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Irish bishop harms dialogue, says 11 Christians are murdered every hour

May 19, 2015 10:31 am By Robert Spencer

Ethiopian Christians Islamic StateBishop McAreavey is an exception to the rule. Most of his brother bishops would be scandalized that he even dared to speak of this. But of course he did not identify the perpetrator. The Church is in full denial and appeasement mode. In other words, most bishops are betraying the Christians of the present and the future, and leaving them prey to savages. Apparently most bishops are indeed in the line of apostolic succession. They’re the successors of Judas.

“Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013

“‘Eleven Christians Killed Every Hour,’ Says Irish Bishop,” by Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart, May 19,2015:

According to Bishop John McAreavey, the Chair of the Council for Justice & Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, statistics show that the situation of Christian persecution in the world is far more dire than most people understand.

The bishop called the breadth and scale of the suffering of Christians “unprecedented.”

At least 100,000 Christians are killed every year because of their faith, which amounts to 273 per day, or eleven every hour, McAreavey said, without mentioning those who are “being tortured, imprisoned, exiled, threatened, excluded, attacked and discriminated against on a widespread scale.”

In a sobering presentation before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade this past week, McAreavey said that Christianity is the most oppressed religion in the world, and the followers of Jesus are actively persecuted in some 110 countries.

More striking still, he contended, according to the International Society for Human Rights, a non-religious organization, “80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today are directed against Christians.”

The bishop recalled how the former Chief Rabbi of Britain, Jonathan Sacks, recently described this suffering of Christians in the Middle East as “one of the crimes against humanity of our time,” comparing it to the Jewish pogroms in Europe and saying he was “appalled at the lack of protest it has evoked.”

The barbaric actions against Christians, particularly in the Middle East, he said, call out for an urgent, coordinated and determined response from the international community. They are “a threat to our common humanity and to the religious and cultural patrimony of the world” as well as putting at risk “the peace and stability of the entire planet.”

The bishop noted with dismay what he called “a reluctance, including on the part of Christian based international aid agencies, to give direct support to minority religious communities, including to the Christian Churches.”

McAreavey also had strong words for the leaders of Western nations that refuse to commit to assisting Christians in the Middle East, or even to acknowledge the gravity of their plight.

“Perhaps because of a fear of being seen as less than aggressively secular in their own country,” he said, “many Governments of majority Christian countries in the west seem reluctant to give direct aid to Churches and religious minorities.”

The West also runs the risk of losing its own understanding of the importance of faith and of religion for a healthy society, he said, which can endanger religious liberty even in democratic nations.

As Catholics, he said, we appeal “to all governments and societies to affirm the vital importance of respecting the right to religious freedom and conscience as a fundamental principle of genuine pluralism in a tolerant society.”…

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  1. jihad3tracker says

    May 19, 2015 at 11:05 am

    I have commented previously about the seawall which formerly stood impenetrably intact, keeping the truth (for the majority of Westerners) about Islam — beyond those nice Five Pillars — safely contained.

    But every day there are more holes leaking out blood — as jihadis honor their savage “god” — and I am cautiously optimistic that Bishop McAreavey is just the beginning of clergy getting totally fed up with denial.

    • Lia Wissing says

      May 20, 2015 at 4:55 am

      Some enter church service because they are Christians, others because they want a career.

    • petzlx says

      May 20, 2015 at 8:13 am

      Explains ALL
      https://youtu.be/NrRwnYKW7dM

  2. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    May 19, 2015 at 11:07 am

    … before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade this past week, McAreavey said that Christianity is the most oppressed religion in the world…

    Ha, I doubt that. If that were true there’d be hundreds of thousands of Christian refugees streaming into the country as legal immigrants under the permanent emergency Refugee Immigration law. But the refugees streaming in are Moslem refugees. I’m not sure what exactly who they are seeking refuge from, but this is proof positive that Islam is the most oppressed religion in the world. It’s either that, or our federal government is one big fat fraud.

    Btw, I know this cuz one of my favorite pastimes is to approach immigrants speaking with a heavy African accent and say to them “Welcome to America!” and they smile, and then I ask them what religion they are and they always answer “Moslem” and I respond “That’s great, welcome to America!”

    It always got a big round of laughter and joy from all, including the nervous guy on the cash register, until the last time I did it, and the black African immigrant dude I asked answered “Moslem” and then looked at me like he was gonna stick a knife into my chest. Apparently word about my act has gotten around among the guys at the Eden Prairie mosque.

    And there are apparently no Christians in West Africa who need refugee from an oppressor. So the bishop is just blowing smoke.

    • Scott says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:41 am

      AFP,
      Do a little reading up on the concept that Islam espouses emigration as a way of subjugating local authority into submission to Sharia and hence,then becoming “Muslim Lands”. In the concept of Islam, this is just an accepted method of colonization and domination of non Islamic cultures. This is a well accepted form of Taqyyia. Islamic deception is not considered a lie if it’s to a non Muslim.

      Do you think that all the “refugees” from Noth Africa aren’t part of the plan?
      Think twice. In a few years, these “refugees” will be demanding that Italian culture bends to Sharia and if their demands are not met, Jihad be upon you.

