The following article was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world A few months ago, I had an interesting conversation with my manager, Rana, a Libyan in her late twenties. The discussion began on how she, with many other Libyans, long for the days of peace and tranquility (under the “brutal” dictatorship of Qaddafi). After listening to her … [Read more...]
Libya Declared a “Muslim State”
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world. On May 26th, the residents of Tripoli and other areas under the control of the General National Congress (GNC) and their military wing, Libya Dawn (a coalition of Islamic militias), discovered that they were now living in a “Muslim State”. The GNC - who still … [Read more...]
Islamic State Kidnaps 86 Eritrean Refugees, They Fail Koran Test
On June 3, the Islamic State kidnapped 86 Eritrean refugees in Libya, including 12 women and children. "IS militants asked everyone who is Muslim or not and everybody started saying they are Muslims. But you have to know the Koran, and they didn't," said a human rights activist, citing eyewitnesses who managed to escape. Nael Goitom, a 16-year-old Eritrean migrant who earlier … [Read more...]
Libya: Yet Another Christian Cemetery Desecrated by ‘Salafis’
Yet another Christian cemetery in post “Arab Spring” Libya was recently desecrated by Muslim militants. Described by witnesses as “Salafi” Muslims, the grave vandals destroyed crosses and tombstones, and dug up graves in the old Christian section of Tripoli in the early morning hours of June 3. Security forces charged with protecting the region did nothing to stop or … [Read more...]
The Islamic Genocide of Christians: Past and Present
Portuguese Last Friday, April 24, we remembered how exactly 100 years ago the last historic Muslim caliphate, the Ottoman Empire, tried to cleanse its empire of Christian minorities — Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks — even as we stand by watching as the new caliphate, the Islamic State, resumes the genocide. And in both cases, the atrocities were and are being committed … [Read more...]