Gatestone Institute The following are among the murders and abuses inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of March, 2023: Muslim Attacks on Churches France: On Mar. 16, a man, previously “on file for his Islamist radicalization,” stormed the Saint-Hippolyte Church in Paris and disrupted its service. He also stole the church’s six foot tall Plexiglas cross, … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2023
Vatican Apologizes to the ‘Infidel Enemies of the Christian Name’
According to a recent report, The Vatican has abrogated three papal bulls, claiming that the documents are offensive to indigenous peoples and “have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith.” The bulls Dum Diversas (1452), Romanus Pontifex (1455) and Inter Caetera (1493) contain the basis for the “doctrine of discovery,” which “is not part of the teaching of … [Read more...]
Learning from History: Why Some Nations Reject Muslims
The Stream Knowledge or ignorance of history tends to have a profound impact on how knowledgeable or ignorant one is concerning what is really happening in the present. Consider the question of Islam in Europe: European nations that had little history with Islam—mostly in the northwest of the continent—are precisely the ones most open to (and suffering from) it; European … [Read more...]
Why Muslims Hate the Cross: Part 2
The Stream In Part 1 of this article, we documented Islam’s doctrinal and historical hate for the crucifix. Here we demonstrate continuity by documenting modern day examples, categorized according to theme. General Hate for and Attacks on the Cross USA: Ali Alaheri, a 29-year-old Muslim man, knocked down and destroyed a large crucifix that had stood for eleven years outside … [Read more...]
Why Muslims Hate the Cross: Part 1
The Stream As Christians prepare to celebrate Easter, Muslims continue to desecrate that one symbol most representative of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ: the Crucifix. Most recently in France, on Mar. 16, 2023, a Muslim man smashed a church’s six foot tall cross—which had stood since the 1600s—into pieces. A week earlier, also in France, another Muslim man broke … [Read more...]