      The Christians of the Middle East in particular, have no such desire and as such, simply want to live UN-oppressed in their own homelands.

      • miriamrove says

        May 19, 2015 at 12:33 pm

        Hi Scott! While I agree with just about everything in your post, the notion that those muslims coming to the west is part of an Islamic conspiracy to come and take over is not true. They come here out of desperation. But here is the problem: they are here in body only. Their mind and thinking are still from the same s…hole that they came from, my own family included. Instead of embracing our culture and our way of life, they want to take it back to the same s…hole that they escaped from. That is the Islamic mentality. You see Scott once you truly believe in Islam, you then get a brain virus!! as an immigrant my self from Iran, our immigration laws are so broken and so…f…up that is mind boggling! For example when I went down in NYC to get sworn in to become a citizen, they asked me what language did I want to use? I said what do you mean, I speak English and the immigration officer said we swore people in 60 different languages! How f….up is this and this is the tip of the ice berg. Another words come to this country, enjoy the opportunity and the freedom but you don’t have to speak English!!!!! Not sure where you live, but here in NYC for every sign in the street that in English, there is the same sign in Spanish! How f…up is that? I think you can see where I am going with this. Stop immigration from all muslim countries NOW. m

        • Kepha says

          May 19, 2015 at 8:39 pm

          Miriam Rove, are you sure he didn’t ask about swearing in in a non-English language because you may be, well, middle-aged? It seems to me you mentioned having a son of military age.

          I believe provisions for naturalization in non-English languages applies only to those over a certain age–or it once did.

        • Screeminmeeme says

          May 20, 2015 at 9:20 am

          You need to understand the salient fact which is that there IS a conspiracy…a ”plan” driven by Quranic imperatives. All ”good” Quran-obeying Muslims understand that their obligatory duty is to wage jihad (in one form or other) against infidels and their sights are set on Western civilization which they want to supplant with an Islamic culture.

          BTW..If you DARE go to Dearbornistan, Michigan where there are No-Go zones, you will see Arabic street signs and on businesses. In areas it looks like a Baghdad ghetto. Right here in America. Ought not be allowed but the local gov is run by Muslims as is the police force…which is exactly how they can make changes in favor of their kind. They infiltrate gov at every level and then begin the process of taking over local control. As they gain political power, they go on to influence state and federal policies.

          Beware of the Islamic agenda: Immigrate. Populate. Propagate. Infiltrate. Legislate. Subjugate. Dominate.

        • particolor says

          May 21, 2015 at 2:05 am

          Jizzranate and shut the Gate 🙁

      • bobm says

        May 19, 2015 at 5:09 pm

        Slaughter being their middle name… they stir the caldrons of hot blood … mixed with the seed of rebellion…. flailing their backs and cutting their little boys heads…. if they are oppressed; it begins with them ..and will end with them ..in eternal oblivion….. .. they are MUCH to proud to accept the Grace of God.

    • Marco says

      May 19, 2015 at 7:15 pm

      A Christian Iraqi friend told me several years ago that in order to get in to the U.S. Many lied on their applications and said they were Muslims because Christians were not being granted entry.

      • Screeminmeeme says

        May 20, 2015 at 9:24 am

        Sad to say that that is the case and as a nation which was founded on the Judeo/Christian ethic, we should with open arms and without a blink, take in all the persecuted Christians from the Middle East. And any thinking person who understands Islam would see the wisdom in closing our doors to ALL Muslims.

      • boocat says

        May 20, 2015 at 10:52 pm

        That is because el presidente is a closet muzz and is helping his brethren conquer this country. In 150 years, the USSA will be just another Islamic hole.

    • Logoman says

      May 20, 2015 at 6:29 pm

      You are out of your mind. How can you be so uninformed in this information age.

    • Celtic says

      May 21, 2015 at 4:07 am

      Those Muslims are fleeing violence and barbarity manily caused by other Muslims, not by other religions…

      • particolor says

        May 21, 2015 at 5:58 am

        Yes !! It wasn’t their favourite Brand of Barbarism !! So they packed theirs up and Fled to the West !! 🙁

  3. juancolina says

    May 19, 2015 at 11:15 am

    The leaders of other religions don’t want to say too much because it will bring their own religion under scrutiny.
    They would rather stay quiet (lie about) barbaric ISlam.

    • Susan says

      May 19, 2015 at 7:14 pm

      Really so what other religions are slaughtering and raping and beheading. What you said does not make sense.

    • particolor says

      May 20, 2015 at 6:53 am

      Arch Bishop of Taqiyya ….

  4. laalacey says

    May 19, 2015 at 11:53 am

    odd lot these irish bishops. for years the cleargy molested ,raped and abused children and not one word was spoken by these poxey bishops ,now thousands of miles from Ireland they want to say some thing ,mid you these children were irish ,its an iraqui problem seeing that they do not want Christian help .only help from iran .,does this idiot want to bring isil to the streets of Dublin.

    • Susan says

      May 19, 2015 at 7:18 pm

      The problem is that behavour is not condoned in the church. However with islam it is the law to kill and rape and behead the unbelievers as commanded in the quran. HUGE HUGE DIFFERENCE.

