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...]
Controversial Report: Islamic State Executes Another Christian Priest
Through a public proclamation, on February 2, the Islamic State announced that it had executed yet another Christian priest in Mosul -- Paul Jacob, the parson of a church in eastern Iraqi city who was kidnapped eight months ago. His parish was also blown up. The execution reportedly took place in Ghazlani Camp in southern Mosul where a militia camp is located. Update … [Read more...]
Syrian Fighters Liberate Town from IS, Reestablish Cross onto Church
After "fierce clashes" with Islamic State terrorists, fighters from the Syrian military council recaptured the town of Tel Hormuz. Several IS members were killed and six taken captive. The cross that IS had removed from off the local church's dome was also reestablished back onto the church. … [Read more...]
Fatwa: How Islamic State Justifies Burning Pilot Alive
Portuguese Once again, the Islamic State (IS) performs an atrocity that boggles the Western mind, and once again the Islamic State points to its namesake—Islam—to justify its depravity. IS has just released a video showing captive Jordanian pilot Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh in a cage being burned alive (image above). It also posted a fatwa on various jihadi websites that permits the … [Read more...]
Al Azhar “Freely” Promotes Slaughter of Christians and Infidels
Egypt's Al Azhar University -- seen by many as Sunni Islam's most authoritative voice -- continues to incite enmity for and violence against non-Muslims "infidels." (So much for President Sisi's exhortation before Al Azhar that its sheikhs and ulema reform Islam in a way that makes the Muslim world cease to be "a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest … [Read more...]