A magazine that documents Christian persecution around the world. On the front cover is a Christian who was hunted down and mutilated by Islamic fanatics The Top Ten List for countries trying to eradicate Christianity. Disgracefully, the mainstream media rarely, if ever, cover this kind of ethnic cleansing. One possible reason: anti-Christian bias among Western [...]
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ICC Note: “The persecution, in some regions genocide, of Christians and other religious groups is the most important international human rights issue willfully ignored by the American media and our government,” the Washington Times reports. By Peter Bella 2/15/2012 Middle East (Washington Times) – One of the bedrock principles of America is religious freedom. People [...]
WASHINGTON — The recent arrest of 19 American aid workers has raised fears that the Egyptian revolution has gone horribly wrong. The arrests follow sweeping victories by the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups in the country’s parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, talk of breaking Egypt’s 31-year peace treaty with Israel grows by the day. The prospects [...]
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Tweet Reports coming out of Iran say persecution of Christians is only growing more bold and brazen, as Iranian authorities once again raided a house church – this time in Shiraz – and arrested between 6 to 10 members of the congregation. The detainees are being held in an undisclosed location. Jihad Watch publisher Robert [...]
Tweet Reports coming out of Iran say persecution of Christians is only growing more bold and brazen, as Iranian authorities once again raided a house church – this time in Shiraz – and arrested between 6 to 10 members of the congregation. The detainees are being held in an undisclosed location. Jihad Watch publisher Robert [...]
ICC Note: “The Arab Spring uprisings that have toppled secular dictatorships in the Middle East and North Africa have unleashed long-suppressed freedoms that have allowed Islamic parties to gain a share of political power they have been denied for decades. Their rise is creating near-panic among ancient Christian communities that dot the Muslim world and [...]
A Nigerian newspaper on Tuesday published a warning from Boko Haram, the Islamist movement styled on the Taliban, that Christians “had three days to get out of northern Nigeria”. Since the expiry of that ultimatum, attacks in towns in four states in northeastern Nigeria have left at least 44 people dead and hundreds of Christians [...]
This article was first published by the Stonegate Institute. The beginning of the New Year saw only an increase in the oppression of Christians under Islam, from Nigeria, where an all-out jihad has been declared in an effort to eradicate the Muslim north of all Christians, to Europe, where Muslim converts to Christianity are still [...]
There is one group today which is experiencing more persecution worldwide than any other group. And at the same time this seems to be one of the most ignored stories by the mainstream media. If you had only the MSM to rely on, you would for the most part not even be aware of all [...]
The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World By: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Feb 6, 2012 12:00 AM EST From one end of the Muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith. We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s [...]
There is no better indicator of oppression and tyranny worldwide than persecution of Christians, they are not the only persecuted group but Christians are by far the most numerous targets of persecution. Christianity, properly understood, cannot abide oppressive governance or stand idly and watch injustice perpetrated and propagated whether it be by individuals or in [...]
Last month the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed alarm at the escalating intensity and popular appeal of anti-Islamic rhetoric from politicians in the USA and Europe. This critical issue has long acted as an animus for the OIC and, in December, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution titled, “Combating [...]
We would like to suggest that people sign the Barnabas Fund Proclaim Freedom petition. An article introducing the petition against the persecution of Christians worldwide has recently been published on the Barnabas Fund website. The petition which can be found HERE reads as follows: “WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CALL UPON OUR GOVERNMENT: 1) to recognise [...]
Click here to advertise in this spot on CatholicCulture.org. Indian bishops to discuss ‘population explosion,’ persecution of Christians January 31, 2012 From Our Store: Essays in Apologetics, Volume I (eBook) When India’s bishops meet in Bangalore during the first week in February, they will discuss “the role of the Church for a better India.” While [...]
Just about 100 several years back, Europe was viewed as the center from the Christian entire world. With the bastions of your Anglican Church in Britain, the Vatican in Italy, along with the unique dwelling of Calvinism, Baptism, and other important sects to the continent, Europe was clearly by far the most Christian location on [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://www.persecution.org/2012/01/30/two-coptic-christians-killed-in-egypt-for-refusing-to-pay-extortion-money/ ____________________________________________________ This entry was posted on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 9:08 am and is filed under Africa , Countries, Egypt, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a … ICC is constantly monitoring the state of Christian persecution [...]
From Christian Persecution News Source: http://www.persecution.org/2012/01/30/two-coptic-christians-killed-in-egypt-for-refusing-to-pay-extortion-money/ ____________________________________________________ This entry was posted on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 9:08 am and is filed under Africa , Countries, Egypt, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a … ICC is constantly monitoring the state of Christian persecution [...]
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has become a face of the persecuted around the world. Since 2009, the Iranian regime has imprisoned Pastor Nadarkhani under the threat of death for his faith in Jesus Christ. His story has illuminated the plight of so many others who also face persecution for their faith. A year ago today, Salmaan [...]
by Rob Schwarzwalder at FRC Blog:January 26, 2012 Persecution of self-identified Christians has become a pandemic in the developing world. For Catholics, Evangelical Protestants, Copts and others, making the simple assertion that they follow Jesus Christ can lead to abuse, eviction, disfigurement, and – far too often – death. Today at FRC, we heard a [...]
Saudi Arabian Officials Assault, Strip Search Christian Prisoners ICC Urges Saudi Arabia To Release The Prisoners Washington, D.C. (January 24, 2012) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Saudi Arabian officials strip searched 29 Christian women and assaulted six Christian men after arresting them for holding a prayer meeting at a private home in [...]
