While we routinely hear about Muslims living in Western countries migrating to and fighting on behalf of the Islamic State, much lesser known is that dozens of Western Christians have also traveled to the Middle East to fight on behalf of their Christian brethren being persecuted and slaughtered by IS. Unlike Muslims who migrate to IS as mercenaries, these Christians are … [Read more...]
Muslim Uncle Abuses, Starves Nieces for Embracing Christianity in Uganda
The Muslim uncle of two sisters in eastern Uganda abused and starved them for converting to Christianity. On Sunday, February 1, the sisters (aged 14 and 16) put their faith in Christ. According to Morning Star News: Aisha said that she and her sister had been attending classes at an Islamic school (madrassa) where they had been taught about jinn, or supernatural creatures … [Read more...]
Egypt: Christian Man Shot in Head ‘Only Because He Was a Copt’
Coptic Solidarity In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 31, masked gunmen stormed the home of Nabil Mahrus, a 50-year-old Coptic Christian civil servant residing in al-Arish, the largest Sinai city. In front of his family, they went up to the Coptic man and shot him several times in the head, killing him—but only after they had plundered the family and home. … [Read more...]
Tanzania: Muslims Burn Church, Beat Converts to Christianity
Around 2 a.m. on January 20, a church building in a Muslim-majority area of Tanzania was set on fire. Before that, the pastor of the church had been repeatedly threatened. The church building was in in Mashewa, in the Muheza district of Tanga Region, which is overwhelmingly Muslim. Weeks earlier, also in the same region, “a young woman from a Muslim background who had … [Read more...]
Islamic State Destroys More Church Crosses and Monastery Statues
The Islamic State continues to purge any sign or symbol of Christianity from one of the oldest Christian regions, the Ninevah plains of Iraq and adjoining city of Mosul. Recent acts of wanton hate and destruction at the hands of Islamic State members include the destruction of the cross of the St. John Church in the Hamdaniya district and the ransacking of the church; and … [Read more...]