Muhammad-inspired persecution of Christians, Jews and all non-Muslims continues...

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[miltonim]

The purpose of this thread is to post links to articles on FreeRepublic on the topic of Muhammad-inspired persecution of Christians, Jews and all other non-Muslims

For example:

Muslim Rioters Destroy 13 Churches
www.barnabasfund.org
Nigeria
November 21, 2003
Posted on 11/30/2003 1:49 PM EST by miltonim

[miltonim]

Islamic Front halt masses and lessons in Catholic school near Jakarta (Religion of Peace Alert!)
Indonesia
October 2004

Excerpt:
Following last Friday prayers at a local mosque –during which inflammatory sermons were made against the Christian community– at least fifty shouting Muslims attacked the Catholic complex. They burnt the front gate and blocked other exits as their numbers swelled to include even more militants, including tens of Muslim women. Under the threat of machete- and knife-wielding attackers, worshippers –who were celebrating the Eucharist– fled the church.

[miltonim]

Israeli Vacationers in Egypt Targeted in Mega-Attacks
Egypt
October 2004

Excerpt:
Israeli police report that 30 Israelis were killed in the terrorist attack at the Taba Hilton. One Israeli was reportedly killed in the Nueba attack, along with many injuries. 64 Israel wounded in the Taba attack were evacuated to Eilat's Yoseftal Hospital, which is near the border crossing. Tens of others were airlifted to hospitals in Be'er Sheva and the Tel Aviv region.

[miltonim]

Video Shows British Hostage Being Beheaded in Iraq
October 2004

Excerpt:
A video released by Muslim militants on Friday showed them beheading British hostage Kenneth Bigley. Bigley was shown making a statement as six militants stood behind him, before one cut his head off with a knife.

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Egypt Hampers Israeli Rescue Efforts
October 2004

Excerpt:
One witness present at the bombing of the Taba Hilton who arrived at the Israeli border by foot told Israel's Channel 2: "People are lying on the ground, bleeding - the Egyptians are doing nothing - they are not offering medical treatment and I saw them with my own eyes preventing our ambulances from arriving at the scene." ...At 2:30 AM reports of untreated injured Israelis stranded in Egypt continued.

[miltonim]

Concern Mounts for Jailed Iranian Christian
October 2004

Excerpt:
a pastor arrested four weeks ago by the Iranian security police. Iranian authorities have refused to give any reason for the arrest and prolonged detention of Hamid Pourmand, 47, a lay pastor in the Assemblies of God Church. No one has been allowed contact with Pourmand since September 9, when he was arrested along with 85 other evangelical church leaders.

[miltonim]

Ciledug (catholic) school remains sealed off (by muslims)
Indonesia
October 2004

Excerpt:
At least 2,417 students of private Sang Timur Catholic school in Ciledug, Tangerang, were still unable to attend classes on Wednesday, as a zealot group had yet to tear down a wall it erected on Sunday to block the school's main entrance in protest of religious services being held there.

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MUSLIM MILITANTS THREATEN TO KILL CHRISTIAN NURSES
Nigeria
October 2004

Excerpt:
“We are making it abundantly clear that our thirst for your heads/blood is mounting daily if you continue with your worship services in the hospital unabated.”

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Abu Sayyaf Fugitives Held for Kidnap and Murder of Several christians (in 2001) (July 2004)
Philippines

Excerpt:
Ordonez was involved in numerous kidnappings including the abductions of more than 50 Christian students and teachers in the southern island of Basilan in 2001. Several hostages were killed in that incident, including a Catholic priest who was tortured and shot in the head

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Iraqi Christians Live in Fear
October 2004

Excerpt:
In recent weeks in Mosul Dominican Friars and the Christian community have been told by Sunni Wahabit Muslim groups to take their things and leave. However the few Christians who do decide to go, are finding it very difficult to sell their shops or business in Mosul since the Imam has told Muslims not to buy - but simply to wait until the Christians are chased away and take the shops and businesses for nothing.