    • Brian says

      May 19, 2015 at 8:00 pm

      Oh dear, more falsehoods against priests. Please get educated on sex abuse…

      Read:
      http://www.themediareport.com/fast-facts/

  5. spot on says

    May 19, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    From Article “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims…Bishop McManus”

    This is unbelievable. Christians staying quiet while Christians are being slaughtered by associates of those that Bishop McManus is talking to about peace? Come on.

    Fact: 1. There is one Islam. I am not aware of two or three different versions out there except for Sunnia and Shia, and both slaughter Christians.

    Fact: 2. The Marxist secularists are on the side of Islam and against Christians. The MSM will not tell anyone what is going on because they are Marxist secularist.

    How these facts get sorted out makes all the difference in the world, really.

  6. Joseph says

    May 19, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    @ spot on
    There is one Islam.
    __________________________________
    Correct!!!!!! And it is diametrically opposed to Christianity. People JUST CAN’T/WON’T understand this.
    You can’t have dialog with the devil.

    • AnneM says

      May 19, 2015 at 12:18 pm

      Remember that the Muslim god Allah is simply: SATAN.

      • Joseph says

        May 19, 2015 at 12:55 pm

        1 Peter 5:8-10 (KJV)
        8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

        9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

        10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
        ________________________________________________________________________

        Yes Allah is Satan, That is why if I am put to the test, I pray that the Holy Spirit may give me strength to remain faithful to JESUS CHRIST. To deny JESUS here on Earth(convert to Islam) is to secure a place in hell.

        • deja vu says

          May 19, 2015 at 6:36 pm

          Well said, Joseph!

          I am part of an agency which advocates for, and supports, persecuted Christians. We write letters filled with Scripture to encourage them and very soon we are changed ourselves. We cannot help but feel their pain and love them. I can honestly say that their witness and capacity for forgiveness puts me to shame. I am not fit to be in the same room as these courageous brothers and sisters in Christ. But I know that, were I to be in their position, the Holy Spirit would strengthen and comfort me in a heightened way that we who live in free nations don’t experience. Be assured that He will do the same for you.

  7. Angemon says

    May 19, 2015 at 12:11 pm

  8. Sam says

    May 19, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    Islam still remains to be a religion of peace. You know.

    No matter what.

    • Susan says

      May 19, 2015 at 7:24 pm

      I assume you are being facetious?

    • Peggy says

      May 19, 2015 at 7:45 pm

      Yes in some ohter opposite universe.
      I am struggling to grasp that so many cannot see the evil in Islam. I get the notion of secularism, athiests not honouring any religion etc. but how can these people who are educated and civilized not see that Islam is evil? How can they support that before Christianity? I don’t expect them to belive in any teachings of any religion but how can they be blind to what is going on in front of their eyes?
      Evil is evil no matter which form it takes.

      • Peggy says

        May 19, 2015 at 7:48 pm

        Actually I was talking about people living in the west not bishops.
        I can’t even begin to talk about clergy not asknowledging this evil. It is unexplainable.
        Maybe just maybe they might not be so outraged because many Christians in the ME are Coptic or Orthodox so the few who are Catholic are not worth taking a chance on.
        I hope that’s not the case.

      • deja vu says

        May 19, 2015 at 8:51 pm

        Peggy: I get the notion of secularism, athiests not honouring any religion etc. but how can these people who are educated and civilized not see that Islam is evil?

        From my experience, atheists are mostly concerned with berating Christians and Christianity, knowing that they can do this without fear of retribution. While not giving Islam a free pass, and preferring to keep their heads below the parapet, they fail to confront it. My thoughts on this are two-fold.

        Firstly, they have no spiritual insight so cannot understand the distinctives which make a true Christian as Biblically defined. Stemming form this is an assumption that all relgions are the same, the product of lazy thinking and the lack of spiritual understanding, as mentioned above. Of course they do not realise that their anger is directed at Jesus, not at His followers, because He is who He claims to be – the Son of God. He gets under their skin and shows up their deficiencies and tugs at their consciences, which makes them hostile to God. After all, pride and rebellion is man’s natural state. Mohammed, a counterfeit who has no such power or authority can be ignored. As enemies of Christ they are bedfellows anyway.

        Secondly, the tragedy is that, by not supporting what is good and right and true, atheists are busy creating a spiritual vacuum which Islam is only too happy to exploit and fill. Satan is not bothered by atheists/secularists who are acting as his ‘useful idiots’. Unbeknowingly they will never achieve their atheist Utopia. They are merely helping to usher in the termination of the time of the Gentiles. Truly we live in tumultuous times.

        • Peggy says

          May 19, 2015 at 10:39 pm

          You’re absolutely right. It’s a great sadness that these people have eyes but are still blind and ears but are still deaf.
          Eveil of Islam is staring them in the face but they choose to turn away. You’re right, the are cowards.

