CBN News Danish Open Doors USA recently released its widely cited 2014 World Watch List—a report that highlights and ranks the 50 worst nations around the globe persecuting Christians. The one glaring fact that emerges from this report is that the overwhelming majority of Christian persecution around the world today is being committed at the hands of Muslims of all races, … [Read more...]
Three American Teachers Slaughtered for Christian Faith in Muslim World
CBN News Why was Ronald Thomas Smith II, an American teaching at Benghazi’s International School, shot to death last Thursday in Libya, even as he “was looking forward to his first Christmas in the United States with his wife and toddler son”? Most Western media and analysts dismiss the killing as a random act of violence incited by a recent al-Qaeda video. However, by … [Read more...]
Saudi Police Arrest Flying, Naked, African ‘Sorceress’
FrontPage Magazine Last month, according to Emirates247 , “A Saudi court sentenced two Asian housemaids to 10 years in jail and ordered their lashed 1,000 times each after they were found guilty of indulging in sorcery at their employers’ houses… Their Saudi employers reported the two maids to the Gulf country’s feared religious police, saying they had discovered that their … [Read more...]
Crucifixion in Islam: Christians Ascend Their Golgotha
By Ralph Sidway, guest contributor For Orthodox and Coptic Christians, Easter falls on May 5 this year. That means we celebrate Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem on Sunday, April 28, and the whole following week, called Holy Week or Passion Week, leads to Jesus’ crucifixion, death and burial. Without minimizing or shying away from Christ's horrific sufferings, the Orthodox … [Read more...]
Yemen’s Forgotten Christians
Published on Gatestone Institute When one thinks of Yemen—the impoverished Arab country that begat Osama bin Laden and is cushioned between Saudi Arabia and Somalia, two of the absolute most radical Muslim nations—one seldom thinks of Christians, primarily because they are practically nonexistent in such an inhospitable environment. In fact, most tallies suggest that Yemen’s … [Read more...]