This article was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by Ralph 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. Over at The American Conservative, Rod Dreher has a really stirring piece in which he grapples with the complexity and pain of the guerre … [Read more...]
Islamic State Transforms Cathedral into ‘Mosque of Jihadis’
The Islamic State posted notices around the captured city of Mosul announcing that the Syriac Orthodox Cathedral Church of St. Ephrem, seized a year ago, is to be become the “mosque of the mujahedeen,” or “jihadis.” The new name was announced on the anniversary of the date the church was seized. The Islamic flag stating the shehada—that “there is no god but Allah and … [Read more...]
Islamic Hate for the Christian Cross
PJ Media Last May in Italy, a Muslim boy of African origin beat a 12-year-old girl during school because she was wearing a crucifix around her neck. The African schoolboy, who had only started to attend the school approximately three weeks earlier, began to bully the Christian girl—“insulting her and picking on her in other ways all because she was wearing the … [Read more...]
Libya Declared a “Muslim State”
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world. On May 26th, the residents of Tripoli and other areas under the control of the General National Congress (GNC) and their military wing, Libya Dawn (a coalition of Islamic militias), discovered that they were now living in a “Muslim State”. The GNC - who still … [Read more...]
Islamic State Kidnaps 86 Eritrean Refugees, They Fail Koran Test
On June 3, the Islamic State kidnapped 86 Eritrean refugees in Libya, including 12 women and children. "IS militants asked everyone who is Muslim or not and everybody started saying they are Muslims. But you have to know the Koran, and they didn't," said a human rights activist, citing eyewitnesses who managed to escape. Nael Goitom, a 16-year-old Eritrean migrant who earlier … [Read more...]