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani (ibtimes.com) By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL There has been a wave of violence targeting Iranian and Syrian Christians over the past month, say Christian news reports. In addition, Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been on death row since 2010 for seeking to register his home-based church, refused to renounce his Christian beliefs in [...]
Enlarge this picture Children’s Palace of indoctrination(Michael Day via Flickr) The World Watch List (WWL) is a ranking of 50 countries where persecution of Christians for religious reasons is worst. Each year, extensive research is completed, using questionnaires, news reports, interviews and country visits, and a point value is given to each country according to [...]
The decision penned by Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA.) to protect America utes national motto, In God We Trust , is likely to appear prior to a House for your vote upon Tuesday, according to CBN . There are 64 co-sponsors involving Republicans plus Democrats. The resolution in addition contains language that will involve In God [...]
Rev’d Colin Coward, Changing Attitude (2011) “As so often where such matters are concerned, the worthy Archbishop sounds the drum for High Church Tories.”David Blackburn Spectator Coffee House (2011) “If you have never heard of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, I’ll forgive you, as His Grace has been dead for close to 500 years. But the fellow [...]
ICC Note: “After the sweeping political victories Islamists made in the early round of elections in Egypt, the Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church Yohanna Qulta was interviewed on Arab television concerning the looming threat that Egypt’s Christian communities will face in an Islamist society. The interview gives us unusual insight into the mind [...]
Intolerance toward Christians continued to grow in 2011, according to year-end assessments by human-rights and Christian organizations. In particular, acts of violence against Christians during the holidays increased drastically. Stonegate Institute, a nonprofit organization that researches human rights issues, cited recent Nigerian church bombings — in which the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed more [...]
I think I could honestly say that I knew very little about Christian persecution that was taking place around the world before I started working at NZ Catholic back in 2005. Part of that was to do with my relative lack of interest in matters of religion outside my own little world. Another part of [...]
Sabeel is coming to town March 16-17. Sabeel is a Christian liberation theology organization based in Jerusalem. It was founded by Palestinian Anglican priest, Rev. Naim Ateek, and has been widely denounced for itsone-sided anti-Israel rhetoric. from the ADL:Friends of Sabeel-North America (FOSNA): As part of the anti-Israel movement’s effort to attract support from the [...]
In this first part of a new series, an expert on the Middle East explains the perils of the Arab Spring for Middle Eastern Christians. ICC Note: Kurt J. Werthmuller, a research fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, writes the first in a series of articles focusing on “the background, present status, [...]
Pope Benedict xvi spoke up for persecuted Christians around the world in a speech to ambassadors to the Vatican on January 9. The theme of his speech was young people—how the world’s troubles affect them, and how to help them. He discussed “the grave and disturbing developments of the global economic and financial crisis” and [...]
Click here to advertise in this spot on CatholicCulture.org. Recent persecution of Christians in Laos January 10, 2012 From Our Store: Misinterpreting Catholicism (eBook) In Laos–a Communist nation where 67% of the population is Buddhist, and only 2% are Christian–authorities in some villages of Savannakhet Province, which is located in the south-central part of the [...]
ICC Note: Raymond Ibrahim reports in FrontPageMag that 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.” Ibrahim’s [...]
Today’s Sunday Telegraph report into Nigeria’s “descent into holy war” highlights the increasingly harrowing story of Christian persecution around the world, this heart-breaking account in particular: That new agenda was spelt out with a brutal sense of occasion on Christmas Day, when a car bomb killed 42 worshippers at morning mass at St Theresa’s [...]
North Korea No. 1 Persecutor of Christians for 10th Straight Year Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA, 616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.org SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — The Open Doors 2012 World Watch List has a familiar look to it. North Korea tops the list for the 10th straight time as the country where Christians face [...]
Posted: January 6, 2012 | Author: barenakedislam | Filed under: Persecution of Christians |24 Comments » “Saying Merry Christmas Is Worse than Killing Someone” by Raymond IbrahimStonegate Institute Because these accounts of persecution span different ethnicities, languages, and locales—from Morocco in the West, to India in the East, and throughout the West wherever there are Muslims—it [...]
This article is reprinted from 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 [...]
By Jeff M. Sellers Sudan and northern Nigeria saw steeper increases in persecution against Christians than 48 other nations where Christians suffered abuse last year, according to an annual ranking by Christian support organization Open Doors. Sudan – where northern Christians experienced greater vulnerability after southern Sudan seceded in a July referendum, and where Christians [...]
By Jeff M. Sellers Sudan and northern Nigeria saw steeper increases in persecution against Christians than 48 other nations where Christians suffered abuse last year, according to an annual ranking by Christian support organization Open Doors. Sudan – where northern Christians experienced greater vulnerability after southern Sudan seceded in a July referendum, and where Christians [...]
In November, five Christians in Algeria were jailed for “proselytizing,” “unauthorized worship” and “insulting Islam.” On Christmas Day the extremist Islamic group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria planted bombs in the town of Damaturu and outside a church near the capital of Abuja. A shoot-out between Boko Haram and security forces resulted in 28 deaths, [...]
Christians And Lions The world’s most widely followed faith is gathering persecutors. Even non-Christians should worry about that 12/31/2011 Islam (The Economist)-CHRISTIANITY is growing almost as fast as humanity itself, but its 2.2 billion adherents cannot count on safety in numbers. That is partly because the locus of the world’s largest religion is shifting to [...]