A Muslim schoolboy of African origin beat a 12-year-old girl at a school in Italy because she was wearing a crucifix around her neck. According to ANSA news agency, the African boy “punched the girl violently in the back at the entrance to a middle school in the town of Terni on Thursday [May 14] and the girl’s mother caught the boy, who subsequently told Carabinieri … [Read more...]
Italy: Muslims Threaten and Insult Catholic Procession
On Sunday, May 10, after church mass, a group of young Muslim immigrants interrupted a Catholic procession in honor of the Virgin Mary. They hurled verbal insults, shouts, and threats as the group passed in front of the Islamic Cultural Center in Conselice, a small town in lower Romagna. Approximately 100 Catholic Christians, including several small children, were preparing … [Read more...]
Freedom, Provocation, and Targets: No Cartoons Required
By Ralph H. Sidway, an Orthodox Christian researcher and writer, and author of Facing Islam: What the Ancient Church has to say about the Religion of Muhammad. He operates the Facing Islam blog. The recent Muslim jihad attack at a Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland Texas has generated strong reactions across the political spectrum. Four of us in my church recently had … [Read more...]
Muslims Forcefully Remove Cross from Church in ‘Moderate’ Malaysia
On Sunday, April 19, a Muslim mob of approximately 50 people rioted and protested against a small Protestant church in Kuala Lumpur, the capital. The object of their wrath was the cross atop the building of worship -- which was removed during the Islamic protest. Rioters made assertions that the cross, the central symbol of Christianity, represented "a challenge to Islam" … [Read more...]
New Video: Islamic State Desecrating Churches and Smashing Crosses
In the following one-minute video, excerpted from the longer video of Ethiopian Christians being massacred recently released by the Islamic State, militants are shown destroying and desecrating Christian churches, crosses, icons and statues -- many ancient -- in Iraqi and Syrian areas under "ISIS" control. … [Read more...]