On April 25, police raided a Christian worship service in Asella just south of the capital, Addis Ababa. The Church of Asella had just baptized 40 new converts to Christianity, prompting mass arrests. One of those imprisoned, a former Muslim who converted to Christianity known only as “Palus Ejigu,” said, “We were gathered for sharing […]
Ethiopia: Muslims Forcibly Building Mosque on Christian Land Despite Court Ruling
A Muslim mob in Deder, Ethiopia, attacked a Christian man and forced him out of his home on pain of death in an effort to appropriate his land and build a mosque on it—despite recent court rulings confirming the Christian man’s property rights. “Their first plan was to kill my husband,” said Fikere Mengistu’s wife. […]
Coptic Bishop: Ethiopian ‘Christians Murdered Purely for Refusing to Renounce Their Faith’
Note: Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, issued the following statement today, concerning the slaughter of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Emphases added. The confirmation of the murder of Ethiopian Christians by Daesh (IS) in Libya has been received with deep sadness. These executions that unnecessarily and unjustifiably claim […]
Christians Accept Execution Rather Than Islam
Approximately two months after the Islamic State (IS) published a video depicting its members slaughtering 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, on Sunday, April 19, the Islamic jihadi organization released another video of more Christians in Libya being massacred, this time for not paying jizya—extortion money demanded of the “People of the Book” according to Koran 9:29. […]
Islamic State Executes Ethiopian Christians for Not Paying Jizya, or ‘Tribute’
The Islamic State has just released another video where it executes more Christians, this time for not paying jizya — the tribute demanded of Christians according to Koran 9:29 in order to live under Islam as Christians. Two scenes appear in the 29-minute long video. The first scene consists of a group of Christian Ethiopians […]
Ethiopia: Christians Imprisoned for Distributing Bibles, Official Slaps Christian with Bible
Gemechu Jorgo and Sheikh Amin — two men who were distributing Bibles in Ethiopia’s Melka Belo region — were arrested on March 10 and 13, respectively. Islamic law bans the advertisement and dissemination of non-Muslim scriptures — that is, Christian evangelism. While they were imprisoned, both men endured harassment and physical abuse by authorities. At one point, Jorgo reminded […]
Europe Should Learn Ethiopia’s ‘Islam Lesson’
Veritas International Enterprise Indonesian Yet another Christian church was destroyed by Muslims in Ethiopia—this time by local authorities. Heaven’s Light Church, which served some 100 evangelical Christians, was demolished last November 28. The church had stood and functioned in the Muslim-majority city of Harar for five years. In the days preceding the destruction, officials forcibly […]