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by Raymond Ibrahim
• November 1, 2014 at 5:00 am
In
Egypt, a young Coptic Christian man, accused of blaspheming Islam for
simply "liking" an Arabic-language Facebook page, was sentenced
to six years in prison.
One
of the intruders in Uganda was shouting, "Today we shall kill you
[for converting to Christianity] -- you... are not respecting our
prophet's religion." He then heard his 12-year-old-girl's cries as
the Muslim intruders were strangling her. Then they seized him.
Muslims
in Germany were granted their own section of the cemetery. Now these same
Islamic communities are demanding that, during Islamic funerals,
Christian symbols and crosses in the cemetery be removed or covered up.
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Sister Utoor Joseph (left) and Sister Miskintah, are
nuns who disappeared on June 28 in Mosul, Iraq, and are believed to
have been kidnapped by Islamists.
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During the Islamic State's June invasion and consolidation of Mosul,
Iraq -- where Christians have been present since the first century --
countless atrocities against them were committed. Accordingly, the region
is now reportedly empty of Christian presence.
The Islamic State, among other acts, reinstituted the collection of jizya,
the "tribute" conquered Christians (and Jews) were historically
required to pay in order not to be killed in accordance with the Koran
(9:29).
In one instance, three Islamic State members burst into the home of
a Christian family, demanding the jizya-money. When the father of
the house pleaded that he did not have the money, the intruders raped his
wife and daughter in front of him. The man was reportedly so traumatized
that he committed suicide. Four other Christian women were killed for not
wearing the Islamic veil.
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