Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of May 2020: The Slaughter of Christians Nigeria: From January 2020 to mid-May 2020, Muslim terrorists massacred at least 620 Christians (470 by Fulani herdsmen and 150 by Boko Haram). According to a May 14 report: Militant Fulani Herdsmen and […]
Copts Crucified: Trump Remembers Egypt’s Persecuted Christians
Gatestone Institute On June 1, 2020, President Trump issued a statement titled “Presidential Message on Global Coptic Day, 2020.” (Copts are Egypt’s indigenous Christians, now a minority.) After sending his “best wishes” to the “millions of Coptic Christians in the United States and around the world,” he said that recognizing the Copts provides “an opportunity […]
“You Are Finished!”: Turkey’s Growing War on Christians
Gatestone Institute Islamic terror attacks that target Christians in Turkey are not uncommon. Around Christmas of 2011, a large-scale al-Qaeda plot to bomb “all the churches in Ankara” was exposed.Right before Christmas 2015, ISIS issued death threats, including “upsetting videos and pictures,” to at least 20 Protestant churches, and warned that “Koranic commandments… urge us to […]
It’s Your Fault They Turn to Violence!
According to the media narrative, whatever unpleasant behavior a person or group is engaging in—from criminal activity to sheer terrorism—if you’re white and they’re not, that proves their behavior is entirely your fault. Your insufferable racism and xenophobia have pushed them over the top; their criminal behavior is a reflection of their many grievances against […]
Here’s What True ‘Racism’ and Police Brutality Look Like
Two themes permeate much of the discourse surrounding ongoing riots: that racism in America, particularly against blacks, is “systemic”; and that any show of force against the “protesters”—many of whom are simply criminals, looters, and thugs out to capitalize on a tragedy—is more proof of America’s ingrained racism and intolerance. Wonderfully encapsulating these two […]
“I Don’t Like Christians”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, April 2020
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of April, 2020: The Slaughter of Christians Nigeria: The first two days of April opened with machete-wielding Muslim Fulani herdsmen murdering at least 13 Christians to death. “[W]e woke up to bury seven people burnt to death … from an […]
Raping and Impregnating Infidels: “Another Form of Jihad”
Because more numbers equate more power and influence, Muslims from all walks of life — even Muammar Gaddafi — have made clear that the act of procreating is a form of jihad. Thus, in the U.K., “Muslim hate fanatics plan to take over Britain by having more babies and forcing a population explosion,” a report […]
“Simply Reprehensible”: COVID-19 Occasions More Abuse of Christians under Islam
Gatestone Institute Reports have appeared in recent weeks indicating that COVID-19 is furnishing a new pretext in the Islamic word to discriminate against and even persecute religious minorities, chiefly Christians. According to an April 29 report, “in countries such as Ethiopia Christians are denied the resources of the community, which is mainly composed of Muslims. […]
“Clean Our Toilets and Take Our Germs to Your Church!” Muslim Persecution of Christians, March 2020
Gatestone Institute The following are some of the abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of March, 2020, thematically arranged: The Kidnap, Rape, and Forced Conversion of Christians Pakistan: A group of motorcycle-riding Muslim men kidnapped and gang raped two 12-year-old Christian boys. The children were playing video games at a local arcade when […]
Egypt: Missing Christian Mother Reappears as Pious Muslim in Video
Coptic Solidarity After disappearing in Egypt, a Coptic Christian wife and mother appeared in a video, dressed in all black Islamic attire (niqab), saying that she had willingly converted to Islam and no longer wants anyone—her husband, children, family—to bother about her anymore. Ranya Abd al-Masih (“servant of Christ”), 39, was a high school teacher […]