Author Archive | Shoebat

“Christians have been driven from their homes and killed en masse”

From The Way: Peaceful co-existence among Syria’s religious communities has disappeared since the beginning of the war, states Congressman Chris Smith. He also warned that religious minorities were being killed and persecuted at an alarming rate. Christians are being threatened into supporting the opposition and churches are being desecrated in civil war-ravaged Syria. “Before the […]

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Egypt Coptic Christians subjected to increased persecution after Morsi’s ouster

From JNS: According to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the Muslim Brotherhood has blamed the Coptic Christian community and Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II for Morsi’s ouster, which they believe “openly and secretly led the process of opposition to the Islamic stream and this stream’s rise to power,” an article on the Muslim […]

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Thomas Jefferson Was Wrong

By Theodore Shoebat When Jefferson and Adams were striving to solve the terrorism coming from the Barbary pirates, they apparently did not understand the religion of their enemies. In their meeting with the Muslim ambassador of Tripoli, the two Founding Fathers were so oblivious to the religious aspirations of the pirates, that they actually felt […]

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‘Muslim fundamentalists are killing our priests, kidnapping our women and burning our churches.

From Angella Johnson of Mail Online: The mob converging on a church on the outskirts of Cairo were armed only with sticks and stones. But their frenzied attack on a lone, elderly Coptic priest was merciless. Father Matthew Awad had refused to reveal the whereabouts of a Muslim woman who had converted to Christianity. For […]

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Indubitably True That Obama Is Enabling Christian Persecution

From FrontPage Magazine: LOPEZ: What do the Copts need? IBRAHIM: All that the Copts want is equality — to be seen and treated as full Egyptian citizens, irrespective of their Christian faith. Under the era of Westernization and modernization, they were indeed largely seen as “regular” Egyptians. But, as Muslims went from emulating the West, […]

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A Mob Torched Houses of Christians

From the Times of India: CAIRO: A health ministry official says 10 people have been killed and 210 wounded in clashes around the country involving opponents and backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as well as security forces. Khaled el-Khatib, a health ministry official, says four people were killed near the Republican Guard building in […]

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Middle East Christians Dying in Large Numbers Due to Obama Policies

From Bob Taylor (AINA): The Middle East is a mess. It almost always is, but thanks to Barack Obama’s foreign policies in the region, it gets worse by the day. Sometimes by the hour. Obama has a singular strategy. Whether he is dealing with Egypt, Libya or Syria, it has always been the same, and […]

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Churches Implore EU For Help Against Blasphemy Law

From Ecumenical News: ….A Christian neighbourhood was torched in Lahore recently in connection with the country’s controversial anti-blasphemy law, leading to a series of protests by Pakistani Christians across the country demanding better protection. Rights campaigners say the anti-blasphemy law in Pakistan is widely used against religious minorities, including Christians, Ahmadis and Shi’ite Muslims, usually […]

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CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN EGYPT BEING OVERLOOKED BY WESTERN MEDIA

From Matt Lloyd: Egypt is in a state of unrest and the worst of it might still be yet to come. President Morsi has been ousted by mass protests of an increasing population that feels oppressed and desperate by decaying social and economic conditions. An interim leadership arrangement is being worked out in the midst […]

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Don’t Get Your High Hopes On Egypt Yet

By Theodore Shoebat Though there has been a coup on Morsi, don’t let it get your hopes high on Egypt. Don’t forget where this is taking the place — the Middle East, where stability is preserved by an iron hand of rulership. Here are some of the possibilities which may occur: Egypt’s military is calling […]

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Human Sacrifice, Public Executions, And Mob Rule In The Middle East

By Theodore Shoebat Syrian rebels are now implementing Sharia code over areas in Syria, and when it comes to Christians those who refuse to accept Islam are made to pay the jizya, a tax for non-Muslims. Those who refuse to pay are threatened with being sacrificed to Allah in an Islamic ritual. One account tells […]

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Copts Prepare For New Persecutions

From Jayson Casper of Christianity Today: Update (July 1): The New York Times reports that protestors stormed the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Cairo early this morning, following hours of protests in which millions of Egyptians took to the streets to demand President Mohamed Morsi’s resignation. At least 16 people have been killed, according to the […]

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Priests Get Beheaded As CIA Ships In More Guns

Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times: A priest and another Christian were beheaded before a cheering crowd by Syrian insurgents who say they aided and abetted the enemy, President Bashar Assad’s military, foreign media reported. An undated video that made the Internet rounds on Wednesday showed two unnamed men with tied hands surrounded by […]

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