        • Vienna says

          May 20, 2015 at 4:02 am

          Hello déjà vu,
          As an atheist I’m tired of being put into the ‘atheist basket’ where we all think the same way, I do hope you are generalising for discussions sake. My atheist friends and I understand the importance of our religious heritage and do not berate Christianity or other religions with the exception of islam because we know islam is the epitome of evil. We try to educate people about the truly vile nature of islam at every opportunity, I’ve lost count of how many times I have to tell people that Allah is NOT the God from Christianity, Catholicism etc. and that the founder of islam was the vilest of beings etc. I’ve also lost count of how many times I’ve been called an islamophobe, to which I now respond with a thank you! Even though I don’t believe in a God I would defend anyone’s right to believe in any deity they wish, if that it what they feel is right for them and brings them happiness, and I respect their choice. The exception again being islam, I accept that it is their choice to follow islam but I cannot respect someone who chooses to follow the most disgusting and abhorrent of beliefs and I will and have questioned them about their choice, for the most part they cower and walk away, some yell and carry on and one group trashed my car (glad it was my car and not me, although my insurance company was less than pleased), none of them could hold a constructive conversation. islam does not deserve the designation of religion, religion can be respected islam cannot. As for the spiritual vacuum, I agree, their is a void in some people’s lives that needs to be filled with something and mozlems do take advantage of that, I would much prefer this void filled with religion than islam, in saying that, there are those who follow a religion including Christianity who also have a void to fill and are also preyed upon and in a weak moment choose to convert to islam. I think we are in agreement that islam exploits whoever it can whenever it can. As for the atheist utopia, I’m not even sure what that is 🙂

          Hi Peggy,
          Not all atheists are blind and deaf to the evil of islam, as for being cowards, I’m curious what does someone (not just atheists) have to do so as not to be deemed a coward? Am I a coward because I will only confront a group of mozlems when I’m with a group and not alone (Im only comfortable 1:1) Personally I think that means I’m only a little bit stupid rather than suicidal.

          Peace

        • deja vu says

          May 20, 2015 at 6:12 am

          Hi Vienna, thank you for your considered reply. It’s much appreciated.

          Obviously there has to be some generalisation in a forum such as this but, in hindsight, I should have used the term ‘militant atheists’ to describe the situation. It was not my intention to put all atheists in one basket, though Christians also suffer from being stereotyped as either mentally deficient or needy in some way. Unfortunately, the only atheists I know lose their rag very easily, shout and become obnoxious at the drop of a hat. You are obviously not of that persuasion and I salute you for that.

          Thank you for your efforts to educate those who believe that Allah is the same as the God of the Bible. I, too, have lost count of the times I’ve had to persuade people of this. I also agree that Islam is not a religion per se, but a noxious political ideology wrapped in a cloak of religious dogma – doubly dangerous. The whole thing is a 7th century counterfeit, its book is a confusing, contradictory mish-mash of paganism, orally transmitted teachings from the Torah, and the garbled beliefs of gnostic travellers, arranged not chronologically but from the longest Surah to the shortest. If that were not confusing enough, the early more peaceful verses are abrogated by the later violent ones. And the copy used today is very far from the original, parts of which have been burned and re-written to suit the persuasions of various Muslim leaders.

          Your comment that, “there are those who follow a religion including Christianity who also have a void to fill and are also preyed upon and in a weak moment choose to convert to islam” is only correct if you are referring to ‘cultural Christianity’ rather than genuine Biblical Christianity. Once a believer is truly regenerated they do not even contemplate following another faith because the void within them is filled to the brim! Nominal or cultural ‘Christians’, those who think being born in the UK (or any other
          western nation) makes them a Christian, might well feel the lack of meaning in their lives.

          An ‘atheist utopia’ is what I imagine the likes of Richard Dawkins believe would be the result of getting rid of religion altogether. Unlike you and your friends, they do not appreciate their Christian heritage, preferring to attribute all human progress to science and the Enlightenment. Committed materialists, they refuse to accept the possibility of the metaphysical which, to me, seems to leave out the essence of what it means to be fully human, a three-dimensional being with body, mind and spirit.

          Thanks again for your eloquent reply – and keep up the good work!

  9. Dazzle says

    May 19, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    God Bless you Bishop John McAreavey for having the courage of your convictions. The Roman Catholic Church appears to be all but rudderless at the moment.

    Back in 2004, Father Paul Stenhouse BA, MSc, PhD, the Australian author, gave a wide ranging presentation about the threat that Islam poses to the West and the free world.

    1) He spoke of the “insanity of millions” and “the reluctance of so many people to stand up and be
    counted”
    2) He emphasised that “agreement in error is not the truth” and that there are “too many people who
    confuse thinking deeply with being right”
    3) He also said: “they (Muslims) read every word we write about them, listening and learning about us – we must do the same thing (to them).”
    4) “Dialogue with Islam is impossible”

    Has anything changed since 2004?

  10. Walter Sieruk says

    May 19, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    The members of the brutal and deadly jihad entity ISIS do indeed gather together against Christians. Moreover, the vile ISIS fiends then to even further to even murder children. The type of atrocity of extreme wickedness is described in the Bible. Which reads “They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.” Psalm 94:21. The evil and mad mindset of the thugs of ISIS are described in the Bible. Which teaches “The hearts of men are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they join the dead.” Ecclesiastes 9:3. We may all to sure that the ISIS villains will not get away the violence and murderous evils that they commit. For it will all come back on them in the end and come back down on them hard. For as they say “What goes around comes around.” The reason that this saying is true is that it’s upheld in the Bible. For the Bible teaches “A man reaps what he sows.” Galatians 6:7. The ruthless savage men of ISIS are so very violent that the curse that is found in the Bible might well be on them. For the Bible reads “may disaster hunt down men of violence.” Psalm 140:11. [N,.I.V.]

