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- Raymond Ibrahim: "I Don't
Know Why They Attacked Our Village": Persecution of
Christians, February 2019
- Amir Taheri: Europe's Three
Concerns About Iran
by Raymond Ibrahim • May 12, 2019
at 5:00 am
- During just the
first two weeks of February, "[a]t least 10 incidents of
vandalism and desecration of Catholic churches have been
reported in France." — Catholicherald.co.uk, February 15,
2019; France.
- "The attack was
so terrible that Haroon's kidney was cut into two pieces"
from the stabbings....After he was rushed to hospital,
"doctors were forced to remove his kidney." As is
common in such cases, police and local authorities tried to
pressure the family not to press charges against the Muslim
youths.... — Persecution.org; International Christian Concern;
February 21, 2019; Pakistan.
- "A group of
kidnappers meets in a mosque to discuss potential victims.
They keep a close eye on Christians' houses and monitor
everything that's going on. On that basis, they weave a
spider's web around [the girls].... I remember a Coptic
Christian girl from a rich, well-known family in Minya. She
was kidnapped by five Muslim men. They held her in a house,
stripped her and filmed her naked. In the video, one of them
also undressed. They threatened to make the video public if
the girl wouldn't marry him.... The kidnappers receive large
amounts of money. Police can help them in different ways, and
when they do, they might also receive a part of the financial
reward the kidnappers are paid by the Islamisation
organisations." — Testimony by "G",
Persecution.org, February 19, 2019, Egypt.
February
witnessed a significant increase of state-sanctioned persecution of
Christians in Iran. In the city of Rasht (pictured), nine
Christians were arrested. One of them, a pastor who took over after
his predecessor was arrested, was himself arrested on February 10 during
church service. (Image source: Ahmadrizo/Wikimedia Commons)
Massacres of Christians
Nigeria:
A number of fatal Islamic terror attacks targeting Christians
occurred throughout February:
by Amir Taheri • May 12, 2019 at
4:00 am
- The question is: who
will take the reins in Iran and make sure that the vast
country does not morph into yet another "ungoverned
territory" in the heart of the Middle East?
- I think the question
is designed to dodge the issue of confronting a rogue regime
that has provoked the current crisis. Iran has an old and
well-established bureaucracy, dating back to the 16th century,
and capable of operating within a strong culture of
governance. Despite the serious damage done to state
structures by the mullahs and their acolytes, the reservoir of
experience and talent available is vast enough to ensure
governance even on autopilot.
- The mullahs are
playing with fire and, "He who plays with fire risks
being burned!"
If the
regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran collapses, who will take the
reins and make sure that the vast country does not morph into yet
another "ungoverned territory" in the heart of the Middle
East? Pictured: Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
(left) and President Hassan Rouhani. (Image source: khamenei.ir)
Talking to European think-tankers and policymakers
in recent weeks, one gets the impression that, seen from Europe,
Iran is a recurring nightmare that everyone wishes would go away. A
couple of years ago, many in Europe believed that it had faded into
oblivion. Now, however, the nightmare is back with a vengeance,
with drums of war beating in the background.
The truth is that, apart from wishing it would go
away, the European Union has never had a coherent policy for
dealing with the nightmare. Eight years of President Barack Obama's
dancing around the Iran issue enabled the Europeans to postpone
serious analysis of the situation in the Islamic Republic.
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