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 […]
A Dubious Conversion to Islam: Missing Coptic Woman Reappears and Remains “Servant of Christ”
Coptic Solidarity A Coptic Christian wife and mother who disappeared for nearly three months—supposedly because she had willingly converted to Islam and no longer wanted any connection to her “infidel” husband and three young daughters—has finally been returned to her family. Ranya ‘Abd al-Masih, 39, a high school teacher of English in al-Minofiya, just north […]
“Burned Alive”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2020
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of June 2020: The Slaughter of Christians Nigeria: The jihad on Christians continued unabated in the West Africa nation. In what police described as a “brutal assault,” suspected Muslims raped and slaughtered Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a 22-year-old Christian girl who […]