Tag: Islamic State
Egypt’s ‘Security Threats’: Churches
The Christians of Nag Shenouda celebrated Easter 2015 in the street after local Muslims rioted and burned down their temporary worship tent, and attacked their ... Read More
Boko Haram Slaughter 52 People in Nigeria
http://www.albawaba.com/ OCP News Service - 29/12/15 Nigeria- Africa Read More http://www.christianpost.com/news/christmas-day-massacre-boko-haram-kills-16-people-children-kidnaps-villagers-burns-homes-153535/ Nigeria: The Nigerian Terror group Boko Haram have killed more than 52 people in ... Read More
Assyrian Female Fighters Take on the Islamic State in Syria
Assyrian Christian Lucia, member of the battalion called the "Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers" fighting the Islamic State group, plays ... Read More
Syrian Army Liberates Two Christian Villages From the Clutches of ISIL
23/11/15 - sputniknews.com The Syrian Army has managed to regain control of the Christian villages of Mheen and Hawwarin, located in southeastern Homs province, a source ... Read More
METROPOLITAN HILARION’S ADDRESS TO THE UNITED SESSION OF THE FEDERATION COUNCIL AND THE STATE DUMA (MOSCOW, 20 NOVEMBER 2015)
On November 20, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), addressed the united session of the ... Read More
D.C. Refuses to Arm Persecuted Christians Fighting ISIS
Iraqi Christian volunteers form militias. Raymond Ibrahim - November 2015 In recent months, Mideast Christians have been forming militias to fight the Islamic State (IS) and ... Read More
Putin the ‘Only Defender of Christianity’ – Bashar Assad
https://img.rt.com www.sputniknews.com - 18/11/15 Syrian President Bashar Assad considers Russia’s Vladimir Putin as the “only defender of Christian civilization one can trust.” “When I look at the ... Read More
Shock: The Grand Lesson of the Paris Jihad
Raymond Ibrahim - November 2015 What is the grand, take away lesson from yesterday’s jihadi/terrorist attack in Paris, that left 129 dead and hundreds injured? Is ... Read More
Islamic State Bombs Christian Convent in Iraq
http://www.transconflict.com/ Raymond Ibrahim - Coptic Solidarity -12/11/15 The Islamic State reportedly detonated the convent belonging to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena on the morning ... Read More
A Vicarious Letter to Obama From the Assyrian Hostages
Assyrians in Chicago rally in support of Assyrians in Syria and Iraq. By Peter Ahern - 29/10/15 (AINA) -- Dear President Obama: After months of ... Read More
ISIL Will Eradicate Christianity in Iraq, Syria Unless Stopped
www.sputniknews.com/- 20/10/15 UK-based charity Aid to the Church in Need issued a worrying report to the British House of Lords this week, warning that Christianity ... Read More
PM Vucic’s Open Letter to Member States of UNESCO
October 2015 Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic sent a letter to all UNESCO members on Sunday, in which he expressed concern over the requests for ... Read More
A Future for Minorities in the Middle East?
The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasrani" (Christian), on an Assyrian home in Mosul. By Peter Ahern - 16/10/15 (AINA) -- Consider this ... Read More
Russia Declares ‘Holy War’ on Islamic State
Raymond Ibrahim - FrontPage Magazine - October 2015 The Orthodox Christian Church, which is reclaiming its traditional role in post-Soviet Russia, has just described its government’s fight against ... Read More
INTERRELIGIOUS COUNCIL OF RUSSIA ISSUES A STATEMENT ON THE BEGINNING OF MILITARY OPERATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN SYRIA
October 2015 The traditional religious communities of Russia expressed understanding on the Federation Council’s decision to use the Russian Armed Forces to defend civilians of ... Read More
West should learn from Russia to accept Muslim refugees – Patriarch Kirill
Moscow, September 24, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill has urged the West to follow Russia as an example of how to handle Muslim immigrants. “Unlike the ... Read More
Islamic State Blows Up 21 Christian Homes
Raymond Ibrahim - Coptic Solidarity - 25/9/15 Earlier this week, the Islamic State blew up 21 homes belonging to Christians in the once Christian majority Nineveh Plain, northeast ... Read More
ISIS Abducts 12 Egyptians in Libya
Raymond Ibrahim - Coptic Solidarity - September 2015 The Islamic State in Libya has abducted 12 more Egyptians. They were reportedly laborers preparing to return back to Egypt. ... Read More
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTONOMY VISIT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE
On Tuesday, the 29th of July/11th of August 2015, Mr Hejab Al-Jabra and Mr Kifah Barakat, heads of the relations between the Palestinians of the ... Read More
Christians Burn While Pope Worries about ‘Worldly’ Matters
Raymond Ibrahim - August 2015 Indifference to the plight of persecuted Christians around the world was highlighted in June when Pope Francis released his first ... Read More
Islamic State Executes Another Copt in Libya?
Raymond Ibrahim - Coptic Solidarity - 30/7/15 According to sources in Libya, there are unconfirmed reports, including from the Libyan Herald, that on July 23rd, the Islamic State executed ... Read More