National Review Online Danish Portuguese Today, August 15, marks the anniversary of Constantinople’s victory over Muslim invaders in what historians commonly call the “Second Siege of Byzantium,” 717–18. Prior to this massive onslaught, the Muslims had been hacking away at the domains of the Byzantine empire for nearly a century. The Muslims’ ultimate goal was the … [Read more...]
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Assassination Plot Points to Perilous Position of Patriarch
by Ralph H. Sidway, guest contributor Recently a man was arrested in Turkey in connection with a plot to assassinate Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople. The alleged plot was set up to slay the Patriarch on the 560th anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople on May 29. You can read a couple of articles covering different aspects of the story at Huffington … [Read more...]
Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church, Part II
Danish [Editor's note: The following is Part II of an essay originally published by The Inquisitr, with a comprehensive introduction by Wolff Bachner. Part I can be read here.] The Modern Era The sort of Muslim attacks on Christian churches described by the historian Maqrizi and conforming to the Conditions of Omar are reoccurring with increased frequency. Again, while the … [Read more...]
Islam’s Black Flag Flies over Egypt
Published in FrontPage Magazine The United States embassy of Egypt is under siege. According to Fox News, "Mainly ultraconservative Islamist protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt's capital Tuesday and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with an Islamic inscription to protest a video attacking Islam's prophet, Muhammad. Hundreds of … [Read more...]
The Tip of the Iceberg of Christian Persecution
Published in Investigative Project on Terrorism Two Christians living in the Islamic world under arrest and awaiting execution—the one charged with apostasy, the other with blasphemy—were just released. According to a September 8 report on CNN, "A Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy was reunited with his family Saturday after a trial court acquitted … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: December, 2011
Originally published by the Stonegate Institute The Nigerian church bombings, wherein the Islamic group Boko Haram killed over 40 people celebrating Christmas mass, is just the most obvious example of anti-Christian sentiment in December. Elsewhere around the Muslim world, Christmas time for Christians is a time of increased threats, harassment, and fear, which is not … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: August, 2011
Translations of this item: Italian Polish This series was developed in order to collate some—by no means all—of the foulest instances of Muslim persecution of Christians that surface each month. It serves two purposes: Intrinsically, to document that which the mainstream media does not: habitual, if not chronic, Muslim persecution of Christians. Instrumentally, … [Read more...]
Islamists Target Christians ‘Wherever They Can Reach Them’
Published in Pajamas Media Translations of this item: Danish French Portuguese In 2006, when Pope Benedict quoted history deemed unflattering to Islam, Christians around the Muslim world paid the price: anti-Christian riots ensued, churches were burned, and a nun was murdered in Somalia. That was then. Days ago, when a Christian in Egypt was accused of dating a … [Read more...]