CBN News interviewed me yesterday about my new article How U.S. Foreign Policy Made 2015 the "Worst Year in Modern History for Christian Persecution." The five-minute video interview follows: [adsenseyu1] … [Read more...]
How U.S. Foreign Policy Made 2015 the “Worst Year in Modern History for Christian Persecution”
Gatestone Institute 2015 was the "worst year in modern history for Christian persecution," according to Open Doors, a human rights organization that has been documenting the persecution of Christians since 1955. According to its latest data, more than 7,000 Christians were killed for their faith in 2015 — almost twice as many as in 2014. In addition, more than 2,400 … [Read more...]
Christian-Muslim Relations in Egypt: Politics, Society and Interfaith Encounters
Christian-Muslim Relations in Egypt: Politics, Society and Interfaith Encounters, by Henrik Lindberg Hansen I.B. Tauris: London, 2015. 304 pp. $99. Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly Spring 2016 Hansen has made a substantive contribution to our understanding of Egyptian society by focusing on relations between Christians and Muslims. His discussions on a … [Read more...]
Muslims Claim Lion’s Share of Christian Victims
FrontPage Magazine Open Doors, an organization that advocates for persecuted Christians, recently released its latest World Watch List—a report that highlights and ranks the 50 worst nations to be Christian. It found that 2015 was the “worst year in modern history for Christian persecution.” Who claims the lion’s share of this unprecedented persecution? Muslims—of all … [Read more...]
Egypt: Another Christian Killed in His Military Unit, Supposedly by “Suicide”
Coptic Solidarity Another young Coptic Christian conscript has allegedly committed suicide in his unit in Menufia, Egypt, says a February 17 report by MCM (actual date of incident not indicated). According to Maj. Gen. Muhammad Mas‘ud, the 20-year-old Copt known only as Michael “shot a bullet from his firearm into his chest, dying instantly.” He supposedly killed himself … [Read more...]