Earlier this month, the Islamist-led opposition in Syria broadcast a video clip of a militant threatening the nation’s Christian minority, with a focus on the Cherubim monastery and the large Jesus statue recently erected in the region of Saidnaya in Damascus. In the video, images of militants firing rockets at the ancient monastery and setting the building on fire appear … [Read more...]
Muslim Blood Superior to Infidel Blood
Arguing that Muslim blood is more precious than infidel blood, Muslim clerics in and out of Sudan are outraged because a Sudanese court has condemned a Muslim man to death—simply because he murdered a non-Muslim, the American diplomat John Granville on January 1, 2008. A 2009 report offers context: The court had sentenced the men [originally four] to death in June for … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: August, 2013
Gatestone Institute The attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians and their churches that began in July on the heels of the popular June 30 Revolution -- which saw the ousting of President Morsi and prompted the Muslim Brotherhood to scapegoat and incite violence against the Copts -- became even more brutal in mid-August after security forces cleared out Brotherhood “sit in” camps, … [Read more...]
Exploiting Christian Persecution to Demonize Israel
Spanish What’s worse than the silence of Western Christians concerning the Muslim persecution of their coreligionists in the Islamic world? Answer: Cynically exploiting that persecution for a political agenda—in the case of a recent Daily Beast article, to excoriate the state of Israel and its supporters. Titled “Why Won’t the West Defend Middle Eastern Christians?” and … [Read more...]
Islamic Rebels Slaughter and Behead, Steal Ancient Christ Icon
The aftermath of the rebel invasion and occupation of the city of Qamishli in the northeast of Syria along the Turkish border are only now becoming fully known and follow a similar pattern of Christian persecution. Among other atrocities, the Islamic-led rebels reportedly killed 70 Christians, beheaded three priests (to be added to all the others beheaded at their hands), and … [Read more...]