    • AnneM says

      May 19, 2015 at 3:58 pm

      Amen.

  11. Walter Sieruk says

    May 19, 2015 at 2:19 pm

    The ISIS thugs murdering those Christians is a heinous affront to all that is good and right. Of all the odd and strange thing it could be that the ISIS fiends in their jihad are so very wicked, warped, sick, and deluded, because of their religion, that those callous characters of ISIS actually view all the ruthless, brutal and deadly evil that they commit as something that is “good” If this is the case with them that they really are so very wicked, warped, sick and deluded as to think of their evil as “good” The Bible then explains as about those type of villains who have such mindset . For the Bible reads “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” Isaiah 5:20. [N.I.V.]

  12. pongidae rex says

    May 19, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    People in the West do not comprehend the extent to which the revolution in human and civil rights has been weaponized to destory their societies. Muslims are a ‘protected class’ and any pushback against a ‘protected class’ is bigotry and racism. Christians are not a ‘protected class’ so anything that happens to them is deserved. It is cultural and ethnic suicide, but it appears unstoppable. We have destroyed ourselves in the name of tolerance and compassion.

    • AnneM says

      May 19, 2015 at 3:56 pm

      That will all change, if there is any more major violent attacks. All that so-called protection ends.

      • Marco says

        May 19, 2015 at 7:24 pm

        Doubtful

        • AnneM says

          May 20, 2015 at 8:18 am

          Well saying that calling the “Muslim god Allah SATAN” is speaking truth to power.

      • Peggy says

        May 19, 2015 at 7:54 pm

        I fear it’s only wishful thinking. Are we even going to hear about it? Our media is on their side.
        I still think that a great plan is coming to it’s successful end and we have only so much time left to save ourselves.
        Communism was tried and failed. It could not keep people subdued for too long. Islam is the only vehicle which is proven to be successful in enslaving us. The elites want total control of the world and Islam has proven to be the best way forward. If we look back 1400 years we will see that Islam has not cracked at all and is getting stronger.
        So this “religion” is going to keep people enslaved while the elites think they will be able to control the few top Muftis who issue orders.
        It certainly looks like that’s the plan here.
        We must try to wake as many people up as possible. Time could be running out for many of us. UK and France looks like a lost cause and we have to see that as a warning to the rest of us.

  13. June Skelton says

    May 19, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    Believe me, if the Middle East had a sizable population of Hindus then the jihadists would attempt to slaughter them too. The Christians just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    A bit like the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in fact. Perhaps the human race should grow up, jettison the nasty paleolithic deities, and embrace humanism.

    In other words: it’s time to truly love your neighbor.

    • Marco says

      May 19, 2015 at 7:29 pm

      The Rohingy are in the position they are in because they randomly kill the majority Buddhists in Myanmar. They are far from pitiable. You realize the are blood thirsty Muslims right?

      You cannot love someone who is whacking off your head with a dull pocket knife.

      If you think we can all just link pinkies and sing Kim ba yah you are living in a dream.

  14. cs says

    May 19, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    Ow, what miracle, he is not crying over the poor Palies who blown themselves up (like the Dhimmi pope), but is rather interested in the welfare of the Christian people. That is how it should be.

  15. Salome says

    May 19, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    “Perhaps because of a fear of being seen as less than aggressively secular in their own country,” he said, “many Governments of majority Christian countries in the west seem reluctant to give direct aid to Churches and religious minorities.” Nailed it! That and, perhaps, a recognition that ‘Christian’ just isn’t, in the eyes of the luvvies who determine these things, a victim category. Such Christians as are helped by Western intervention against the IS probably have the Yazidis to thank for it–Western governments were able to muster sympathy for the latter.

  16. zulu says

    May 19, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    OT

    Did Pope Francis really call Abbas “an angel of peace”?
    BRIAN LILLEY
    REBEL CO-FOUNDER

    http://www.therebel.media/did_pope_francis_really_call_abbas_an_angel_of_peace

  17. Kepha says

    May 19, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    My hat is off to Bp. McAreavey–and I’m a God-bless-King-Billy Christian of the Reformed persuasion.

    Now, we Evangelicals have been concerned about the plight of persecuted Christians, whether by Marxists or Muslims, for years. Perhaps it’s because we’re about the last people who believe that what we read between the covers of that Old Black Book is true.

