by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Institute The degradation of Christian women living in the Islamic world continued in the month of June. In Syria, after the al-Qaeda linked rebel group conquered Qusair, a city of the governate of Homs, 15-year-old Mariam was kidnapped, repeatedly gang raped according to a fatwa legitimizing the rape of non-Sunni women by any… Continue reading Muslim Persecution of Christians: June, 2013
Brotherhood Imposes Jizya Tribute on Egypt’s Christians
by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com Now that the attacks on Egypt’s Christian churches have subsided, stage two of the jihad — profiting from the fear and terror caused by stage one — is setting in:reports are arriving that the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters are forcing the roughly 15,000 Christian Copts of Dalga village in south Minya… Continue reading Brotherhood Imposes Jizya Tribute on Egypt’s Christians
In Egypt, Media Sympathizes with Muslim Brotherhood, Persecution of Christians Ignored
by Raymond Ibrahim // NRO’s The Corner While Western media, following the lead of pro-Brotherhood Al Jazeera, continue demonizing the Egyptian military’s attempts to neutralize the Muslim Brotherhood terror bases – where people have been tortured, raped, and killed, all according to Islamist fatwas (yes, including the rape, more on this later) the media portray them as “sit ins”… Continue reading In Egypt, Media Sympathizes with Muslim Brotherhood, Persecution of Christians Ignored
The Siege of the Byzantium
by Raymond Ibrahim // National Review Online Today, August 15, marks the anniversary of Constantinople’s victory over Muslim invaders in what historians commonly call the “Second Siege of Byzantium,” 717–18. Prior to this massive onslaught, the Muslims had been hacking away at the domains of the Byzantine empire for nearly a century. The Muslims’ ultimate goal… Continue reading The Siege of the Byzantium
Al Qaeda Flag Flies High Above Christian Churches
by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Institute Days ago, al-Qaeda’s Egyptian leader, Ayman Zawahiri, portrayed the overthrow of Muhammad Morsi and the Brotherhood as a “Crusader” campaign led by Coptic Pope Tawadros II who, according to Zawahiri and other terrorists, is trying to create a Coptic state in Egypt. Since then, not only are Egypt’s Christians and churches… Continue reading Al Qaeda Flag Flies High Above Christian Churches
Muslim Persecution of Christians: May, 2013
by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Institute The month of May continued to prove that Nigeria is the most dangerous nation for Christians—where more Christians have been killed last year than all around the Muslim world combined. In one instance, Boko Haram Muslim militants stormed the home of a Pentecostal pastor and secretary of the Christian Association of… Continue reading Muslim Persecution of Christians: May, 2013
Christian Tragedy in the Muslim World
We are living through one of the largest persecutions of a religious group in history. by Bruce S. Thornton // Defining Ideas Few people realize that we are today living through the largest persecution of Christians in history, worse even than the famous attacks under ancient Roman emperors like Diocletian and Nero. Estimates of the… Continue reading Christian Tragedy in the Muslim World
Muslim Persecution of Christians: April, 2013
by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Institute Before Egypt’s President Muhammad Morsi was ousted, April was one of the worst months for Christian Copts there. On April 5 near Cairo, when a longstanding feud between a Christian family and a Muslim family—based on male Muslims sexually harassing Christian girls—culminated in the violent deaths of six Christians, including… Continue reading Muslim Persecution of Christians: April, 2013
How Dare You?! The Supremacist Nature of Muslim ‘Grievances’
by Raymond Ibrahim // Jerusalem Post In 2012 in Pakistan, as Christian children were singing carols inside their church, Muslim men from a nearby mosque barged in with an axe, destroyed the furniture, desecrated the altar, and beat the children. Their justification for such violence? “You are disturbing our prayers…. How dare you use the mike and speakers?”… Continue reading How Dare You?! The Supremacist Nature of Muslim ‘Grievances’
Muslim Brotherhood Out, Killing Christians In
by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Institute “I tell the Christians one word: We will set you on fire!” — Egyptian Muslim lady “In scattered locations across Egypt, mobs of hard-line Muslims,” according to Morning Star News, “enraged over the deposing of the country’s Islamist president [Muhammad Morsi] this week attacked Christian homes, business[es] and church buildings… Continue reading Muslim Brotherhood Out, Killing Christians In