By Bruce Thornton originally published in Defining Ideas, a Hoover Institution Journal Few people realize that we are today living through the largest persecution of Christians in history, worse even than the famous attacks under ancient Roman emperors like Diocletian and Nero. Estimates of the numbers of Christians under assault range from 100-200 million. According to one … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: April, 2013
Gatestone Institute Danish Before Egypt’s President Muhammad Morsi was ousted, April was one of the worst months for Christian Copts there. On April 5 near Cairo, when a longstanding feud between a Christian family and a Muslim family—based on male Muslims sexually harassing Christian girls—culminated in the violent deaths of six Christians, including two of the … [Read more...]
Crucified Again – Venn Institute Interviews Raymond Ibrahim
[Note: The following interview was conducted by the Venn Institute with Raymond Ibrahim] Raymond Ibrahim is a widely published author, public speaker, and Middle East and Islam expert, and author most recently of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians. Follow him on Twitter @RaymondIbrahim5 Venn Institute: Most Americans see persecution of Christians and … [Read more...]
How Dare You?! The Supremacist Nature of Muslim ‘Grievances’
Portuguese Indonesian In 2012 in Pakistan, as Christian children were singing carols inside their church, Muslim men from a nearby mosque barged in with an axe, destroyed the furniture, desecrated the altar, and beat the children. Their justification for such violence? “You are disturbing our prayers…. How dare you use the mike and speakers?” Welcome to the true face … [Read more...]
The Re-Islamicization of Turkey — Deja-Vu All Over Again
by Ralph Sidway, guest contributor (This is an update to my posting here, and Raymond Ibrahim’s recent article.) The re-Islamicization of Turkey continues grinding along, inexorably eclipsing the few remaining signs of Asia Minor’s two millennia of Christian history. The relentless Muslim initiative, to roll back Turkey’s secular stance implemented by Kemal Ataturk nearly a … [Read more...]