By Ralph H. Sidway, guest contributor Perhaps there really is a “colonial mentality” afflicting the Western Powers after all. How else to explain the succession of disastrous foreign policy choices by Barack Obama, David Cameron, and the NATO alliance regarding the “Arab Spring,” which are not merely ill advised, but downright immoral. It’s one thing to put forth a … [Read more...]
Resurgent Russia: The Hope of Persecuted Christians
By Ralph H. Sidway, guest contributor Scarcely a day goes by now where we do not read of yet another in a constellation of initiatives being undertaken by both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian government on behalf of persecuted Christians and other victims in Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere in the world. For instance, on July 31 it was announced that a charitable drive … [Read more...]
Al Qaeda Flag Flies High Above Christian Churches
Gatestone Institute Spanish Days ago, al-Qaeda’s Egyptian leader, Ayman Zawahiri, portrayed the overthrow of Muhammad Morsi and the Brotherhood as a “Crusader” campaign led by Coptic Pope Tawadros II who, according to Zawahiri and other terrorists, is trying to create a Coptic state in Egypt. Since then, not only are Egypt’s Christians and churches now being attacked in … [Read more...]
Egypt: Two Churches Attacked, Back to Back
Egypt's Christian Copts continue to be targeted and scapegoated for the ousting of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hours ago, dozens of Brotherhood members and supporters attacked an "evangelical church" in the village of Reeda, in the governorate of al-Minya in Upper Egypt, destroying its exterior. They also opened gunfire and hurled rocks and other projectiles at the Coptic … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: May, 2013
Gatestone Institute Danish The month of May continued to prove that Nigeria is the most dangerous nation for Christians—where more Christians have been killed last year than all around the Muslim world combined. In one instance, Boko Haram Muslim militants stormed the home of a Pentecostal pastor and secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, and opened fire on him, … [Read more...]