By Raymond Ibrahim A mass exodus of Christians is currently underway. Millions of Christians are being displaced from one end of the Islamic world to the other. We are reliving the true history of how the Islamic world, much of which prior to the Islamic conquests was almost entirely Christian, came into being. The U.S….
By Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood’s governing majority, is not actually crucifying the nation’s Christians. But they are nonetheless actively persecuting Coptic Christians who are said to be one-tenth of the population of the largest Arab country. A photograph of two young men set afire during recent demonstrations is pretty striking. Demonstrations…
By David Crary and Denise Lavoie BOSTON — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating and charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with crimes that could bring the death…
By Andrew Harrod Posted by Institute on Religion and Democracy “I thank God for the book you are now holding,” scholar Eric Metaxas writes in the foreward of Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians by Hudson Institute religious freedom scholars Lela Gilbert, Paul Marshall and Nina Shea. As Metaxas elaborates,Persecuted “focuses on a scandalously underreported…
ABUJA, NIGERIA – Nigerian Christians appealed for prayers Tuesday, April 2, after Easter season violence in troubled central Nigeria left as many as 80 people dead and displaced some 4,500 others. At least 19 people were killed since Easter Sunday when gunmen believed to be nomadic Muslim cattle herders attacked the mostly Christian Atakar group…
By BosNewsLife Africa and BosNewsLife Asia Services Christians in two heavily Islamic nations were struggling Thursday, March 21, as believers in Libya faced rebuilding their torched church while half-a-world away in Indonesia, Christians were ordered to dismantle their place of worship. The St Mark’s Church in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi was burned down…
By Rana Tanveer An over 3,000-strong mob set ablaze more than 150 houses of Christians in Lahore’s Joseph Colony over alleged blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) by Sawan Masih, a 28-year-old Christian sanitation worker, three days earlier. Sawan was arrested on Friday when his Muslim friend, Shahid Imran, accused him [Sawan] of blasphemy, triggering…
Islamic rebels have been taking over Christian villages in Syria and that leaves the Christians facing some tough choices. Recently a Muslim group captured the Christian village of Yacoubiyeh. Many residents fled, leaving behind empty homes, damaged churches and relics of their faith. Read more at http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/March/Syrian-Christians-Fleeing-as-Islamists-Take-Over/
By Melissa Steffan Sudan’s president has pledged to preserve religious freedom in his proposed “100-percent’ Islamic constitution, but Christians doubt the prospect in light of increasing persecution. Reuters offers a thorough report that a government-led crackdown is prompting Christians to flee south into the Nuba Mountains, a region that borders the newly established nation of…