Gatestone Institute Recently, over the course of two weeks, three Christian churches were torched in Egypt. First, on Sunday, October 13, “a massive fire swept through a major Coptic church in a Cairo suburb causing heavy damage, but no casualties.” Online images and video of the St. George Church in Helwan — considered “one of […]
The Other Genocide of Christians: On Turks, Kurds, and Assyrians
One of the most refreshing aspects of Resolution 296—which acknowledges the Armenian Genocide, and which the House recently voted overwhelmingly for—is that it also recognizes those other peoples who experienced a genocide under the Ottoman Turks. The opening sentence of Resolution 296 acknowledges “the campaign of genocide against Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Arameans, Maronites, […]
“Police Urinated on and Cursed Him for Being Christian”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, September 2019
Gatestone Institute The Slaughter of Christians Nigeria: On September 22, the jihadi group, Boko Haram, released a video depicting the execution of two Christian aid workers. Lawrence Duna Dacighir and Godfrey Ali Shikagham, both members of the Church of Christ in Nations, appeared on their knees, with three armed men behind them, who proceeded to […]
“Too Many to Count”: The Global Persecution of Christians
Gatestone Institute Today is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (known by the acronym IDOP). Initiated over 20 years ago by the World Evangelical Alliance, 100,000 congregations around the world and millions of Christians participate on this day. “This November let us unite in prayer for our persecuted brothers and sisters,” IDOP said […]
“They Asked Him to Deny Christ” Muslim Persecution of Christians, August 2019
Gatestone Institute Hate for and Violence against Christians Cameroon: Militant Muslims reportedly connected with the Nigerian based Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, “reached new heights” of depravity, according to a report: after devastating the Christian village of Kalagari in a raid, they kidnapped and fled with eight women. Some of the women were later released—but […]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim, Brother Rachid, and Imam Tawhidi on Islamic Reformations
On June 20-21 , Coptic Solidarity held its tenth annual conference in Washington, DC. I moderated and participated in a panel titled “Radical Islamic Institutions in Egypt: Can They be Reformed?” My co-panelists were Sheikh Mohamad Tawhidi — more popularly known as the Imam of Peace — a leading Muslim reformer and outspoken critic of […]
“WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Gatestone Institute Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel the “genocide” of Christians in his nation, according to Nigerian Christian leaders. Most recently, Father Valentine Obinna, a priest of the Aba diocese of Nigeria, attributed the ongoing slaughter of Christians to the planned […]
“Convert, Marry Me, or Die”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2019
Gatestone Institute Slaughter of Christians Syria: Islamic jihadis gang-raped a 60-year-old Christian woman before stoning her to death. When no one in Yaqoubiya, a small Christian village in Idlib governorate, saw Susan Grigor (or “Gregory”) on July 9, the worried priest sent parishioners to search for her. They eventually found her mangled and bloodied corpse […]
The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs
Note: The following is a book review of The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach. A shorter version was first published by the Middle East Quarterly (Fall 2019, Vol. 26, No. 4). To learn as much as possible of the 21 Coptic Christians martyred for refusing to recant their […]
Ibrahim on Steel on Steel: Christian Persecution, Mexican Border, Political Correctness, and More
I was recently interviewed on Steel on Steel with John Loeffler. “Coptic Christian persecution in Egypt, Islamic terrorists at our southern border, the different perceptions of moderate and radical Muslims, and the political correctness that keeps us from getting at the truth,” were among some of the topics we discussed in the 30-minute interview, which […]