Press release. Former Congressman Frank R. Wolf and the newly created religious freedom group, 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, released a report today entitled “Edge of Extinction,” based on a recent fact finding mission to Iraq. The report warns that if the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq is not defeated and removed, Christians, Yezidis, Shabak, Turkmen and other religious…
By Bob Gross, The Times Herald.com Fady Amin appreciates the fall colors and the small towns of Michigan’s Thumb. But like many Iraqi Christians who have fled the violence in their country, he’d rather be someplace else. He just wants to go home. Amin, 36, is a native of Baghdad. He is traveling throughout the…
The Layman United States Rep. Frank Wolf repeatedly has tried to raise awareness of the atrocities Christian and other religious minorities are facing in Iraq, noting in numerous addresses to his fellow members of the U.S. House of Representatives that the efforts of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to drive them from…
By Carey Lodge A day of prayer is to be held tomorrow, August 6, in solidarity with Iraqi Christians suffering ongoing violence at the hands of members of the Islamic State (IS). August 6 marks the Feast of the Transfiguration – the day Jesus appeared as radiant on Mount Tabor in Galilee before his disciples…
By Terry Glavin, the Ottawa Citizen Last Sunday in Pakistan, a mob rampaged through a ghetto of the minority Muslim Ahmadi sect in Gujranwala City, looting and setting fire to houses and shops. A 55-year-old woman and her two granddaughters were burned to death. The pogrom was triggered by local Sunni clerics who said they…