Egypt's Christian Copts continue to be targeted and scapegoated for the ousting of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hours ago, dozens of Brotherhood members and supporters attacked an "evangelical church" in the village of Reeda, in the governorate of al-Minya in Upper Egypt, destroying its exterior. They also opened gunfire and hurled rocks and other projectiles at the Coptic … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: May, 2013
Gatestone Institute Danish The month of May continued to prove that Nigeria is the most dangerous nation for Christians—where more Christians have been killed last year than all around the Muslim world combined. In one instance, Boko Haram Muslim militants stormed the home of a Pentecostal pastor and secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, and opened fire on him, … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: April, 2013
Gatestone Institute Danish Before Egypt’s President Muhammad Morsi was ousted, April was one of the worst months for Christian Copts there. On April 5 near Cairo, when a longstanding feud between a Christian family and a Muslim family—based on male Muslims sexually harassing Christian girls—culminated in the violent deaths of six Christians, including two of the … [Read more...]
The Re-Islamicization of Turkey — Deja-Vu All Over Again
by Ralph Sidway, guest contributor (This is an update to my posting here, and Raymond Ibrahim’s recent article.) The re-Islamicization of Turkey continues grinding along, inexorably eclipsing the few remaining signs of Asia Minor’s two millennia of Christian history. The relentless Muslim initiative, to roll back Turkey’s secular stance implemented by Kemal Ataturk nearly a … [Read more...]
Muslim Brotherhood Out, Killing Christians In
Gatestone Institute “In scattered locations across Egypt,” wrote Morning Star News, “mobs of hard-line Muslims enraged over the deposing of the country’s Islamist president [Muhammad Morsi] this week attacked Christian homes, business[es] and church buildings and were suspected in the shooting death of a priest.” None of this should come as a surprise. As I reported … [Read more...]