Islamic State members arrested the owner of Arab Generation, one of the oldest book stores in Mosul. His crime? Selling Christian books. Islamic law bans the "promotion" of any religion other than Islam. An online search find that Dhakir al-Ali, a lawyer and author (pictured) is the owner of Arab Generation. … [Read more...]
Lebanon: University Students Protest Appointment of Christian Director
Tripoli, Feb. 3 - A number of students closed off the entrance of the College of Business Administration in Tripoli, Lebanon, calling for the immediate resignation of the newly appointed director of the school, Antoine Tanus. His crime? He's a Christian. In the words of the National News Agency, the students are protesting "over the hiring of a Christian director to manage … [Read more...]
Boko Haram: Kidnapped Christian Girls Forced Into Islam
Boko Haram leader Abubakr Shekau appears in the following video mocking America and others for being "so concerned about those girls," a reference to the 276 Nigerian girls that Boko Haram kidnapped last April. Shekau was probably puzzled why, of all of his Islamic organization's acts of terror targeting Christians, this particular kidnapping gained so much mainstream media … [Read more...]
Qatar Published Fatwa In 2006 Permitting Burning People — Removes It After ISIS Burns Pilot
It appears that Islam Web, a popular website owned by Qatar's Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, may have been responsible for the rationale used by the Islamic State to burn alive a Jordanian pilot captive. On February 7, 2006, the widely accessed Arabic website issued Fatwa No. 71480, titled "The Burning of Ias bin Abdul Yalil by Abu Bakr." The fatwa, or Islamic … [Read more...]
Islamic State Blows Up Church of Immaculate Virgin
According to Rudaw, an Iraqi news agency, on February 2, security sources from the Ninevah police district said that the Islamic State blew up the Church of the Immaculate Virgin—one of the largest and oldest Chaldean churches in the ancient section of Mosul. The security source said: “The organization finished wiring the church with explosives this morning and detonated it, … [Read more...]