Tag: Christians
Professor: Indiana RFRA ‘Fix’ Could Send Christians to Jail
The greatly anticipated “fix” to the Indiana religious freedom law has been released by the Indiana legislative committee, and it is far worse than conservatives feared.
Al-Shabaab Attacks Kenyan University; Christians Taken Hostage, at Least 15 Killed
Fresh off a horrific 12-hour siege at a Somali hotel that left 17 dead, Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab has struck in Kenya, sending a squad of gunmen on a rampage through Garissa University College.
Muslim Mob Attacks Church Built To Honor Egyptian Christians Beheaded By ISIS
Christians in the Egyptian village of Al Our are looking to build a new church in honor of the Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS in Libya, a mass-murder outrage captured in a viral video circulated by the Islamic State. 13 of the 21 Christians slaughtered in the video hailed from Al Our; they had gone to Libya in search of employment. A church in their hometown would seem like a fine way to remember them.
North Korea: UN Human Rights Office in Seoul Will Be Met with ‘Merciless Punishment’
The government of North Korea has once again threatened to attack a proposed United Nations field office planned to be built in Seoul and specialize in monitoring human rights abuses perpetrated by the Kim Jong Un regime.
Syrian Christians Look To Assad Regime For Protection From Jihadis
Al-Monitor delivers one of the most sobering assessments of the bloody mess in Syria to date, as author Edward Dark returns to his hometown of Aleppo for a look at the plight of the dwindling Christian community, and finds them turning to dictator Bashar al-Assad for protection from the jihadis fighting to overthrow him.
Fate of 220 Assyrian Christians Abducted by ISIS Remains Unknown
The fate remains completely uncertain of around 220 Assyrian Christians who continue to be held captive in Syria by the Islamic State terror group.
ISIS Rampages Across Nineveh, Destroying Christian Churches
ISIS believes “ancient relics promote idolatry that violates their fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law.”
Breitbart Exclusive: Syria’s Christians Plead for Help from U.S. and Europe
A community in northeast Syria inhabited primarily by Assyrian Christians has been under steady assault by ISIS for the past 18 days, and they are barely holding on, according to Rima Tuezuen of the Syriac European Union. When the attack first began on February 23rd, ISIS abducted hundreds of Christian prisoners, only 23 of whom have been released so far.
EU Parliament Resolves to Defend Christians, Other Minorities from ISIS
The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling for the protection of Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities in the Middle East from the depredations of the Islamic State. A call for the establishment of safe havens for ethnic and religious minorities in the Nineveh Plains is part of the resolution.
Two Elderly Christian Women Defy ISIS as Iraqi Ghost Town’s Only Residents
Kurdish news agency Rudaw tells the poignant story of Teleskof, a Christian town of some 4,000 souls in the Nineveh Plains evacuated last August before the advance of ISIS, save for two elderly women named Sarya Matto and Madi Salim, who adamantly refused to leave their home.
Syrian Christians Plead for Help as ISIS Launches New Attack
Syrian Christians have this morning put out a desperate appeal for help as ISIS launches new attacks against them along the Khabour River in northeast Syria. According to Rima Tüzün of the European Syriac Union, members of the community who have taken up arms to defend themselves are without ammunition, and 17 Syriac Military Council fighters are surrounded by ISIS in the town of Tel Maghasneh.
More Assyrian Hostages, Including 6-Year-Old, Released By ISIS
The Assyrian International News Agency reports that four more Assyrian captives taken by the Islamic State during raids on their villages in Syria have been released.
ISIS Frees 19 Assyrian Christian Hostages, Hundreds Remain Captive
The Assyrian International News Agency reports a dash of good news from the bubbling cauldron of horror that is the Islamic State.
Pope Condemns ‘Intolerable Brutality’ of ISIS in Syria, Iraq
Pope Francis once again denounced the atrocious situation in the Middle East on Sunday, promising closeness to the victims of kidnappings and violence and praying for a prompt end to the “intolerable brutality” brought upon the region by Islamic State militants.
Not Just Jews: Christians Under Increasing Attack in Europe
Christian churches are under increasing assault all over Europe, reports a Vienna-based group charged with monitoring such attacks.
New York Filmmaker Helps Assyrian Christians Gear Up For Battle With ISIS
USA Today reports on the efforts of Assyrian Christians to put their own army together and fend off the Islamic State, which has been raiding Assyrian communities in the Nineveh Plains, taking hundreds of women and children for use as hostages and slaves.
Report: ISIS to Slaughter Christian Hostages Unless Airstrikes Stop
The latest ISIS terror video is apparently running behind schedule—it was supposed to be released on Wednesday—but all indications are that it will include a threat to murder their Christian hostages, including women and children, if the bombing campaign against the Islamic State is not halted.
Flashback: Sen. Obama Urged Bush Admin. to Save Christians in Middle East
President Barack Obama has done little to stop the terrorist militias of the so-called Islamic State from abducting and murdering Christians in Iraq and elsewhere in the region. As a junior U.S. Senator from Illinois, however, Obama was outspoken on the fate of minorities in Iraq. Obama wrote two letters to then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, demanding to know what the Bush administration was doing to secure Assyrian Christians and other minorities in Iraq.
Report: Iraqi Christian Militia Fighting ISIS Running Out Of Ammo
An Assyrian Christian militia fighting the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) near Mosul, Iraq may not be able to keep the jihadist group away for much longer because it is running out of ammunition, according to a British news outlet.
Christians Get Day in Court for First Amendment Case in Michigan
In 2012, authorities prevented Christians from protesting at a Muslim festival in Dearborn, Michigan, threatening them with arrest. The Christians charged that the police violated their First Amendment rights to free speech, and next month, they will have their day in court in an important en banc hearing before the entire 6th District Circuit Court.
Attkisson: Media Has No Problem Saying Christians Bomb Abortion Clinics
Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Media Buzz,” while discussing the controversy over President Barack Obama and his administrations unwillingness to label ISIS and other extremist groups as Islamic terrorists, investigate reporter Sharyl Attkisson pointed out the media and society at
White House Renews Its ‘Tu Quoque’ Offensive Against Christians
A State Department spokesperson wonders why the world isn’t focused on Joseph Kony these days. But the reason is simple: African atrocities tend to be ignored, in part because there are a lot of them.
Westerners Journey to Iraq and Join Christian Militia to Fight ISIS
When one hears a story of Western civilians heading to the Middle East to volunteer for combat duty, one thinks of the hideously successful ISIS recruiting drive. However, as Reuters reports, “a handful of idealistic Westerners are enlisting” with a Christian militia group called Dwekh Nawsha, “citing frustration their governments are not doing more to combat the ultra-radical Islamists or prevent the suffering of innocents.”
ISIS Christian Beheading Video Condemns ‘Crusaders’
A newly released video by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists showing the mass beheading of 21 Christians condemns the faith’s believers as “crusaders.”