  18. sinantara says

    May 19, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    indonesia, there are two main survivial strategies for Christians. One is courage and the politics of supporting secular sentiments. Our center of population is in Java and the majority of Javanese don’t want to live under Aceh stye shariah. The second has to do with the fact that Christian regions are inhabited by former warrior tribes while Bali is where the elite of Majapahit fortified themselves there after the fall of Java. When a Balinese community in Sumbawa was threatened by Muslim mobs the Balinese mobilized and would have invaded Sumbawa, compeling the government to act quikly to restore the peace. The jihadis tried Ambon in 2000 but the Ambonese just fought back untul the republic under cleric Abdurahman Wahid had to become serious in halting the mayhem lest the country would disintegrate. In Kalimantan the Dayak when bullied by the Muslim Madurese (migrants) showed such fiury that no jihadi would dare to stir up such hornet nest. When a FPI hate preacher came calling the Dayak surrounded the airport and the preaher didn’t dare to come out of his plane. But even in Java the FPI has gotten bloodied when running into communal resistance. With other words,Christians in Indonesia fall back on community when under threat.Meaning,an available pool of young men. If In the west if the young men would band together to protect their girls for example, they would be called racist fascist far right thugs. Still, respect of the other comes from self respect first. And, community needs reproduction. About what the west could do, do what the Jews did to save their own, like the Yemeni and Ehtiopian Jews. But to declare Christians as victims, political action is needed. Pamela Geller would be more productive when starting action to draw attention to the plight of Christians and the need to do something practical about it. Even baby seals where helped by activists! Same for Wilders. If immigration can not just be stopped, have your priorities in line. Better to be pro than just anti and those saved will vote for their saviours, when Christian, that is. And the pope should bless babies, not speak against Christian reproduction as if that is something dirty. He is the head of the church, not a professor of critical theory.

  19. celtic warriarcanada says

    May 19, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    INTER FAITH DIALOGUE : What exactly is it any ways and what is its purpose ? Is it to understand ISLAM ? I thought these Roman Catholic Bishops had to study Church History ? SINCE 600 A..D has the Church not had enough bloody atrocious years to understand Islam ? and for what purpose ? If these Ecclesiastical Leaders Claim to succeed the Apostles of Jesus Christ ; their only purpose should be to Convert Muslims to Christianity by proving and defending Christianity . That was always the objective of THE APOSTLES PETER, PAUL,JOHN ETC . but as ROBERT SPENCER SO WELL PUTS IT, THEY ACT MORE LIKE ” THE SUCCESSORS OF JUDAS “. INTER FAITH DIALOGUE EQUALS :APPEASEMENT, COMPROMISE , ENDORSEMENT AND APOSTASY.

  20. Matthieu Baudin says

    May 20, 2015 at 2:33 am

    “…The bishop recalled how the former Chief Rabbi of Britain, Jonathan Sacks, recently described this suffering of Christians in the Middle East as “one of the crimes against humanity of our time,” comparing it to the Jewish pogroms in Europe and saying he was “appalled at the lack of protest it has evoked…”

    Islam’s monotheistic credentials seem to have muddled the judgement of much of the church leadership. Jews on the other hand have learned from recent experience not to be lulled into complacency and false hope.

  21. Stephen Wood says

    May 20, 2015 at 7:08 am

    It is frighteningly simple – any person, any nation, any culture who is unable or unwilling to look evil in the face and name it as such is destined to be destroyed by it.

    • particolor says

      May 20, 2015 at 8:27 am

      YEP !! 🙁

  22. Peggy says

    May 20, 2015 at 7:38 am

    Hi Peggy,
    Not all atheists are blind and deaf to the evil of islam, as for being cowards, I’m curious what does someone (not just atheists) have to do so as not to be deemed a coward? Am I a coward because I will only confront a group of mozlems when I’m with a group and not alone (Im only comfortable 1:1) Personally I think that means I’m only a little bit stupid rather than suicidal.

    Peace
    ===================
    i can see how you understood that I meant all atheists. My apologies for that. I really meant the ones who are so dead set against religion of any kind and believe that they are all the same. I have read many comments saying exactly that and really it was meant only for those people.
    I do know that there are many atheists who are intelligent and see the difference. I sincerely hope that you forgive this error of not realizing that it looks that way.

  23. albert says

    May 20, 2015 at 8:32 am

    Talk about the eleventh hour, all the Christian clergy in the west should be hanging their heads in shame, they have just stood by and watched for years while Christians in all muslim countries have been mercilessly persecuted raped and murdered and it is going on now today not only in Syria and Iraq but in so called” moderate” countries like Pakistan, Malaysia, Egypt and Indonesia all recipients of aid from the west they so despise, but back to our cowardly clergy how quick they are to castigate the Israelis for defending themselves against murderous attacks and then how silent they have been when Christian children are kidnapped raped and murdered, churches burned down, whole villages massacred. I wonder if some of these clergy believe in Jesus at all, certainly a lot of them seem Marxist to me.

  24. Tommo says

    May 20, 2015 at 1:57 pm

    The Church has always been persecuted right from its foundation. Unfortunately church leaders still hold the view that persecution of Christians is no bad thing because it stimulates growth in believers who flock to the church for protection. This view might have been held when fringes of the church faithful were being attacked but those days have gone. Today Christians are faced with wholesale slaughter because of their beliefs and, in countries like Iraq, are being systematically wiped out. It must soon be obvious to the Church that it will either have to make a stand against Islam or face annihilation.

    • AnneM says

      May 20, 2015 at 5:48 pm

      The saying “the blood of the Christian martyrs is the SEEDS for new Christians” is very, very true TODAY.

  25. Leith Wood says

    May 20, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    ” Silence in the face of evil is evil itself: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  26. Uncle Vladdi says

    May 20, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    Just a few more Papal “angels of peace” at work here, it seems!

