Tag: Islamic State
Australian Labor Party National Conference Condemns Attempted Genocide of Assyrians in Iraq
http://yalibnan.com/ July 2015 (AINA) -- The 47th National Conference of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) was held between June 24 -- 26 in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Read More
Islamic State in Egypt: A ‘Fiery Summer’ Awaits ‘Worshippers of the Cross
Raymond Ibrahim - 1/7/15 - Coptic Solidarity After the foiled suicide attack on the ancient temples of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt—a tourist designation—the Islamic State has promised ... Read More
Jerusalem: Leaflets Attributed to ‘ISIS’ Threaten to Massacre All Christians
Raymond Ibrahim - 29/6/15 A group calling itself the “Islamic State in Palestine” spread fliers in east Jerusalem threatening that it would massacre all Christians who ... Read More
Islamic militants announce plan to transform Mosul church into mosque
June 2015 - Pravmir One of the largest churches in Mosul, Iraq, will be transformed into a mosque. According to Fides, the news agency of the ... Read More
Islamic State Demolishes Christian Church in Syria
Raymond Ibrahim - 26/5/15 The Assyrian Network for Human Rights recently published the following photograph saying they are the demolished remains of the Church of Saint ... Read More
What Will It Take to Return Christians to Their Homeland in Iraq?
http://www.operationworld.org/ By John Burger http://www.aleteia.org - 5/5/15 The Iraqi Interior Ministry has announced the creation of a joint task force to start military operations aimed at ... Read More
ISIS IS USING CHILDREN AND EVEN INFANTS
“This baby is dangerous for you, not only for us” - a photograph's title reads. Pravoslavie.ru Children who were born on the territory controlled by ... Read More
Syrian City Surrounded By Jihadists – 232 Assyrians Held Hostage
http://www.indcatholicnews.com - 2/5/15 Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, head of Archieparchy in Hassaké-Nisibi said: "We are going through a terrible time. The jihadists of the Islamic State ... Read More
New Video: Islamic State Desecrating Churches and Smashing Crosses
Raymond Ibrahim - 25/4/15 In the above one-minute video, excerpted from the longer video of Ethiopian Christians being massacred recently released by the Islamic State, its ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill calls on Christian leaders to unite over killing, intimidation of Christians in Mideast
Moscow, April 21, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has offered his condolences over the deaths of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. "Again ... Read More
Islamic State Executes Ethiopian Christians for Not Paying Jizya, or ‘Tribute’
20/4/15 Read - Christians Accept Execution Rather Than Islam: Also Read- ISIS behead Ethiopian Christians in Libya: The Islamic State has just released another video where ... Read More
Assyrian Christian Couple Who Fled From Syria to Lebanon Tell Their Story
https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com By Doreen Abi Raad http://www.catholicherald.co.uk Assyrian Christians from Syria's besieged Khabur region who fled their homes when the Islamic State seized their villages in ... Read More
A Syrian Christian Reflects on Four Years of Conflict, Deprivation and Suffering
http://www.crossmap.com - 19/3/15 A letter from a Barnabas partner living in Aleppo, Syria, describes the plight of Syrians and especially Syrian Christians during the current conflict ... Read More
Egyptian Christians Face Harassment, Violence in Attempting to Rebuild Church
Open Doors - 15/3/15 Coptic Orthodox Christians in the small village of Samalout, 137 miles south of Cairo, unexpectedly received permission from local authorities to ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch: Iraq is a ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ – Urgent Action Needed
11/3/15 By Louis Raphael I Sako Baghdad -- The Kurdish peshmerga forces, backed by US air strikes, have launched a new offensive against the militia ... Read More
The Use and Abuse of Syrian Christians
Ana Maria Luca https://now.mmedia.me - 28/2/15 On 12 February, after a Jabhat al-Nusra suicide attack on a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims in Damascus that killed six ... Read More
ISIS Now Controls 10 Assyrian Villages in Syria
27/2/15 BEIRUT (Reuters) -- Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, ... Read More
What ISIS Just Did in Iraq Shows That It Truly is an Enemy of Human Civilization
By Kyle Becker http://www.ijreview.com - 27/2/15 The Islamic State is not just bent on the destruction of anyone that stands in its way, the terror group ... Read More
Former Iraqi Minister: ISIS Seeks to ‘Annihilate Christian Presence’ in Iraq
Pascale Warda, former Iraq Minister of Immigration and Refugees By Thomas D. Williams Breitbart – 26/2/15 A real genocide is occurring in Iraq that nobody wants ... Read More
Coptic Christian Mother Forgives, Prays for ISIS Slaughterers of Son
Kyrillos’ mother and other family member in mourning during interview Kyrillos’ baby sister Raymond Ibrahim - 21/2/15 The mother of Kyrillos (Cyrus), one of the 21 ... Read More
Islamic State: “Great Reward” for Killing Coptic Christians
Some of the 21 Coptic Christians reportedly executed by the Islamic State in Libya “The Humiliated Followers of the Coptic Church,” says Islamic State caption ... Read More