The Indiana-based University of Valparaiso is scrapping its Crusader mascot, nickname, and logos—because they convey “hate” and are not “inclusive” enough. According to the university’s Feb. 11, 2021 statement: Interim President Colette Irwin-Knott of Valparaiso University (“Valpo”) announced today that it will retire its existing mascot, the Crusader.… The Crusader imagery … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2021
New Film Commemorates 21 Coptic Christian Martyrs
Coptic Solidarity Today, on the sixth anniversary of the martyrdom of 21 Coptic Christians at the hands of the Islamic State in Libya, news appeared that an Arabic-language film depicting their story is set to appear later this year in Egypt. The film commemorates what happened six years ago today, on Feb. 15, 2015. Then, the Islamic State released a video depicting 21 … [Read more...]
Muslim Migrants Firebomb Swedish Church, Christians Wonder “Why?”
Twice over the course of four days, an 800-year-old church in Stockholm was firebombed. On Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, several Molotov cocktails were hurled at the 12-century Spånga church, located in a Muslim majority area. According to the church’s pastor, “the alarm was triggered when a window was smashed and flammable liquid thrown at the front gate and one of the windows. … [Read more...]
Chained, Raped, and Murdered: Christian Girls in Muslim Pakistan
Gatestone Institute Keeping up with the abuse of Christian girls in Muslim Pakistan has become exceedingly difficult. Hardly does one story of abduction, enslavement, rape, forced conversion, torture and/or murder appear before another follows it—and another, and another. Some recent examples follow: The bloated bodies of two young Christian sisters who had long … [Read more...]
‘Jihad Seeker’s Allowance’ in the West
Few relationships feature one party that freely gives and another party that only takes as blatantly as the relationship between the West and Islam. According to a Feb. 1, 2021, report, “The British taxpayer has shelled out over £15,000 to the widow of the mastermind behind the 2017 London Bridge terror attack, while the families of victims were denied similar financial … [Read more...]