Egyptian security sources said that last night during heavy clashes with Islamist militant groups in northern Sinai, eight takfiri members were killed (takfiris are militant Muslims who kill other Muslims on the accusation that the latter are not Muslim enough). The clashes took place in the region of Sheikh Zawid, where earlier reports had said militant groups were … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: October, 2013
Gatestone Institute Two of the most tragic Islamic attacks on Christians, killing several women and children, took place in the month of October, one in Syria another in Egypt. On October 21 in Syria, the U.S.-supported Islamic rebels invaded and occupied the ancient Christian settlement of Sadad for over a week, till ousted by the military. During that week, “the largest … [Read more...]
A Month of Horror for Christians under Islam: September, 2013
Gatestone Institute The same month that Obama tried to wage war on behalf of the jihadi rebels in Syria (citing “human rights” concerns), some of the war’s worst atrocities were committed against that nation’s Christian minority, most notably in Ma‘loula, an ancient Christian region where the inhabitants still spoke the language of Jesus. There, among other things, the … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: July, 2013
Gatestone Institute On July 4th, the day after the Egyptian military liberated the nation of Muslim Brotherhood rule, Christian Copts were immediately scapegoated and targeted. All Islamist leaders—from Brotherhood supreme leader Muhammad Badi, to Egyptian-born al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri, to top Sunni cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi—made it a point to single out Egypt’s … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: June, 2013
Gatestone Institute Spanish The degradation of Christian women living in the Islamic world continued in the month of June. In Syria, after the al-Qaeda linked rebel group conquered Qusair, a city of the governate of Homs, 15-year-old Mariam was kidnapped, repeatedly gang raped according to a fatwa legitimizing the rape of non-Sunni women by any Muslim waging jihad against … [Read more...]