Gatestone Institute The Slaughter of Christians Central African Republic: As many as 42 people—mostly Christian women—“were hacked to death … after suspected Islamist rebels attacked a group of civilians in the central town of Bria” between September 4-5. Some died by machete, others by gunshot. At least one of the butchered women was pregnant. “They […]
Egypt: Muslim Policeman Murders Two Christians While Guarding Their Church
Coptic Solidarity A Muslim policeman charged with guarding a Coptic Christian church shot and killed two Christians—a father, 49, and his son, 21—last night in Minya, Egypt. Eyewitnesses say a verbal quarrel had ensued before the officer pulled out his gun and opened fire on the two men. Video footage of the incident shows the […]
“Burnt Beyond Recognition”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, August 2018
Gatestone Institute Christians Burned Alive and Churches Torched Ethiopia: Approximately 15 Christian priests were killed—at least four burned alive—and 19 churches torched during Muslim uprisings in the east, where most of the nation’s 33 percent Muslim population is centered. “Similar tensions are bubbling under the surface in other parts of Oromia,” which is approximately 50 […]
“Our Children Were Screaming”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2018
Gatestone Institute Muslim Attacks on Christian Churches Egypt: Police encouraged a Muslim mob while attacking a church. After local Muslims in Ezbet Sultan Pasha village learned that Christians, who form about 20 percent of the population, were on their way to legalizing a church building, they surrounded it following Friday prayers on July 6. “The […]
“A Pure Genocide”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2018
Gatestone Institute The Jihad on Nigerian Christians In what the Christian Association of Nigeria called a “pure genocide,” 238 more Christians were killed and churches desecrated by Muslims throughout the month of June. This brings the death toll of Christians to more than 6,000 between January and June of 2018 alone. According to a joint […]
A Bloodbath for Christians, No Response from Egypt
Gatestone Institute On Friday, November 2, heavily armed Islamic terrorists ambushed and massacred Christians returning home after visiting an ancient monastery in the desert. Seven pilgrims—including a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy—were shot to death, “just because they were Christian,” to quote Pope Francis during a prayer afterwards. Over 20 were left injured with […]
The Annihilation of Iraq’s Christian Minority
Gatestone Institute “Another wave of persecution will be the end of Christianity after 2,000 years” of it in Iraq, one Iraqi Christian leader recently declared. In an interview earlier this month, Chaldean Archbishop Habib Nafali of Basra discussed how more than a decade of violent persecution has virtually annihilated Iraq’s Christian minority. Since the 2003 […]
You Cannot “Run Away from Allah!” Muslim Persecution of Christians, May 2018
Gatestone Institute The Muslim Slaughter of Christians Inside Churches Indonesia: Six suicide bombers from one Muslim family attacked three churches during Sunday Mass services, on May 13; at least 11 worshippers were killed. The suicide bombers consisted of a father, mother, and four children, two boys and two girls, aged 9,12, 16, and 18. According […]
“All Praise is Due to Allah” for “Genocide against Christians”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, April 2018
Gatestone Institute Muslim Slaughter of Christians Pakistan: A Muslim man set a Christian woman on fire because she refused to convert to Islam and marry him. With burns covering nearly 90 percent of her body, Asma Yaqoob, 25, died five days later, on Sunday, April 22. According to her father, he and his son were […]
Death or Life for Christian “Blasphemer”? Pakistan Ruling on Asia Bibi Expected
Gatestone Institute On October 9, Pakistan’s Supreme Court heard the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row for nearly a decade on the accusation that she insulted Islam’s prophet Muhammad. The woman’s fate is now sealed: “They [judges] have come to a decision, but it has been reserved,” reported Mehwish […]