Muslim Persecution of Christians by Spencer Robert

Author:Spencer, Robert [Spencer, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: David Horowitz Freedom Center
Published: 2011-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Elsewhere in the Islamic world

The same dispiriting story is repeated all over the Muslim world. There are unknown numbers of Christians in Afghanistan, but they generally live underground, lacking churches and not daring to declare themselves openly as Christians for fear of arrest or worse. One secret Christian in Afghanistan said in 2011 that the situation had actually gotten worse since the fall of the strict Taliban regime: "I used to carry my Bible everywhere — I don't any more. I don't want to call myself a Christian, people would think I'm immoral."44

44 Emmanuel Duparcq, "Afghan Christians live in fear of jail, exile, or worse," Agence France Presse, January 26, 2011.

Also early in 2011, reports emerged from Besheno, a city in Ethiopia, of Muslims physically attacking Christians and affixing notices to the doors of their homes telling them to convert to Islam or else leave the city; the Christians who remained, said the notices, would be killed. Several Christians have been seriously hurt; others have fled the city, and some have converted to Islam.45

45 "Ethiopian Muslims Warn Christians to Convert, Leave City or Face Death," International Christian Concern, January 25, 2011.

In June 2007 Christians in Gaza appealed to the international community for protection after jihadists destroyed a church and a school.46 In Sudan, the Khartoum regime has for years waged a bloody jihad against the Christians in the southern part of the country, killing two million Sudanese Christians and displacing five million more.47 In Spring 2003 jihadists burned to death a Sudanese Christian pastor and his family while carrying out an unprovoked massacre of 59 villagers.48

46 Khaled Abu Toameh, "Gaza's Christians fear for their lives," Jerusalem Post, June 18, 2007.

47 John Eibner and Charles Jacobs, "France and Germany Abet Genocide," Boston Globe, March 18, 2003.

48 "Islamists burn to death Christian pastor, family," WorldNetDaily.com, June 4, 2003.

In Nigeria, Muslim mobs have torched churches, enforced Sharia codes on Christians, and even horse-whipped female Christian college students whom they deemed improperly dressed.49 Islamic jihadists murdered 86 Christians in bomb attacks at churches on Christmas Eve 2010.50 This follows a pattern of jihad violence dating back to 2001, when over 2,000 people were killed in Musliminstigated riots in the city of Jos. All over Nigeria, Islamic jihadists continue to try to impose the Sharia over the whole country, despite its sizable Christian population. A report warned that in Jos, "the conflict could recur, since Muslim militants are still bent on attacking Christians."51 Communities that date back almost two thousand years to the dawn of Christianity have been steadily decreasing in numbers; now the faith is on the verge of disappearing from the area altogether.

49 "Religious rioters torch 10 buildings in Jigawa," The Guardian (Nigeria), September 21, 2006; "Muslim Fundamentalists Attack Xtian Female Students in FUT," Daily Champion (Lagos), reprinted at AllAfrica.com, September 24, 2005.

50 "Islamic Sect Claims Nigeria Attacks, Toll At 86," Reuters, December 28, 2010.

51 "Nigeria: Death Toll Mounts in Religious Conflict," Compass Direct News, January 28, 2002.

The total absence of Christian expression in Saudi Arabia does not surprise anyone familiar with the origins of Islam.

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