(RNS) In the movie “A Few Good Men,” Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) barks at Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise): “You want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something.You use them as a punch…
By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post A Christian man in Iraq has reportedly been beaten, tortured, and killed by terror group ISIS for refusing to renounce his faith and convert to Islam. Ankawa.com reported on Tuesday that the 43-year-old man, Salem Matty Georgis, remained in the Syriac Christian town of Bartella after it was captured by…
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN – At least three evangelical Christians jailed in Iran, including a well-known Iranian American Christian pastor, were recovering from injuries Friday, May 23, after they were mistreated by Iranian security forces, several sources confirmed. Among those targeted was Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has U.S and Iranian citizenship. The young…
By Gary Lane Roughly a year after revelations the Muslim Brotherhood had tortured Christian demonstrators at a Cairo mosque, more Egyptians are coming forward, detailing abuse they endured during Mohammed Morsi’s presidency. The torture allegations come as no surprise to Egyptians demonstrators brutally beaten by pro-Morsi Islamists. CBN News contributor Raymond Ibrahim said many Islamists…
President Barack Obama pledged to shut down the military-operated prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, but that has yet to happen. Failure to do so has sparked a number of international human rights groups and grassroots faith-based activists to make their voices heard in opposition to the treatment of those men detained at…
By Heather Clark WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Congressional hearing that is set for this week will include testimony on an American pastor that is serving a sentence of eight years in a notoriously brutal Iranian prison. According to the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S….
By Lisa Daftari FoxNews.com American pastor Saeed Abedini, jailed in a notoriously brutal Iranian prison for his Christian faith, is facing physical and psychological torture at the hands of captors demanding he renounce his beliefs, according to supporters. The 32-year-old married father of two, who left his home in Boise, Idaho, to help start an…