Gatestone Institute Last April, police in Sicily reported that Muslim migrants hurled as many as 53 Christians overboard during a crossing from Libya. The motive was that the victims “professed the Christian faith while the aggressors were Muslim.” Another report cited a boy seen praying to the Judeo-Christian God. Muslims commanded him to stop, saying “Here, we only pray … [Read more...]
“Abducting Women” and “Destroying Churches” is “Real Islam”—Iraqi Grand Ayatollah
FrontPage Magazine Danish During a recent televised interview with Grand Ayatollah Ahmad al-Baghdadi, the leading Shia cleric of Iraq made clear why Islam and the rest of the world can never peacefully coexist. First he spent some time discussing “defensive jihad,” saying that all capable Muslims are obligated to fight for the “liberation” of “occupied” territory, for … [Read more...]
U.S. Leadership Ushers in New Age of Christian Martyrdom
Gatestone Institute Wherever U.S. leadership has helped Islamic jihadis topple secular autocrats in the name of “democracy and freedom,” indigenous Christian minorities are being forced to convert to Islam or die. Many are accepting death. Most recently, on August 28 near Aleppo, the Islamic State (IS or ISIS) tortured, mutilated, publicly raped, beheaded and crucified … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim Talks Islam and Christianity at North American Lutheran Church
On August 11 in Dallas, I delivered an hour-long talk as part of the North American Lutheran Church's "Braaten/Benne Lectures in Theology." The title of my presentation was "Muslim Persecution of Christian Martyrs: Past and Present." Topics discussed include Islamic doctrine concerning Christianity; Islamic history as a manifestation of said Islamic doctrine; and, continuity … [Read more...]
Devastated Christian Family: Our Longtime Muslim Friends and Neighbors Killed Our Children
The above 6-minute video is a must-see. It offers an up close and personal account of what Christian minorities are experiencing at the hands of jihadis and other Muslim “rebels” being supported in the Mideast by the Obama administration. A Christian family from Iraq narrates how their young children were killed and burned alive, “simply for wearing the cross.” One of the … [Read more...]