  27. Old African Lady with no teeth says

    May 20, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    In 2003 there were more then 1 million Iraqi Christians and the number went down to 250,000, even sometimes in the past the Sunni and Shia branches take time off from murdering each other to get rid off Christians and this is not only in Babylon that Christians are under attack the radical Muslims also persecute in other countries, places like Kenya, Libya, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Iran. In Syria Christians have been crucified, in Nigeria churches have been bombed even sometimes torched while congregants inside. In Pakistan they accuse them burning the Koran, it is good some religion leaders are saying something but the rest specially in west both religion and political leaders are silent, I don’t know why? maybe they just don’t want to acknowledge the reality of Islamic Holy War. They always claiming and bullshitting that Islamic terror has nothing to do with the ideology. Excuse me, I beg your pardon, if it doesn’t have anything to do with this why the global attacks of non Muslims is happening?

    • Celtic says

      May 21, 2015 at 3:49 am

      Probably the post World War 2 Generations in the West are too busy blaming all the evil in the world on western civilisation while at the same time being ignorant of the history of Islam. We’re told the lies about the “golden Age” in Andalus during the 7 century occupation – alone the fact that despite a 7 century rule the large majority remained christian speaks for itself – also the fact that after the christians reconquered their lands all Muslims were deported speaks for itself. And also the tradition – which is a little barbaric of throwing down a goat from a church tower. A symbolic act of throwing out Islam from Spain.

      We Europeans always think that christianity was equally bad or far worse than Islam regarding past centuries. Colonial wars, the conquering of the Americas, the genocide against the native tribes come to mind – however, none of these wars were based on the Gospels of Jesus. And what many people – including historians don’t seem to realize is the fact, that the Crusades were an act of defense of a christian world, which was constantly under jihad attacks for centuries.

      It would help some historians to go to Sicily in order to study the local history of the Island. The Island was targeted for centuries by Islamic Jihadists – God only knows how many locals were caputred and enslaved – how many women were raped and brought into Harems. But hey, Islam was a force of good in the ancient world.

      We Europeans tend to make the wrong assumption, that since violence and bloodshedd is against the christian teachings, the same must be true for Islam. But as we all know, this is not the case, since Islam was founded by a mass murdering, plundering maniac who spread his religion with the sword.

  28. Gufo says

    May 21, 2015 at 1:07 am

    The hatred of Christians in US is getting out of control. These days, an article appeared on Facebook mentioning an evil Christian “terrorist” plotting to bomb a mosque, asking if nobody cares… The comments went crazy! People were enraged to attack Christians, so happy to say “see? we have terrorists too, stop targeting the poor muslims” etc. etc. I replied saying that no, nobody cares because we have 60 million muslims who are radicals and ready to be terrorists, and every now and then other people, who do not quote any specific book to justify and support their madness. The turns, twists, insults, nonsenses, assumptions, double standards I received are not to be edited. I am not even a Christian, but there is a collective indoctrination of Christianophobia and love for islam that is REALLY scary.

    • particolor says

      May 21, 2015 at 1:19 am

      Ill bet You any money you like it was a Muslim that put that Christian “Terrorist” bit on Facebook !! If not a Sick Disheartened Christian ?? 🙁 That can see their Country Rolling Downhill !!

    • Celtic says

      May 21, 2015 at 4:02 am

      The essential point here is, that bombing other houses of worship has nothing to do with christianity. But you can’t deny that Islam has had a very long history of burning down other temples. The people probably are relieved to see something like this – so they can keep hypnotizing themselves with the idea, that terrorism is not a problem which concerns only the muslim religion. But these people never get to hear the vast majority of islamic terrorist acts.

      If one wants to know the truth one needs only to analyze meta-data of religions in conflict with each other. Muslims are in conflict with: Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists – both in countries where they have a majority as well as in countries where they represent a minority. The Buddhist monks in Burma have started to violently fight against the Muslim minority – this was big news.

      What was not highlighted however, was the fact that christians and hindus were not targeted despite the fact that the christians are more numerous in Burma. How come? And how come we only see militant religious fanatics all around the world which belong to Islam? Where are the Buddhist terrorist networks, the Hindu terrorists, the christian terrorists? They don’t exist – and they do not exist because none of these religions teaches violence.

      Also not mentioned regarding the Buddhist violence in Burma is the fact that in Pakistan and especially in Bangladesh which is just around the corner, Muslims are treating the Hindus really, really bad, destroying temples all the time, raping women etc. Those Buddhist Monks just are smart enough to see that the same will happen in their country if they do not take action.

      • Gufo says

        May 21, 2015 at 4:32 am

        Exactly! That’s exactly what I was trying to explain to the trolls, who were possessed by the demon of liberalism _ or whatever you want to call these self-destructive double standards _ and completely missed the point by airing their foul mouths without connecting their brains. Obviously, they mentioned a series of disconnected stereotypes such as “but the crusades” but the inquisitions, but every religion has crazy ones, etc. Well, not every religion has a book compared to which Mein Kampf is a children’s book. Not every religion has a “crazy minority (600 million people)” who quotes the same book and misunderstands it in the same exact way. Not every religion is angry and enraged at the very existence of other forms of life on the planet. Most of all, many other religions went through a process of reformation and separation from the state…it wasn’t nice, it wasn’t easy, but it happened. Nothing like this happens in islam, ever. It looks like a physical source of pleasure to say something bad about others and thus be able to say “ah, muslims are not the only ones…” so what? Shall they get even? As if their 1400 years of bloodshed, warfare and enslavement _ the buffoonery of islam’s golden age _ were not enough. Because someone else did something bad so we shall not act against the same folly?

