Gatestone Institute The kidnapping, sexual abuse, and forced conversion of Christian women and girls in Egypt—a “particularly vulnerable group to exploitation” that is quietly living an “unimaginable nightmare”—is rampant with no signs of abatement. This is the finding of a report published on September 10, 2020 by Coptic Solidary (CS), an international organization based in […]
“They Rape Our Women, Kill Our People, and Burn Our Properties”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, August, 2020
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of August, 2020: The Slaughter of Christians Philippines: On August 24, 15 people were killed in twin suicide bombings, carried out by the widows of two terrorists, and targeting a cathedral in the Muslim majority city of Jolo; about 80 […]
Egypt: Elderly Christian Woman Stripped Naked and Beaten Is Denied Justice – Again
Coptic Solidarity Once again, the Egyptian court system seems committed to denying justice to Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority. For the second time in a row, a court involved in the case of the unconscionable abuse of an elderly Christian woman has just recused itself. “The case had been postponed several times and was closed in […]
The Murder of an American “Blasphemer” in Pakistan
Gatestone Institute A recent murder has cast a “fresh spotlight on Pakistan’s blasphemy laws”: on July 29, 2020, Tahir Naseem, 57, a U.S. citizen, was shot dead in a Pakistani courtroom, during a bail hearing for the charge of blasphemy, which included “denigrating the Koran and the Prophet Muhammad,” Reuters reported. Although his teenage slayer […]
“Raymond Ibrahim on the Bottom-Up Oppression of Egypt’s Christians”
“Raymond Ibrahim on the Bottom-Up Oppression of Egypt’s Christians,” a summary of my recent Middle East Forum webinar by Gary C. Gambill, general editor at the Forum, was published on August 27, 2020. It follows: Raymond Ibrahim, a Judith Friedman Rosen fellow at the Middle East Forum and a Shillman fellow at the David Horowitz […]
“An Injustice Crying Out to Heaven”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2020
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses inflicted on Christians throughout the month of July, 2020: The Slaughter of Christians Uganda: A group of Muslims beat and drowned a pastor and another Christian for sharing the Gospel with their coreligionists. Peter Kyakulaga, pastor of the Church of Christ, and church member Tuule Mumbya, had […]
Coptic Christians Ordered to Sell Home and Leave Village
Coptic Solidarity An Egyptian government-appointed village mayor has just ruled that a Christian family must sell its home and leave their village, in what is being described as a strange and unprecedented incident for that village. This happened during a traditional “reconciliation session.” In Egypt, local authorities and involved parties of a dispute often meet […]
Trump: Christians Treated ‘Horribly, Beyond Disgracefully’ in Middle East
According to President Donald Trump, Christians in the Middle East are being treated in a manner that is “beyond disgraceful”; Christianity is being “treated horribly and very unfairly, and it’s criminal.” He said this during his August 13 news conference, in response to the question, “How does the accord today between Israel and the UAE […]
The Ignored Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Gatestone Institute The mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, which some international observers have classified as genocide, is reaching unprecedented levels. According to an August 4 report, at least 171 Christians were slaughtered by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in the space of roughly three weeks: And these are only those we know of. In reality, the […]
A Sword Over the Nile: New Book Exposes 14 Centuries of Christian Persecution
February 2015 was the first time many in the West heard of the Copts, Egypt’s indigenous, Christian inhabitants. Then, the Islamic State published what subsequently went viral—a gory video of their jihadi members savagely carving off the heads of 20 Copts and one Ghanaian by the shores of Libya because they refused to renounce Christ […]