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Churches targeted by Iraq bomb blasts
October 2004

Excerpt:
the church of St Joseph in the west of the Iraqi capital was hit at about 4:00am (local time), the spokesman said. Twenty minutes later, another blast ripped through the streets at another St Joseph church, in Dora, southern Baghdad. After another 20 minutes, St Paul's church was struck in the same area. At 4:50am, the Orthodox church in the central district of Karrada was rocked by a blast and a fifth occurred about an hour later at the St Thomas church in Mansour to the west.


Blasts rock 5 Christian churches in Iraq
October 2004

Excerpt:
The Catholic Church of St. George was left a shell, barely standing. Large portions of the 2-foot-thick brick walls had collapsed and a fire consumed the carpets, pews, icons and plaster inside the domed building. A 2-foot-deep hole was found in the foundation directly on the doorstep, possibly where the bomb was planted

[miltonim]

Muslims Massacre Hundreds of Sudanese
Sudan
July 2004

Excerpt:
More than 200 Sudanese, mostly Christians and Animists, were slaughtered in early May, by militias supported by the government of Sudan. Among the dead? Children as young as one and two years old... "When they started shooting, we just ran into the river. We just jumped into the river and some of the kids did not know how to swim, and some of them just drowned."

[miltonim]

(MUSLIM) AUTHORITIES CLOSE 12 (CHRISTIAN) CHURCHES IN BANDUNG
Indonesia
September 2004

Excerpt:
Local authorities recently ordered 12 churches in Rancaekek to close their doors...Local officials rarely grant permission for a church building to be erected and they don’t allow congregations to meet in private venues.

[miltonim]

FOUR (CHRISTIAN) CHURCHES TARGETED IN (MUSLIM) ‘COORDINATED ATTACK’(June 2004)
Indonesia

Excerpt:
Mobs armed with sticks attacked four churches in Banten province, Indonesia, on Sunday June 6, doing minor damage to church furniture and windows. Attackers punched one pastor in the head, although he was not seriously injured

[miltonim]

MUSLIM FANATICS BURN DOWN 10 (CHRISTIAN) CHURCHES (April 2004)
Nigeria

Excerpt:
Although officials initially reported no casualties in the incident, eyewitnesses saw trucks piled with bodies of dead Christians from Makarfi being taken away for burial by police in nearby Kaduna. The violence also provoked the displacement of hundreds of other Christians from the town.

[miltonim]

Jemaah Islamiyah behind attacks on Christians in Sulawesi: report (Jihadists murder 11 Christians)
Indonesia
October 2003

Excerpt:
Militants from the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah carried out recent bloody attacks on Christian villages in Indonesia to mark the one-year anniversary of the Bali bombings, a media report said Monday.

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Attacks on Christian villages force 13,000 to flee in Indonesia's Sulawesi
December 2003

Excerpt:
The residents were evacuated to other villages or fled into the forest after Muslim groups attacked and razed the villages in the area around the town of Poso in Thursday, the Reverend Erna Makarensi told AFP from the provincial capital of Palu on Monday.

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Five die (one Hindu, four Christians) in Indonesia as Sulawesi Turns Violent (muslims)
Indonesia
October 2004

Excerpt:
Gunmen killed a 25-year-old Hindu woman and injured two Christian men in an attack...A second attack in the predominantly Christian village of Jone Oge on October 13 resulted in the deaths of Sakeas Tesa, 54, and Yahya Yuta Jama, 45. Both were Christians.

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Church Goers Attacked on Street
Indonesia
October 2004

Excerpt:
Hans Sanipi, 25, was shot while he was standing together with some other people in front of the Tabernakel Pentecostal Church in Kalimantan Island.

[miltonim]

Symposium: Darfur - Islam's Killing Fields
Sudan
1980's to 2004

Excerpt:
throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Western Governments and media simply ignored the genocide in Sudan. More than a million southern Sudanese, mostly Christian, but also Animists, died in the ethnic cleansing campaign.

[miltonim]

Iraqi Christians Fleeing (Muslim persecution) for Their Lives
Iraq
October 2004

Excerpt:
In Baghdad, kidnapping of Christian business owners for ransom is a booming business. My friend's father was kidnapped, humiliated and released after his family collected and paid the required ransom. Another friend's family moved to Jordan after kidnapping threats against her brother. Many businesses owned by Christians have become the target of these gangs.