Tag Archives: egypt

Pope Canonizes 813 Martyrs Killed By Muslims

The massacre of Otranto is one of the worst killings done against Christians by Muslims. The bishop of the southern Italian city was seized by the Turks and cut in half, while every other priest was murdered without question. It is noble of the Pope to give remembrance to them. The Irish Times writes: Pope [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Coptic Bishop Warns Germany On Islam

A good speech from somebody who comes from a country which was taken over by Islam–on account of tolerance. If you think tolerance is the answer, just look to his words:     Posted by Theodore Shoebat

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Christians Are The Most Persecuted People In The World

Scholar Eric Metaxas writes in the forward for the Persecuted,  by Hudson Institute religious freedom scholars Lela Gilbert, Paul Marshall, and Nina Shea, that “focuses on a scandalously underreported fact, that Christians are the single most widely persecuted religious group in the world today,” a “terrible trend…on the upswing.”  The two latter scholars write that “it is in the Muslim world [...]

1 Comment Continue Reading →
Nigeria. 400 churches destroyed by Boko Haram

Nigeria. 400 churches destroyed by Boko Haram

Click Here to Save a Christians Life Now! The Christian Elders Forum of Northern States, CEFNS, called on the Federal Government to rebuild the over 400 churches destroyed by Boko Haram insurgency in the region. This is even as the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, yesterday sent a high powered team of senior officers to Baga, Borno [...]

1 Comment Continue Reading →
Indonesia. Militant serving a 19-year prison sentence for beheading three Christian schoolgirls has “escaped”.

Indonesia. Militant serving a 19-year prison sentence for beheading three Christian schoolgirls has “escaped”.

Click Here to Save a Christians Life Now! A militant serving a 19-year prison sentence for beheading three Christian schoolgirls has escaped while visiting his sick wife and is still at large, Indonesian police said Friday. National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said Basri, 36, fled from his house in the Central Sulawesi [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →
Morocco. Highest Islamic institute: death penalty for Christian converts.

Morocco. Highest Islamic institute: death penalty for Christian converts.

Click Here to Save a Christians Life Now! Christian converts in Morocco feared for their future Thursday, April 25, after the country’s highest Islamic institute issued a fatwa demanding the death penalty for Muslims who renounce their religion. The Supreme Ulema Council of Morocco (CSO), a body of Islamic scholars headed by King Mohammed VI, [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →
Nigeria. Christians continue to be targeted by Boko Haram for extreme acts of violence.

Nigeria. Christians continue to be targeted by Boko Haram for extreme acts of violence.

Click Here to Save a Christians Life Now! Christians living in northern Nigeria continue to be targeted by Boko Haram for extreme acts of violence. Last week, Christians riding a bus were pulled over and asked about their religious convictions at gunpoint. When these Christians confessed their faith , they were executed on the spot. [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →
Syria. “There is no safe place left in Syria … choose between: die or leave.”

Syria. “There is no safe place left in Syria … choose between: die or leave.”

Click Here to Save a Christians Life Now! Hundreds of thousands of Christians have been displaced by the fighting or left the country in the past two years. Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III Laham recently said more than 1,000 Christians had been killed, “entire villages… cleared of their Christian inhabitants”, and more than 40 [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →
Iraq. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein 10 years ago, an estimated 1,000 Christians have been killed.

Iraq. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein 10 years ago, an estimated 1,000 Christians have been killed.

Click Here to Save a Christians Life Now! Islamist extremists want Iraq to be a “Muslim only” country. As a result, Christians in Iraq remain continuous targets of violent attacks. Each month Open Doors field workers receive sad phone calls and emails of Christian acquaintances who report attacks against the Christians near them. While most [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →
Iran. Pastor Jamal released after 21 months in prison.

Iran. Pastor Jamal released after 21 months in prison.

Click Here to Save a Christians Life Now! Iraqi pastor Abdi Ali Hamzah, also known as Pastor Jamal, has finally been released from prison after 21 months and will get the medical attention that he needs following what one ministry leader is calling an unprecedented move. “It is by God’s grace that this has been [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →