Gatestone Institute Muslims beheading Christians was a visibly growing spectacle throughout the month of August. Islamic State militants cut off a Christian man’s head—after compelling him to say the shehada, the Islamic profession of faith, “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.” When the shehada is spoken before Muslim witnesses, the speaker becomes … [Read more...]
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Islam: Built on the Blood of (Christian) Martyrs (A History of Forced Conversions)
In a recent interview on CBN News, Andrew White, an Anglican priest known as the “Vicar of Baghdad,” tried to recount the horrific atrocities Christians in Iraq are suffering at the hands of the Islamic State. After explaining how Christian minorities fled Baghdad to Ninevah when Islamic militants began terrorizing them and bombing their churches, White said: Then one day, … [Read more...]
‘We Need Your Head’: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2014
Gatestone Institute The purge of ancient Christian communities throughout Iraq that started in June culminated in a show of great intolerance in July. Among other things, a Christian church that had stood on the ground of Iraq for 1,800 years—a church that was erected less than 200 year after Christ—was reportedly torched by the Islamic State, according to numerous news … [Read more...]
Christians ‘Most Persecuted Group in World’: Muslim Persecution of Christians, February 2014
Gatestone Institute The most historic and emblematic sign of Muslim persecution of Christians returned in February: Christians in Raqqa, Syria, under the occupation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, which has since consolidated more territory), were given the three classic choices of Islam: 1) convert to Islam or 2) pay jizya (tribute or extortion money, via … [Read more...]
Tweeting Like a Bunch of Twits
By Tom Burgum Longboat Key News The United States seemingly has a new foreign policy strategy. When danger threatens in the world, simply tweet it away. Russia invades the Ukraine: have a State Department official appear on Twitter with a sign of support for the Ukraine. Kidnapping in Nigeria: show the first lady on Twitter holding a sign that reads, “Bring back our girls.” … [Read more...]
Bloody Weekend: Trend of Muslim Rage Against ‘Infidels’ Continues
The Blaze Spanish Muslim slaughter of non-Muslim “infidels” saw an especially dramatic weekend in the nations of Pakistan and Kenya. Even so, these are simply the latest in a long list of jihadi attacks on the Christians of both nations. Last Sunday, September 22, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Islamic suicide bombers entered the All Saints Church compound right after Sunday … [Read more...]
Vote for Me or Else: Patterns between Egypt and Pakistan
Gatestone Institute In what seems to be a pattern in many Muslim nations of finding new pretexts to justify anti-Christian—and “anti-Other”—behavior, Egypt's Christians and their churches are under attack, ostensibly because Christians joined the June 30 Revolution, which led to the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood. Lesser known is that, even before the revolution back … [Read more...]
The Importance of ‘Witnesses’: Newly Translated Georgian Christian Martyrdoms Expose Islamic Jihad Continuity
By Ralph Sidway In the Eastern Orthodox Christian traditions, the lives of saints and the examples of martyrs and confessors are a rich source of theology. These are ones who “completed this life in faith,” and so their “witness” (the literal translation of the Greek word, “martyr”) bears considerable weight in the Church’s memory. In the mind of the Orthodox Church, martyrs … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: July, 2012
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute Several reports appearing in July indicate that Christian minorities all around the Muslim world—especially women and children—are being abducted, tortured, raped, forced to convert to Islam, and/or enslaved. In Egypt, at least 550 such cases have been documented in the last five years, and have only increased since the … [Read more...]
‘You Will Not Escape the Wrath of Allah!’ The Muslim Persecution of Christians, December 2024 (Christmas Edition)
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of December 2024. Jihadist Hate and Terror for Christmas Germany: On Dec. 4, an Iraqi asylum seeker was arrested for plotting a terror attack, specifically by plowing his vehicle into the crowds of a popular Christmas market in Augsburg. The man, known … [Read more...]