Gatestone Institute At a time when Christians throughout the Muslim world are suffering from a variety of persecution, the plight of Palestinian Christians is seldom heard. It exists. Open Doors, a human rights group that follows the persecution of Christians, notes that Palestinian Christians suffer from a “high” level of persecution, the source of which […]
‘Field of Blackbirds’: The 630 Year-Old Reason Eastern Europeans Dislike Islam
Why Eastern Europeans are much more reluctant to accept Muslim migrants than their Western counterparts can be traced back to circumstances surrounding a pivotal battle, that of Kosovo, which took place on June 15, 1389, exactly 630 years ago today. It pitted Muslim invaders against Eastern European defenders, or the ancestors of those many Eastern […]
Global Christian Persecution Remains High, Media Interest Remains Low
Note: The following report, by Lindsay Elizabeth, recently appeared on various media, including FaithWire, CBN News, and Assist News: While you might have seen a decrease in mainstream media reporting regarding Christian persecution, there has only been an increase in the persecution taking place against Christians around the world. According to the Gatestone Institute, […]
The Jihad on the Christian Cross
A 37-year-old Muslim migrant in Rome was recently arrested for homicide after he stabbed a Christian man in the throat for wearing a crucifix around his neck. “Religious hate” is cited as an “aggravating factor” in the crime. This is hardly the first “religious hate” crime to occur in the context of the cross in […]
They Are ‘Infidels and No Good!’: Muslim Persecution of Christians, March, 2019
Gatestone Institute When it comes to violence between Muslims and non-Muslims, March news was dominated by the Christchurch, New Zealand massacres, where an Australian man killed 51 Muslims in two mosques on March 15. However, to place matters in perspective, a statistical report did some number crunching and found that “a Christian living in a […]
Genocide of Christians Reaches “Alarming Stage”
Gatestone Institute Translations of this item: Dutch, French, German, Italian Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish “Christian persecution ‘at near genocide levels,’” the title of a May 3 BBC report, cites a lengthy interim study ordered by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and led by Rev. Philip Mounstephen, the Bishop of Truro. According to the BBC report, one in three […]
Burkina Faso: The New Land of Islamic Jihad and Christian Slaughter
Gatestone Institute Last Sunday, May 12, in the small West African nation of Burkina Faso, as many as 30 armed Islamic terrorists stormed a Catholic church, slaughtered at least six Christian worshippers—including the officiating priest—and then burned the church to the ground. Ousmane Zongo, the mayor of Dablo, where the attack occurred, recalled the incident: […]
Radical Islam’s Existential Threat to Christianity Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Note: The following report originally appeared on CBN News: Middle Eastern Christians have endured a long and violent history at the hands of radical Muslims. At the turn of the 20th century, Christians made up 20 percent of the population in the Middle East. Today, that number is only 3-5 percent. “Christians have been harassed in more […]
“Reconciling” Egypt’s Coptic Christians to Second-Class Status
Coptic Solidarity It has been said that Egypt is the land of eternal changelessness, often in connection with the ever reliable and cyclical flooding of the Nile, which made human life possible in the desert. Yet Egypt’s changelessness has taken on other, less mundane, forms—particularly with the advent of Islam. Consider Islamic hostility for Coptic […]
“We Shall Come for Your Head Soon”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, February 2019
Gatestone Institute Massacres of Christians Nigeria: A number of fatal Islamic terror attacks targeting Christians occurred throughout February: February 10: Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians and an unborn child. Armed herdsmen in large numbers had surrounded the Christian village around 11 p.m. the (Saturday) night before. “We heard gun shots, and this forced me […]