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 protesters were chanting … [Read more...]
“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 statement by the Christian … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 U.S.-led … [Read more...]
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 to the report, More … [Read more...]