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The persecution of Christians by the Islamic State involves the systematic mass murder [1] [2] [3] of Christian minorities, within the regions of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Nigeria controlled by the Islamic extremist group Islamic State.
The first series of attacks started in October when Christians families were given choice of death or converting to Islam. [4] By the end of the month around 14 Christians were killed [5] and more than 13,000 were forced to flee to Nineveh Plains. [6] The Iraqi government gave $900,000 to help the refugees. [6]
Historically, in Islamic culture and traditional Islamic law, Muslim women have been forbidden from marrying Christian or Jewish men, whereas Muslim men have been permitted to marry Christian or Jewish women [107] [108] (see: Interfaith marriage in Islam). Christians under Islamic rule had the right to convert to Islam or any other religion ...
The lone surviving gunman, Ajmal Kasab, is prosecuted; the book pieced together how Kasab was led to his deeds. The narrative follows Kasab through the bylanes of Pakistani villages and cities as he made his way towards PoK, the attacks, and his capture and incarceration.
Last month's mob attacks on churches and homes of Christians in eastern Pakistan erupted after three Christians threw the pages of Islam's holy book outside the house of two others to falsely ...
While Christianity and Islam hold their recollections of Jesus's teachings as gospel and share narratives from the first five books of the Old Testament (the Hebrew Bible), the sacred text of Christianity also includes the later additions to the Bible while the primary sacred text of Islam instead is the Quran.
The group, the Islamic State of Iraq, vowed further attacks against Christians until two Coptic women, who they allege converted to Islam and were being held against their will, were freed. [3] On 29 April, some 2,000 Muslims protested outside the Coptic Church's headquarters in Cairo, demanding the release of the two alleged imprisoned ...
A user going by the name of 'Abu Marya al-Iraqi' posted an Arabic-language message calling 'for bloody celebrations in the Christian New Year.'