http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/persecution/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:05:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415259/posts Islamists claim killing of Russian priest (AFP) – 7 hours ago MOSCOW — An Islamist militant group based in Russia's North Caucases has claimed the killing last month of an Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of Islam. "One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucases took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev," said a statement on the Kavkazcenter.com website. Daniil Sysoyev, 35, was killed on November 20 when masked gunman walked into Saint Thomas's church in southern Moscow and shot him four... AFP via Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415259/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:05:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415296/posts Beware of men...men and their ideas about God or no God have always sought to change yours. Sometimes by dialog but often by force of law or violence. We see this on the world stage... read more... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415296/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:49:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414873/posts The phenomenon of abduction, rape and forced Islamization of Christian girls in Egypt was shown for the first time on the Christian TV channel "Life TV", which broadcasts from outside Egypt and has nearly 60 million Arab-speaking viewers in Egypt and around the world. ... Ingy Adel, now 16, was abducted at the age of 12 on her way to school by being anaesthetized and bundled into a car. "I was taken into a room by a man called Sultan, who tied my hands behind my back and raped me," said Ingy. Four men followed Sultan in raping her, "I... Assyrian International News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414873/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414328/posts SNIPPET: "The Chaldean Church of St. George and Syriac Orthodox Church of St. Thomas hit. One bomb was hidden in a cart carrying vegetables. The explosion kills a Chaldean Christian and two Muslim. Archbishop of Kirkuk: "disturbing message" to two days before Christmas." SNIPPET: "Mosul (AsiaNews) - Two separate bombs struck this morning in Mosul, the Chaldean church of St. George and Syriac Orthodox Church of St. Thomas. The death toll so far is of three dead - a Chaldean Christian and two Muslims - and several wounded. Louis Sako, archbishop of Kirkuk, speaks to AsiaNews of a "disturbing message"... ASIA NEWS.it http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414328/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:33:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413617/posts The pilgrims will be there as midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity is again broadcast live around the world this Christmas Eve -- but the town of Bethlehem is fast losing its last few year-round Christian residents. Christians are fleeing the town of Christ's birth, and the much-reported hardship that Israel inflicts on residents of the West Bank town has little to do with it. It's the same reality across the Arab world: rising Islamism pushes non-Muslims away. Islamists frown on real-estate ownership by non-Muslims -- Christian, Jew or anything else. And though the secular Palestinian Authority still... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413617/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413616/posts The pilgrims will be there as midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity is again broadcast live around the world this Christmas Eve -- but the town of Bethlehem is fast losing its last few year-round Christian residents. Christians are fleeing the town of Christ's birth, and the much-reported hardship that Israel inflicts on residents of the West Bank town has little to do with it. It's the same reality across the Arab world: rising Islamism pushes non-Muslims away. Islamists frown on real-estate ownership by non-Muslims -- Christian, Jew or anything else. And though the secular Palestinian Authority still... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413616/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:14:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413272/posts Egypt's Christians forced to live in garbage city. Unreported World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413272/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412793/posts INTERNATIONAL "PAKISTANI MUSLIMS GUN DOWN CHRISTIAN FRIEND They order him to convert to Islam or die, after accusing him of murder." By Jawad Mazhar SNIPPET: "MUREEDKAY, Pakistan – A group of Muslims shot their Christian friend dead this month on the outskirts of this town after saying they would spare his life only if he recanted his faith, according to the young man’s father. The friends of Patras Masih, who died from gunshot wounds on Dec. 3 in Karol village, Punjab Province, issued the ultimatum to him after accusing him of the murder of their friend Anees Mahammad. An autopsy... (COMPASS DIRECT NEWS) via CHRISTIAN NEWS TODAY.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412793/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:10:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411894/posts In July 2008 a severe persecution of Christians broke out in the Indian state of Orissa. A 22 year old nun was burnt to death when angry mobs burnt down an orphanage in Khuntpali village in Barhgarh district, another nun was gang raped in Kandhamal, mobs attacked churches, torched vehicles, houses of Christians destroyed, and Fr. Thomas Chellen, director of the pastoral center that was destroyed with a bomb, had a narrow escape after a Hindu mob nearly set him on fire.  The end result saw more than 500 Christians murdered, and thousands of others injured and homeless after their houses... Archdiocese of Colombo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411894/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:19:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407667/posts Forty members of Congress are calling on the military commander who ordered the court martial of three Navy SEALs over the alleged punching of a terrorist to dismiss the charges. The letter, circulated by Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), was sent Thursday to Army Major Gen. Charles T. Cleveland, commander of Special Operation Command Central. Gen. Cleveland ordered the prosecution of the three SEALs. “In our opinion, prosecutorial discretion should have been exercised,” the 40 congressmen said. “Failing that, we respectfully and strongly urge you to exercise your leadership authority, stop the impending court martial and exonerate these men.” Earlier, 33... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407667/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:29:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407694/posts HO CHI MINH CITY, December 14 (CDN) — On Friday evening (Dec. 11), history was made in communist Vietnam. Christian sources reported that some 40,000 people gathered in a hastily constructed venue in Ho Chi Minh City to worship God, celebrate Christmas, and hear a gospel message – an event of unprecedented magnitude in Vietnam. A popular Vietnamese Christian website and other reports indicated up to 8,000 people responded to the gospel message indicating a desire to follow Christ. Compass Direct News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407694/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407664/posts 17 year old Rifqa Bary remains in near total isolation. Ohio Court officials say she will not be allowed any visits from friends. Gag order on case. Facebook: Jamal Jivanjee post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407664/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:28:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406664/posts "Every three minutes a Christian is being tortured in the Muslim world, and in 2009 more than 165,000 Christians will have been killed because of their faith, most of them in Muslim countries" ... "El Shafie said that between 200-300 million Christians are being persecuted in the