Christians and others in the southern Philippines are expressing strong fears that legislation meant to create an Islamic sub-state on Mindanao Island --legislation meant to appease Islamists -- will only create more extremism against Christians. If Bangsamoro, or “Moro Country” -- Moro is colloquial for “Muslim" -- were ruled under Sharia, non-Muslims would become … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Sudan: Christian Girls Leaving Church Detained for Wearing ‘Scandalous Outfits’
On June 25, 12 Christian girls were detained due to their “scandalous outfits" by the Public Order Police as they left the Baptist church in El Izba, Khartoum. The young women, wearing trousers and skirts, were transferred to a police station; two of them were acquitted on Friday, after the agents of the Public Order Police reconsidered their opinion about their … [Read more...]
Jerusalem: Leaflets Attributed to ‘ISIS’ Threaten to Massacre All Christians
A group calling itself the “Islamic State in Palestine” spread fliers in east Jerusalem threatening that it would massacre all Christians who fail to evacuate the Holy City. The leaflets, which appeared on June 27, say that the Islamic State knows where the city’s Christians live, and warns that they have until Eid al-Fitr—July 19, when Ramadan ends—to leave the city or be … [Read more...]
Tunisia: How UK’s “not Islam” narrative helps terrorists
The Commentator We're going to keep this simple and short, because the message just doesn't seem to get through. In the wake of the horrific massacre by an Islamic terrorist of (mainly British) holiday-makers on a beach in Tunisia, UK Prime Minister David Cameron came out with a line we have heard from him, Barack Obama, France's Francois Hollande, Australia's Tony … [Read more...]
Why No Protests to Ban Islam’s Black Flag?
This article was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by Ralph Sidway, an Orthodox Christian researcher and writer, and author of Facing Islam: What the Ancient Church has to say about the Religion of Muhammad. He operates the Facing Islam blog. Over at The American Conservative, Rod Dreher has a really stirring piece in which he grapples with the complexity and pain of the guerre … [Read more...]