Coptic Solidarity The Islamic State in Libya has abducted 12 more Egyptians. They were reportedly laborers preparing to return back to Egypt. According to RT Arabic, the Egyptians were abducted in Sirte, late in the evening of Sunday, September 13. Coptic Christians are among those kidnapped. The Egyptian ministry has not issued a statement either confirming or … [Read more...]
U.S. and West Victimize Christians Fleeing ISIS
Gatestone Institute Not only does the West facilitate the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, but in the West as well. According to a recent NPR report, the U.S. supported “moderate” coalition fighting both Bashar Assad and the Islamic State in Syria “has extremists in its own ranks who have mistreated Christians and forced them out of their homes”—just as IS has … [Read more...]
The Islamic Roots of the Yellow Badge of Shame
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world. Last week, while reading different articles on the Islamic State's persecution of Christians in the Middle East, I was made aware for the first time that following the fall of the Iraqi city of Mosul in July of 2014, the Islamic State spray painted in red the … [Read more...]
U.S. State Dept. Bars Christians from Testifying about Persecution: Muslim Persecution of Christians, May 2015
Gatestone Institute During the height of one of the most brutal months of Muslim persecution of Christians, the U.S. State Department exposed its double standards against persecuted Christian minorities. Sister Diana, an influential Iraqi Christian leader, who was scheduled to visit the U.S. to advocate for persecuted Christians in the Mideast, was denied a visa by the … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim Debates ‘Moderate’ and ‘Radical’ Muslims: Is ‘ISIS’ Islamic?
Last week on the Glazov Gang, I debated Isa Hodge, an American convert to Islam (an apparent representative of "moderate Muslims") and Imam Anjem Choudary of the UK (an apparent representative "radical Muslims"). The topic under discussion was, "Is the Islamic State Islamic"? The video follows (and here's a related article I wrote last year titled "The Islamic State and … [Read more...]