In the newest Prager University course, I discuss Muslim persecution of Christians. From the Prager University website: "The most persecuted and victimized people in the world today are Christians in the Middle East. The perpetrators of the widespread destruction of that region's Christian community? Islamists. Middle East expert Raymond Ibrahim lays out the grim details." The … [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...]
ISIS Snuffs Out Ancient Christianity: Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2014
Gatestone Institute During the Islamic State’s June invasion and consolidation of Mosul, Iraq–where Christians have been present since the first century—numerous atrocities against them were committed. Accordingly, the region is now reportedly empty of Christian presence. Among other things, the Islamic State reinstituted the collection of jizya, the tribute conquered … [Read more...]
Loyalty and Enmity: Parallels between Islam and the Mafia
FrontPage Magazine Editor’s note: The following is Part Two of a three-part series examining the many parallels between Islam and the mafia following Bill Maher’s recent exclamation that Islam is “the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will f***ing kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture, or write the wrong book.” Click here for Part One. Death … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians, May 2014
Published by the Gatestone Institute The deplorable state of religious freedom in the Islamic world came to the fore in May when news of the arrest, imprisonment, and death sentencing of a pregnant Christian wife and mother on the accusation that she had left Islam for Christianity reached the world. On May 15, Meriam Ibrahim of Sudan was sentenced to flogging followed by … [Read more...]