Coptic Solidarity Egypt’s Ministry of Endowments has announced a new personal record: between September 2020 and June 2024, it has opened a total of 4,960 new mosques, and renovated, replaced, and/or augmented another 12,081 mosques. This pious project has cost the Third World nation a hefty 19 billion Egyptian pounds. Among other “reforms,” the ministry added that it is … [Read more...]
Coptic Bishop Warns West Against Islam: ‘You Are Up Next… My Story Is Your Story’
The Stream A Coptic Christian bishop from Egypt recently issued a stark warning to the people of Germany –and by extension, the entire Western world. In a video posted on June 11, Bishop Damian of the Höxter-Brenkhausen diocese stressed two main points that I have belabored for nearly two decades: the importance of 1) learning from the historic interaction between Islam and … [Read more...]
‘Their Throats Were Slit Simply Because They Were Christians’: The Muslim Persecution of Christians, May 2024
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of May 2024. Muslim Slaughter of and Violence against Christians Nigeria: Some May headlines from the ongoing Muslim genocide of Christians in the African nation: May 1: “Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria” May 6: … [Read more...]
Today in History: Christians ‘Place Their Hope in the Lord Jesus Christ’ and Defeat Islam
The Stream Thanks to the efforts of Ferdinand III of Castile (aka Saint Ferdinand, or Fernando) today in history, Córdoba, which after the eighth century Muslim conquest of Spain had become one of the most important “abodes of Islam,” passed into "the hands of the accursed Christians—may Allah destroy them all!” (to quote from a disgruntled Muslim chronicler). Six months … [Read more...]
The Miraculous Victory: When Outnumbered, Starved Christians Defeated the Hordes of Islam
The Stream Today in history, on June 28, 1098, Crusaders won such a victory over the forces of Islam that, for those present, it could only be interpreted as a miracle. As discussed here, on June 3, the Crusaders managed to liberate from Islamic abuse the ancient Christian city of Antioch — the place where the very word “Christian” was first coined (Acts 11:26). Before they … [Read more...]