world, 80 percent of whom lived in Muslim countries and the rest in communist and other countries" Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406664/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:11:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406258/posts "Unlike American officials, German officials do not recognize the right of parents to opt their children out of offensive classes such as sex education which overrides the parent's beliefs or desires for their own children," "One of the reasons for this is that German officials view the children as belonging to the state, particularly during the time they are in school." World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406258/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:51:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405663/posts More than 1,000 Buddhist extremists armed with clubs, swords and stones ferociously attacked a Catholic church in the town of Crooswatta, Sri Lanka on December 6, destroying the altar, statues and pews. L’Osservatore Romano reported that Father Jude Denzil Lakshman, pastor of Our Lady of the Mystical Rose, said “I still can hear their shouts in my ears, ‘Cut him to pieces, kill him’.” The attack took place after the 7 p.m., Sunday Mass, leaving several parishioners wounded. “It is obvious that the attack was well-planned and that the mob waited for us to come out after Mass,” Father Lakshman... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405663/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405258/posts to serve nearly 50,000 worshippers in the gritty heart of China's coal country. But that was before hundreds of police and hired thugs descended on the mega-church, smashing doors and windows, seizing Bibles and sending dozens of worshippers to hospitals with serious injuries, members and activists say Today, the church's co-pastors are in jail. The gates to the church complex in the northern province of Shanxi are locked and a police armored personnel vehicle sits outside. The closure of what may be China's first mega-church is the most visible sign that the communist government is determined to rein in the... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405258/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:07:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404912/posts Someone posted that original link broke, hence this repeat. “In a startling disclosure from an exchange at an East London mosque, Imam Abdul Makin and a leading Muslim lawyer have supported the killing and raping of non-Muslims, declaring all non-Muslims as guilty and subject to lethal abuse.” TownHall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404912/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405151/posts LINFEN, China — Towering eight stories over wheat fields, the Golden Lamp Church was built to serve nearly 50,000 worshippers in the gritty heart of China's coal country.But that was before hundreds of police and hired thugs descended on the mega-church, smashing doors and windows, seizing Bibles and sending dozens of worshippers to hospitals with serious injuries, members and activists say Today, the church's co-pastors are in jail. The gates to the church complex in the northern province of Shanxi are locked and a police armored personnel vehicle sits outside. The closure of what may be China's first mega-church is... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405151/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:25:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405102/posts Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng was seized by a dozen police officers and last seen in public on February 4, 2009. Gao Zhisheng has been repeatedly kidnapped, arrested, imprisoned and tortured by Chinese authorities for defending the persecuted. He has been an unyielding voice for justice in the Chinese courts and was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. freegao.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405102/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401604/posts Sins of the General’s Part 5: Political Equivocation at the BOI http://warchronicle.com/DefendOurMarines/Weimann/SinsOfGenerals_PartFive.htm “Moreover, defense attempts to disqualify Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, the President and senior member of the Board, who during pre-hearing questioning expressed a personal view that investigating every civilian death is the right approach because “that’s the way to protect Marines,” also failed. Defense attorney LtCol Shelburne had challenged the fact that he was sitting on the Board of Inquiry with a pre-existing opinion of what to do in a similar situation as LtCol Chessani.” Folks, if the defense wanted to disqualify General Craparotta at LtCol. Chessani’s BOI,... Defend Our Marines http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401604/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:43:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401364/posts NOTE the post's date and then realize that the persecution continues as I type; however, Muslims respond by stating all this is bogus. Some have to read Muslim prayers in order to survive. Others have to proclaim aloud that they have converted from Christianity to Islam in order not to be slain. Still others have to read from the Koran and say they agree with what they read. meskerem http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401364/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 05:03:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399355/posts America, like so many countries in the West, laments its strained relations with the Islamic world. In June, Pres. Barack Obama traveled to Cairo to speak against the “fear and mistrust” that exist between the West and Islam. Yet Muslim governments demand respect for Islam while refusing to offer similar respect for religious minorities within their own borders. The recent Swiss vote to ban the construction of minarets in that European nation has become the latest controversy to generate Muslim protests worldwide. However, Islamic governments are in no position to complain about Western intolerance and “Islamophobia.” Most Muslim nations are... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399355/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399170/posts If Christians do not keep watch over their freedom of religious expression, it could be taken away from them even in a free nation. Then they would be hampered like the Christians are in India. CanadaFreePress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399170/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396212/posts "Pakistani Christian on Run from Taliban Death Threat Islamic extremist sermonizing leads to altercation at barbershop in South Waziristan." SNIPPET: "LAHORE, Pakistan, November 27 (CDN) — A young Christian man is in hiding in Pakistan from Taliban militants who seek to kill him for “blasphemy” because he defended his faith. In February Jehanzaib Asher, 22, was working in a barbershop his family jointly owns with his cousin in Wana, South Waziristan – a Taliban stronghold in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan’s northwest – when the Islamic militants showed up to try to convert him to Islam." SNIPPET: "He... COMPASSDirect.org - COMPASS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396212/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396211/posts Photos included. # SNIPPET: "Cairo (AINA) -- In an effort to cover up the Muslim mob violence against the Copts which broke out last week in the town of Farshoot and neighboring villages (AINA 11-22-2009, 11-23-2009), and in view of the complete news blackout imposed by the Egyptian government, Egyptian State Security has intensified its pressure on the Coptic Church in Nag Hammadi and the victims of the violence into accepting extrajudicial reconciliation with the perpetrators, and opening their businesses without any compensation. Similar State Security scenarios have been experienced by Copts in all sectarian incidents in the past, in... AINA.org - News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396211/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:33:25 GMT