517, a Catholic monk named Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of a German church, thereby launching what would come to be known as the Protestant Reformation. Whatever else can be said of him, Luther unwittingly initiated something else that is often overlooked. As European historian Franco … [Read more...]
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“Drip-Drip” Genocide: Muslim Persecution of Christians, February, 2017
Gatestone Institute The Islamic State is at it again. More stories of atrocities against Christians continued to surface. In one, a Christian man, Meghrik, said the bus in which he was riding in Syria was stopped at what turned out to be an ISIS checkpoint. Three men dressed in black entered and began checking all the passengers’ identification papers. “Are you a … [Read more...]
‘Christians are Untouchables! They Are Meant for Cleaning Our Houses’: Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2016
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute At the height of one of the worst months for Christians under Islam—as documented in the report below—both the U.S. government and American “mainstream” media continued to ignore the plight of Christians. Despite the U.S. government’s acknowledgement that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians in in Iraq and … [Read more...]
Obama’s Refugee Policy: Yes to Potential Terrorists, No to Genocide Victims
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute The Obama administration has been escalating a policy that both abandons Mideast Christians and exposes Americans to the jihad. Late last year it was revealed that 97% of Syrian refugees accepted into the U.S. were Sunni Muslims—the same Islamic sect to which the Islamic State belongs—while fewer than half-a-percent were … [Read more...]
ISIS Slaughters Christians “In Their Beds”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, October 2015
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The Truth about the Crusades
Were the Crusades a reflection of the "terrible deeds [done] in the name of Christ" as U.S. President Obama recently warned, or were they a reflection of something else, namely, centuries of Islamic jihad? In the following essay, one of the top historians of the Crusades definitively answers the question. Thomas Madden -- former Chair of the History Department at Saint Louis … [Read more...]
The Muslim Rape of Christian Nuns
French Despite how unsavory and barbaric Islamic groups and persons around the world have been behaving—whether Nigeria’s Boko Haram, Mesopotamia’s Islamic State, Somalia’s Shabaab—perhaps few things are as disgusting and cowardly as the Muslim rape of nuns: defenseless Christian women who sacrifice much of their lives to help sick and needy Muslims. The latest such attack … [Read more...]
Muslimske forfølgelser af kristne januar 2014
Det er ikke alle, og slet ikke de fleste, muslimer, der er involveret i forfølgelsen af kristne i den islamiske verden. Alligevel når denne forfølgelse nye højder. Derfor opsamler islameksperten Raymond Ibrahum løbende nogle af de tilfælde af forfølgelser, der kommer op til overfladen hver måned. Hans gennemgang tjener to formål: For det første at dokumentere det, … [Read more...]
Syrian Rebels Kidnap Nuns and Orphans
Christian Voice by Robin Phillips A group of nuns and orphans remain missing after their abduction at the hands of Syrian rebels. Over two months have now elapsed since Mother Superior Pelagia Sayyaf and at least 11 other nuns were kidnapped on 2 December from their Convent of St. Thecla, Maaloula, Syria. The orphans who lived in the monastery were also taken captive. A … [Read more...]
Islamic Jihad on Christian Nuns: A History
Yet another phenomenon with a long paper trail in Islamic history has just taken place, even as the Western “mainstream”—little acquainted with true history or reality—dismisses it as an aberration. Asia News has the details: Islamist rebels have kidnapped a group of nuns from the Greek Orthodox monastery of St Thecla (Mar Taqla) in Maaloula [an ancient Christian community … [Read more...]