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]

Iraqi Christians need protection, too
October 2004

Excerpt:
Christians have also come under attack by Kurdish militias in the north, including Mosul itself, where Kurds have clashed frequently with Arabs and other minorities as they have tried to extend their control to "Arabized" areas, which they consider to have been traditionally Kurdish.

[miltonim]

Islamic extremists target women in Iraq
Iraq
October 2004

Excerpt:
The campaign of intimidation is having its effect; AsiaNews reports that some Christian students have stopped attending university classes, and the Christian community in Mosul-- about 3 percent of the city's population-- is braced for further attacks.

[miltonim]

Islamists are 'cleansing' Iraqi Christians
Iraq
August 2004

Excerpt:
Looking at the larger picture, one estimate finds that about 40 percent of the community has left since 1987, when the census found 1.4 million Iraqi Christians.

[miltonim]

ASSYRIAN CHRISTIAN LEADER CALLS FOR MORE PROTECTION (from Muslim violence) FOR HIS PEOPLE
Iraq
October 2004

Excerpt: Assyrian Christian leaders demanding Reconstruction of 292 destroyed Assyrian Christian Villages, Resettlement of nearly 100,000 Assyrian Christians driven out of their land by Saddam Hussein

[miltonim]

"We Are in the Modern Catacombs," Says Young Iraqi Catholic
Iraq
October 2004
1915
1950

Excerpt:
Thousands of Christian Families Reportedly Have Fled Baghdad ..."Iraqi Christians are obliged to celebrate Mass in churches' basements. They live under the constant threat of death,"..."In 1915, in the Christian city of Mardine, in the north of the country, there was real ethnic cleansing. My grandparents lived there. Around 1950, Christians suffered other persecutions and today this tragic history is being repeated," Elias said.

[miltonim]

Muslims in Thailand behead a 63-yr-old Buddhist! Still don't think we're in a World War?
June 2004
Thailand

Excerpt:
Sieng Patkaoe, 63, was attacked by men with machetes early Saturday as he tapped rubber trees on his plantation in the southern province of Narathiwat, district police said. Sieng's severed head was left along a village road. His body, found some 60 metres (yards) away, had a note pinned to it threatening more killings, police said.

[miltonim]

(Lutheran and Catholic) Churches attacked(by Muslims) in Zanzibar (Tanzania) as tensions rise
Tanzania
October 2004

Excerpt:
Masked men torched a Roman Catholic church in Zanzibar over the weekend, the third such attack in a week in the predominantly Muslim Indian Ocean archipelago, a church leader said on Monday. The attack occurred three days after unknown assailants set fire to a Lutheran church and demolished the wall of another Roman Catholic church.

[miltonim]

Stability for Tragic Kosovo
Kosovo
October 2004 (1999-2004)

Excerpt:
Since the end of the conflict in June1999, violence has been perpetrated against Serbian Orthodox Churches and holy sites. Over 120 holy places, including many that date back to the Middle Ages, had been desecrated or destroyed by December 2003. At the same time, at least 200,000 Kosovar Serbs and other non-Albanians have been "cleansed" from their homes, only 10,000 have returned.

[miltonim]

Suicide Terrorist Strikes Tel Aviv Market; 3 Dead [pics as well, including the terrorist pic]
Israel
November 2004

Excerpt:
A 16-year-old suicide terrorist Monday morning murdered two women and one man while injuring more than 30 others when he detonated his charge in Tel Aviv’s crowded Carmel market.

[miltonim]

Frenchman Shot Dead in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
September 2004

Excerpt:
A French national was shot and killed in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah early Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. The man was shot at 1 a.m. in the Red Sea port city. The ministry did not name the victim or provide details. The attack was the latest in a rash of violence directed toward foreigners.

[miltonim]

Man shot in (Pentecostal) church; Bombs found; pig farms attacked by Muslims. INDONESIA
Indonesia
October 2004

Excerpt:
More than ten gunmen raided the village of Mauro on the night of 13 October. Going house-to-house, the gunmen would shout for help and wait for the occupants to come out. When the villagers would not come out, the gunmen shot through the doors and windows. Three people were shot, one fatally.

[miltonim]

Intifada Against College Republicans-Arab students physically assault conservatives at SF State
California USA
November 2004

Excerpt:
A mob of Arab students at San Francisco State University attacked a group of College Republicans on the San Francisco State University campus at noon today during a “Turnout the Vote” event in front of the campus student union building.

[ArmedNReady]

Shoot 'em. They are terrorists.

[miltonim]

Gunman kills Dutch film director (Shot Film about Islamic abuse of women)
Amsterdam Netherlands
November 2004

Excerpt:
Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture recently, has been shot dead in Amsterdam, Dutch media report. Police said they had arrested a man at the scene after an exchange of gunfire. Van Gogh, 47, had received death threats after his film Submission, on violence against women in Islamic societies, was shown on Dutch TV.

[miltonim]

Indonesian Catholic School Closed for Three Weeks (after muslim protests)
Indonesia
November 2004

Excerpt:
However on October 3, crowd of Muslim residents attacked the school during Sunday Mass and erected a brick wall in front of the school gate... a compromise was reached. The students could resume classes, using the back gate to enter the school -- but the church was ordered to stop holding services on the school grounds.

[miltonim]

Suspected [Thai Muslim] insurgents behead [Buddhist] official in revenge for deaths of 85 Muslims
Thailand
November 2004

Excerpt:
The head of Jaran Torae, an assistant village leader, was found Tuesday on a roadside with a letter attached saying the killers were avenging the deaths of Muslim rioters ..."The victim was shot in the chest and we believe his head was cut off after he died,'' ...Also Tuesday, a gunman on a motorcycle seriously wounded a Buddhist man, Vitaya Chankong, as he rode home from a market on a motorcycle with his wife and 5-year-old son in the province's Bajor district

[miltonim]

(Evangelical) Christian Leader Shot by Muslim Extremists (Iraq)
Iraq
November 2004

Excerpt:
He had been warned by extremists to take down the cross on the top of the building where he regularly conducted services and to stop leading Christian meetings there.

[miltonim]

Militants in Iraq Attack Catholic Church
Iraq
November 2004

Excerpt: Militants attacked a Catholic church Monday in southern Baghdad, setting it ablaze, according to police and eyewitnesses. A huge explosion at the church in the southern Doura neighborhood left about 20 people injured

[miltonim]

MENNONITE MISSIONARY GAGGED, BOUND AND THREATENED WITH DEATH (Turkey, muslims)
Turkey
November 2004

Excerpt:
A Mennonite missionary in Turkey was gagged and bound earlier this week by three men posing as “spiritual seekers” wanting to know more about questions of faith. The young men said they have been watching Wilbur’s house, that it is a problem if he stays in town, he needs to leave right away, and he was not to return to his office

[miltonim]

IRAQ – Christians face increasing threats, violence
Iraq
November 2004

Excerpt:
Leaflets are being distributed with the message: "Christians go; leave Iraq." Word is being passed around in the mosques, telling Muslims not to buy anything from Christians. Not only are they infidels, it is said, but they will soon be leaving, so the Muslims will be able to take their homes and property for free.