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

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(three) Churches Attacked in Mosul (Iraq, Syriac Orthodox, Syria Catholic, Chaldean)
Iraq
December 2004
Meanwhile, the Church of Al-Bashara Syria Catholic in Hay al-Muhandiseen (Engineers quarters) and the Chaldean bishopcrate of al-Tahira (attacked earlier) were attacked as well using detonators and bombshells.

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BREAKING NEWS: FOUR JEWISH STUDENTS MURDERED BY MUSLIMS
Hebron, Israel
December 2002
the terrorists entered the dining hall of a yeshiva (Jewish seminary) as the students were sitting down to their Friday night Sabbath mealr and opened fire.

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NIGERIA : STUDENT (strangled) MURDERED IN CLASH OVER EVANGELISM
Nigeria
December 2004
Abducted from his room by masked assailants dressed in jihad style, Achi was strangled to death sometime in the early morning hours of December 9 and his body abandoned next to a mosque.

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Twenty Pastors Killed in Kaduna Riots in Nigeria (May 2000 Baptist Theological Seminary)
Kaduna, Nigeria
February, May 2000
Among the pastors killed were Rev. Fr. Clement Ozi Bello, 26, a Catholic priest with the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna; Rev. Aniya Bobai of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA); and Rev. Bako Kabuk, along with Pastors Paul Chikira, David Maigari and Adamu Seko, of the Nigerian Baptist Convention.

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Evangelist's killing raises fears of anti-Western resurgence (November 2002 Lebanon)
Lebanon
November 2002
And, yesterday morning, someone shot her three times in the head outside the clinic she helped to run in Sidon.

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Somali Christian Convert Arrives to Begin New Life (not executed!)
Yemen
August 2000
Haji, 27, was released from a Yemeni prison in Aden on August 24, seven weeks after a local judge threatened to execute him for apostasy if he did not return to Islam. The case was halted in the courts after it was reported in the international press.

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Egypt Deploys 1,000 Police After Christians Killed
Egypt
March 2004
The Christians were axed to death after a donkey being ridden by a Muslim man slipped on the wet roadway outside their house in the town of Salamoun, about 350 km (220 miles) south of Cairo, they said

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(10/26/2004) EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT BLOCKS CHURCH CONSTRUCTION AND COPTIC SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER
Egypt
October 2004 (1978-2004)
Attacks by Islamist terrorist group al Gamaa al-Islamiyya halted the original church’s construction in 1978. Al-Gamaa members, unhindered by the local police force, set fire to the church structure and looted Coptic homes and businesses.

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Muslim Persecution of Catholics
Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan
January 2002 (2001)
"The situation is disastrous: more than 7,000 families may die for lack of water in Aweil county," said Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, a Comboni missionary who is bishop of the Rumbek diocese. He is seeking support for an emergency campaign to drill new wells.13

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Facing Islamic opposition and terrorism, Christians in Indonesia move underground
Indonesia
December 2004
Fearing bombings and shootings by Islamic militants, some Christians in Indonesia are abandoning traditional churches in favor of more unorthodox but secure confines, such as hotel ballrooms and office blocks.

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Christian persecution by Arafat: Joseph Farah reveals why 2 million have fled the Middle East
Israel, Holy Land
January 2003
"According to Palestinian experts, at least 1,500 Christian families have left Bethlehem over the past year."

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Indonesian priest critical after machete attack
Indonesia
December 2004
He was attack in Poso town by up to five unidentified men as he rode on a motorcycle with a friend this morning.

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Forced conversions, church permits denied, Christians discriminated: An overview
Egypt
December 2004
On December 3, some 5,000 Muslim villagers in Mankateen (Samalout province, 220 km south of Cairo) stormed and set fire to a building housing a Coptic prayer room. They then swept through the village, looting and burning Coptic homes and businesses.

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(2001) Egyptian government official destroys a newly built Coptic Church hours after first prayer
Egypt
December 2001
The head of AL-UBOR city, Egypt- a newly constructed city on the out streaks of Cairo- ordered his police forces and personally participated in destroying the only Church in the city just hours after the church opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting.

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New start a blessing for immigrant who fled persecution
Indonesia
December 2004 (1998-2000)
"They started attacking the churches," said Chang. "They burned the cars of people who go to church."

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THE BELEAGUERED CHRISTIANS OF THE PALESTINIAN-CONTROLLED AREAS
Palestinian Controlled Areas
October 2002
A 1992 UN report cites cases of imprisonment and torture of Muslims who converted to Christianity and of Armenian and Assyrian pastors, the dissolution of the Iranian Bible Society, the closure of Christian libraries, and the confiscation of all Christian books, including 20,000 copies of the New Testament in Farsi.

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The Involvement of Arafat, PA Senior Officials and Apparatuses in Terrorism against Israel
Israel, West Bank, Gaza
May 2002
Men of the Bedouin Taamra tribe (a tribe that resides in the Bethlehem area from which includes many violent thugs that terrorize Bethlehem's civilian population) extort money from Christian businessmen.

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Radical Muslims Spark Fear in Iraqi Christians
Iraq
December 2003
Since the end of the first Gulf War, the Christian population of Iraq has dropped from nearly two million to about 800,000.

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Iraq's Christmas Spirit: Fear (persecution)
Iraq
December 2004
Only a few Iraqi Christians showed up to celebrate Mass in Baghdad's churches on Saturday because of fears that Islamic militants could launch attacks to coincide with the holiday.

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Scared Pakistani Christians Avoid Church (Religion of Peace alert)
Pakistan
December 2002
Two assailants in burqas--the all-encompassing garment worn by women in some Islamic countries--burst into the white cement church Dec. 25, tossing grenades at about 40 worshippers. Four days later, blood still stained the church floors and walls.