Reports from Syrian and Turkish press indicate that the Islamic State bombed two churches in Syria on April 28: the St. Odisho Assyrian Church in Tel Tal and the St. Rita Tilel Armenian Church in Aleppo. Tel Tal is one of the 35 Christian villages located along the Khabur River that was invaded by Islamic State militia on February 23. Approximately 300 Christians were … [Read more...]
Muslims Attack Christians for Mocking ‘Un-Islamic’ ISIS, Copts Arrested for ‘Contempt of Religion’
Earlier this month in Egypt, Gad Yunan, a Coptic Christian teacher, and some of his Coptic students were arrested on the charge of "contempt of religions." Their crime was to have made a 30-second video on Yunan's iphone poking fun at the Islamic State -- which Egypt's Muslims and authorities apparently equate with making fun of Islam, even as Muslims in the West insist ISIS … [Read more...]
Obama Breaks Promise on 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide
Frontpage Magazine: French As the world continues to look on in dismay at the barbaric atrocities committed against Christian minorities by the Islamic State—the self-proclaimed new “caliphate”—today, April 24, marks the genocide of Armenian and other Christian minorities by Turkey’s Islamic Ottoman Empire—the last caliphate. Most American historians who have examined the … [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...]
For a Possible Preview of Their Future, Western Christians Should Consider the Mideast
National Review Online On the Ethiopians who were killed in Libya, and why we should expect more to come. NRO note: This weekend ISIS released a new video showing some 30 Ethiopian Christian men being beheaded in Libya for refusing to convert to Islam (or to pay a tax for refusing to do so). This comes two months after 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian men were martyred at the … [Read more...]