I did a couple of audio interviews recently on a variety of topics: On Kresta in the Afternoon, of Ave Maria Radio, I discussed the major terrorist acts of 2019, the interplay between "lone wolf" jihadis and formal groups such as ISIS, the slaying of Soleimani, and media failures. The nearly 20-minute audio can be heard by clicking here and fast-forwarding to the 38-minute … [Read more...]
UN, UK Treating Persecuted Christians as “Enemies”
Gatestone Institute The United Nations Refugee Agency appears to be committed to blocking persecuted Christians from receiving any assistance. According to a recent CBN News report: Christian Syrian refugees … have been blocked from getting help from the United Nations Refugee Agency, the UNHCR, by Muslim UN officials in Jordan. One of the refugees, Hasan, a Syrian … [Read more...]
“Silent Night”: Persecuted Palestinian Christians Kept Out of Sight
Gatestone Institute “The moment they [Hamas] took control [of the Gaza Strip], they started persecuting us, ruining our churches and forcing Christians to convert to Islam.” Such are the recent recollections of Kamal Tarazi, a 60-year-old Christian man from Gaza, now living in the streets of Nazareth. Before fleeing, he tried to resist the Islamist takeover, including by … [Read more...]
Egypt: Three Christian Churches “Accidentally” Burn or Have “Terrorists Changed Operations”?
Gatestone Institute Recently, over the course of two weeks, three Christian churches were torched in Egypt. First, on Sunday, October 13, "a massive fire swept through a major Coptic church in a Cairo suburb causing heavy damage, but no casualties." Online images and video of the St. George Church in Helwan — considered "one of the greatest and oldest churches belonging … [Read more...]
The Other Genocide of Christians: On Turks, Kurds, and Assyrians
One of the most refreshing aspects of Resolution 296—which acknowledges the Armenian Genocide, and which the House recently voted overwhelmingly for—is that it also recognizes those other peoples who experienced a genocide under the Ottoman Turks. The opening sentence of Resolution 296 acknowledges “the campaign of genocide against Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, … [Read more...]