Pope Francis gestures upon arrival for a prayer vigil with hundreds of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims attending World Youth Day (WYD), at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on July 27, 2013, during his week-long visit to Brazil. AFP PHOTO / LUCA ZENNARO-POOL (Photo credit should read LUCA ZENNARO/AFP/Getty Images) … [Read more...]
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Christians Burn While Pope Worries about ‘Worldly’ Matters: Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2015
Gatestone Institute Indifference to the plight of persecuted Christians around the world was highlighted in June when Pope Francis released his first independent encyclical. Although the Pope warned against things like global warming and issues dealing with the environment, he did not mention the plight of persecuted Christians—even though he is well acquainted with it … [Read more...]
Where’s the Pope’s Encyclical on Christian Persecution?
Pope Francis recently released a new encyclical. Portions of it deal with environmentalism, global warming, and climate change. Naturally, this has prompted controversy. It’s noteworthy that Francis didn’t merely make a passing comment on global warming during this or that sermon, but that he issued a papal encyclical on the matter. Encyclicals are much more formal and … [Read more...]
‘The Real Bomb Is in Islam’s Books’
FrontPage Magazine During his visit to Egypt last week, “Pope Francis visited al-Azhar University, a globally respected institution for Sunni Islamic learning,” and “met with Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the imam of the government-run Al-Azhar mosque and an Islamic philosophy professor.” This has been reported by several media, often with much fanfare. Unfortunately, however, … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Top “Moderate” Cleric: Apostasy a “Crime,” Punishable by Death
Coptic Solidarity The line between “moderate” and “radical” Muslim continues to fade. On the question of apostasy in Islam—whether a born or converted Muslim has the right to abandon Islam for another or no religion—the radical position is well known: unrepentant apostates are to be punished with death. Yet one of the Muslim world’s greatest authorities, the Grand Sheikh … [Read more...]
Humility and Hubris
Crisis Magazine By William Kilpatrick Much has been written about the Pope’s humility, and he himself has often spoken about the need for humility. Yet it is possible to detect a certain amount of hubris in the positions he takes on political and scientific matters. For example, it takes a certain level of hubris for a man to take a public stand on the threat of global … [Read more...]
‘Their Throats Were Slit Simply Because They Were Christians’: The Muslim Persecution of Christians, May 2024
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of May 2024. Muslim Slaughter of and Violence against Christians Nigeria: Some May headlines from the ongoing Muslim genocide of Christians in the African nation: May 1: “Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria” May 6: … [Read more...]
Egypt’s New ‘Islamic Mission City’ Bodes Ill for the World
Coptic Solidarity At a time when Saudi Arabia seems to be retracting from its longtime role of spreading Wahhabi (“radical”) Islam to the world, the Egyptian government has launched a project that indicates it wants to take on the mantle of overseer and disseminator of Islamic education and da‘wa. An entire new city, alternatively known as “Islamic Mission City” or simply … [Read more...]
Report: ‘Raymond Ibrahim Documents the Persecution of Christians, Also in Europe’
Danish journalist Peder Jensen recently wrote a report about my talk in Copenhagen for the website Document.dk. Titled, "Raymond Ibrahim Documents the Persecution of Christians, Also in Europe," an English translation of it, as well as the photo accompanying the report, follow: Author and translator Raymond Ibrahim was born in the United States to Coptic Christian … [Read more...]
‘A Field of Jihad’ The Muslim Persecution of Christians, December 2023 (Christmas Edition)
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of December 2023. Christmas-Timed Slaughters and Nightmares Nigeria: Beginning on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day, Muslim terrorists massacred nearly 200 Christians. Well-armed Muslim Fulani tribesmen hacked, stabbed, riddled with bullets, and … [Read more...]