Muslim persecution of Christians: A 1,400 year tradition
Muslim persecution of Christians exists in 40 nations today as part of a continuum -- or “tradition” -- that started nearly 14 centuries ago. A new study shows a horrific reality that you just won't read in our mainstream media
- 6 February 2015Egypt’s new govt calls for anti-Christian measures?
Are Egypt’s Christians again fated to watch their nation take one step forward only to take another one right back -- the inevitable outcome of a worldview that tries to articulate itself through Islamic terms?
- 15 June 2014Islamic Jizya-Vigilantes target Christian minorities
If Christian infidels are not made to pay jizya (tribute) to the state -- as Koran 9:29 mandates -- the “jizya-vigilantes” will get that money one way or another. Welcome to the unfolding horror of Christians in the Islamic world
- 15 March 2014Open season on Christians in Libya
One after another, Christian Copts are being eliminated in “Arab Spring” Libya. It is a pattern repeated across the region: the West helps get rid of a dictator and in march the Islamists
- 5 March 2014The persecution and slaughter of Christians. Why?
Time to get to the core issue: Why are Christians the most persecuted group in the entire world, and why is that persecution quintessentially Islamist? Raymond Ibrahim is better placed than most to explain
- 2 March 2014Arab dictators wiser than Western politicians?
Why is it that the Arab dictators really did do a better job of protecting their Christian minorities than the US or its Sunni allies? Raymond Ibrahim explains what's in it for the dictators
- 8 February 2014Al-Qaeda: Defender of Christians?
The more sophisticated Jihadists have started to understand that their apologists in the West are having a hard time justifying their slaughter of helpless Christians. So now they're effecting fake concern
- 5 February 2014U.S. delusions, persecuted Christians, and Syria
No-one of any decency likes Assad. But John Kerry’s pledge that Christians and other minorities would be protected from Jihadists if he goes is an insult to our intelligence
- 28 January 2014A brighter future for Egypt’s Christians?
Egypt’s Copts are hopeful the new constitution will alleviate persecution. Unfortunately “could” and “should” don’t equate to “will” and Egypt has a long history of Muslim persecution of Christians
- 23 January 2014Hate crimes against Christians here, not just abroad
Attacks on members of the clergy are alarmingly frequent, much more so than you might imagine. The authorities must do more and the attacks should be classified for what they are: hate crimes
- 20 January 2014Terror of Christian Coptic kids abducted in Egypt
Latest kidnapping of Christian Coptic child in Egypt raises fears as pattern emerges of young children being abducted and sometimes tortured and killed whether the ransom is paid or not
- 16 January 2014Christmas in Islamic world is a life or death experience
Be shocked by these examples. As Christians in the West go to church and worship during this Christmas season, it is well to reflect on how merely going to church to worship can be life-threatening for Christians in the Islamic world. One can only hope -- perhaps in vain -- that this Christmas does not add new victims to a very long list
- 24 December 2013Repressing Christians through an Islamised Jesus
In a new and perverse twist to the oppression of Christians in the Muslim world, a leading cleric in Egypt is using an Islamised Jesus to promote religious-totalitarian aims
- 29 November 2013Ignoring Egypt's brutalised Christians
Islamists in Egypt are responsible for destroying nearly 100 Christian churches. Western policy is all over the place, and the media is largely ignoring it
- 25 October 2013Desecration of Christians continues in Syria
Christians are being slaughtered and oppressed across the Middle East and beyond. The bravery of this writer is beyond words. Imagine the terror suffered by the ordinary people who endured this
- 28 September 2013