The courtyard of St. George the Martyr, a partially constructed Catholic church in Hijazh village in Egypt was set on fire by unknown persons on Christmas day (January 7 for Egyptian Christians). Christian worshipers were planning on praying in the church's courtyard -- since the church building had been left unfinished for 23 years due to reasons of security -- and had … [Read more...]
Thousand Churches Destroyed in Nigeria: Muslim Persecution of Christians, October 2014
Gatestone Institute In just two months, from August to October, nearly 200 Christian churches were destroyed by the Islamic organization Boko Haram and its Muslim allies after their capture of towns and villages in the north-eastern states of Borno and Adamawa. In the words of Reverend Gideon Obasogie, the director of Catholic Social Communication of Maiduguri Diocese in Borno … [Read more...]
Christians and Churches Attacked in the West: Muslim Persecution of Christians, September 2014
Gatestone Institute The Muslim persecution of Christians in September made prominent appearances not just in the Islamic world, but also in the West—in America, Australia and Europe. In the United States, in Columbus, Indiana, three churches were vandalized on the same night. The words most frequently sprayed were "Infidels!" and "Koran 3:151." The verse from the Koran … [Read more...]
How Western Media Enable Islamic Terrorism
FrontPage Magazine As the West experiences a rise in the sort of terror attacks that are endemic to the Islamic world—church attacks, sex-slavery and beheadings—it is only natural that the same mainstream media that habitually conceals such atrocities “over there,” especially against Christians and other minorities under Islam, would also conceal the reality of jihadi … [Read more...]
Europe Should Learn Ethiopia’s ‘Islam Lesson’
Veritas International Enterprise Indonesian Yet another Christian church was destroyed by Muslims in Ethiopia—this time by local authorities. Heaven’s Light Church, which served some 100 evangelical Christians, was demolished last November 28. The church had stood and functioned in the Muslim-majority city of Harar for five years. In the days preceding the destruction, … [Read more...]