PJ Media What is—or rather should be—the purpose of interfaith dialogue? When the Vatican and Pope Francis announce, as they recently did, that they are engaged in interfaith dialogue with leading Muslims, what exactly are they conveying to the world? What are they accomplishing? The answer to these questions is the difference between what true interfaith … [Read more...]
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“Recant Christianity or Face the Sword”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, November 2018
Gatestone Institute The Slaughter of Christians Egypt: On November 2, heavily armed Islamic terrorists ambushed and massacred Christians returning home after visiting the ancient St. Samuel Monastery in Minya. Seven pilgrims—including a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy—were shot to death. More than 20 others were left injured, with bullet wounds or shards of broken … [Read more...]
A Bloodbath for Christians, No Response from Egypt
Gatestone Institute On Friday, November 2, heavily armed Islamic terrorists ambushed and massacred Christians returning home after visiting an ancient monastery in the desert. Seven pilgrims—including a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy—were shot to death, “just because they were Christian,” to quote Pope Francis during a prayer afterwards. Over 20 were left injured … [Read more...]
Without Weapons the West Dies
FrontPage Magazine What would happen if the world took Pope Francis’ advice (via a tweet)? “Do we really want peace? Then let’s ban all weapons so we don’t have to live in fear of war,” said the pontiff. While on the surface, the disappearance of all weapons might suggest the inability to do violence, in reality, it would mean the certain annihilation of the West as a … [Read more...]
“Clean Our Excrement Every Day or Die”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, August 2017
Gatestone Institute A document drafted by members of the global Christian community convening at the 3rd International Christian Forum held in Moscow, detailed how over the past 10 years the Middle East's Christian population has shrunk by 80 percent and warned that unless current trends are reversed Christianity “will vanish” from its ancient homelands in a few years’ … [Read more...]
“We Are Going to Burn You Alive!” Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2017
Gatestone Institute Jesuit Father Henri Boulad, an Islamic scholar of the Egyptian Greek Melkite rite, held no punches in an interview concerning the motives of Islamic terror and Western responses to it. “Islam is an open-ended declaration of war against non-Muslims,” declared the priest, and those who carry out acts of violence and intolerance are only doing what their … [Read more...]
Death and Destruction for Christmas: Muslim Persecution of Christians, December 2016
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute As in previous years, the month of Christmas saw an uptick in Islamic attacks on Christians—much of it in the context of targeting Christmas related worship and celebrations. The one to claim the most lives occurred in Egypt. There, on Sunday, December 11, an Islamic suicide bomber entered the St. Peter Cathedral in Cairo … [Read more...]
‘The Crescent Must be Above the Cross’: Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2016
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute In September 2016, a group of escaped ISIS sex slaves finally revealed the true fate of Kayla Mueller -- the 26-year-old American aid worker in Syria whom ISIS had reported dead more than a year ago. Her former fellow captives said Mueller had “refused to deny Jesus Christ despite being repeatedly raped and tortured.” In … [Read more...]
Americans Seek to Help Persecuted Christians, Administration Helps Muslims: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2016
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute. Danish translation here. As the Muslim persecution of Christians continues to reach critical proportions around the world (see report below), the average American shows much more concern than the current administration. Soon after it was revealed that the Obama administration has taken in 5,435 Muslim refugees, but only 28 … [Read more...]
Islam’s Will to Power: An Interview with Raymond Ibrahim
Note: I was recently interviewed by Niram Ferretti for the Italian publication L'informale. Danish translation here. The English version follows: Of Egyptian Coptic parents and fluent in Arabic, Raymond Ibrahim is among those scholars and commentators who, like Robert Spencer and David Horowitz, is not afraid of calling a spade a spade. In this times of ours poisoned by … [Read more...]