        • Celtic says

          May 21, 2015 at 7:15 am

          One evil does not relativate or justify the other. And whenever you have to go hundreds of years into the past in order to find some horrible deeds committed by the christian churches in order to present an “argument” against the nowaday savagery of islamists, you have already lost the argument.

          Sadly for native English speakers, one of the best Islam critics in the world is largely unknown outside the german and arabic speaking world: Hamed Abdel Samad, an Egyptian, son of an Imam, former Muslimbrotherhood member – he has become the most famous Islam critics in the german speaking part of Europe.

          I translate one of his comments on TV which he made in an argument against a naive convertite:

          “Islamism is part of Islam. We see that in every Muslim contry Islamism exists, so Islamism is not something which is seperate from Islam. And Islamism is not a phenomenon of the last 100 years, but as old as the islamic history itself. The IS-people are doing nothing else than what Mohammed and his followers had done. How did Islam spread to Iraq, to Syria, to Egypt? It has been gangs like IS who brought Islam with them.”

          Another one:

          I remember when Kurt Westergaard drew a Mohammed with a bomb in his Turban and how the entire islamic world was burning and there were violent protests and people died. This was because they said: He is portraying our Prophet as violent, and we do not accept that. Basically speaking “kill the ones who say that Islam is violent”, which is just absurd.

          But where are the mass protests against ISIS? Are those Muslims not enraged and offended by these terrorists carrying the Flag of Mohammed with the Shahada? You know why they do not get enraged? Because for Muslims often not the victim is relevant, but the offender. Is the offender to be found in the US, in Israel – the historical enemies, then the Muslims are enraged – but if the offender is a Muslim, then it stays in the familiy and one remains silent.

          And the Muslims also know, that the Prophet carried a similar flag like IS, he has driven the jews out of their homes, he cast out the christians and the jews from Arabia and he has spread Islam with the sword.”

        • Gufo says

          May 21, 2015 at 9:07 am

          This is very true, and worrisome. Besides the general ignorance about islam and the ridiculous arguments of its apologists and followers, what I find troublesome is how far humans are attracted to an ideology that really appeals to their lowest instincts. More or less, and as far as my knowledge in anthropology and sociology goes, religions were created and perpetrated to at least try to provide people with a social order, and guidelines to redirect their negative instincts towards self-improvement and humanization. islam on the other hand is the only ideology I know that tries to de-humanize humans, by twisting our most basic, naturally positive instincts into their evil counterpart. Instinct of self-preservation… it is a good thing. Therefore, islam seeks to destroy it, turning it into an almost physical desire for death and destruction. Reproduction instinct…I think almost everybody agree on this one being a good thing. Therefore, islam must destroy it, by mutilating women _ so that having sex and giving birth becomes an incredibly painful process and an endless torture _ beating them up and basically finding pleasure into rape, violence and abuse, not to mention pedophilia. Last but not least: maternal instinct, which is supposed to be the strongest of all… islam destroys it completely, by beating up women into submission, until they’re actually happy to see their own offspring dying and becoming a martyr. Unbelievable, and very creepy, like the incredible hatred for anything beautiful, that they must destroy, maim, turn into ugliness. Anyway, thank you for sharing the information about the Egyptian critic, I will look it up!

    • FredvanH says

      May 21, 2015 at 3:34 pm

      Most people will happily side with the fascist. Islam gives them the perfect excuse to do that.

    • voegelinian says

      May 21, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      Indeed. And not just in America, but throughout the West (in varying degrees).

      • voegelinian says

        May 21, 2015 at 4:03 pm

        Also don’t forget a plent of Judaeophobia usually joined at the hip to the Christianophobia (which in turn by Dem Bones is connected to the thigh bone of anti-Americanism (including millions of Obama-voting Americans), to the shinbone of anti-Whatever Western country one is supposed to belong to which has its “shameful chapters” of a history of colonialism, to the ankle-bone of an anti-white reverse racism, all resting on the Achilles Heel of a civilizational self-hatred against one’s own West).

        Thank Allah for some of these self-haters that along comes Islam to help resurrect dem bones into a new type of human no longer connected to a shameful, guilt-ridden evil White West — the Homo Islamicus (aka the Homo Mohammedensis, named after that aboriginal Homo, Mo).

  29. Bafungi Makako says

    May 21, 2015 at 5:45 am

    Yes, leftist silver spoon fed post war world 2 generations blame everything to Christians, and those leftist are the ones who run every western countries. In conversations they always talk fast and say how about the Crusades? they also say oh, all religions are the same. How about the old testament? the Catholic church?. The liberal left are in denial and ignorant most of them never read the bible or went to church most of them don’t know who Boko Haram is but still they pretend they know everything. The only thing they know they heard from their silver spoon lefty friends who are in their little bubble in a different planet.

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