As the world reacts with shock and horror at the recent immolation of a Jordanian pilot at the hands of the Islamic State, it is well to remember that this particular form of savagery has a long history in Islam and under the state. The image to right is of Sidhom Bishay, a Coptic Christian who was immolated in 1844 by local authorities for reportedly "insulting Muhammad," … [Read more...]
Boko Haram: Kidnapped Christian Girls Forced Into Islam
Boko Haram leader Abubakr Shekau appears in the following video mocking America and others for being "so concerned about those girls," a reference to the 276 Nigerian girls that Boko Haram kidnapped last April. Shekau was probably puzzled why, of all of his Islamic organization's acts of terror targeting Christians, this particular kidnapping gained so much mainstream media … [Read more...]
“We Did Not Want to Become Muslim; We Just Wanted to Leave” — Elderly Christian Under IS
Ten elderly and disabled Christians -- eight men, two women -- who "managed to escape" from the Islamic State, after refusing to convert to Islam, recently gave a glimpse of life under IS. Previously, the group had been living in Mosul for nearly three months before IS militants forced them out of a nursing home in Qaraqosh on Oct. 24, and stole the Christians' money, … [Read more...]
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...]
Muslim Man Sexually Harasses Coptic Woman to Convert to Islam and Marry Him
Coptic Solidarity Lisa Nasim Basari, a 28-year-old Coptic Christian girl living with a very few remaining family in Minya province, Egypt, recently made a video descrying the advances of a Muslim man who has been pressuring her to convert to Islam and marry her. According to her account, Wa’il Hassan Abdul Mu’min started to appear whenever she left the house; when she would … [Read more...]