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Yemen: Locals break into and rob Christian church

Sep 13, 2016 8:31 am By Raymond Ibrahim

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On Friday August 26, unidentified and armed militants broke into and robbed a Christian church, the Church of Banjasar, in Aden south of Yemen. In the words of a local source, “Armed militants accompanied by youths from the village broke into the church after morning prayers and looted the contents of the church.” The source adds that in recent days robbers resembling “armed gangs” had been on the rise.

Although Christian churches in Yemen are few in number, this is not the first church to be targeted in recent times. Last year, “Houthi militias stormed the St. Anthony Church in al-Tawahi, Aden, in Yemen. They plundered the Catholic church of all its contents.” Later, Saudi forces, purportedly fighting the militants, bombed and “seriously damaged” the church.

For more on the plight of Yemen’s minuscule Christian population, read here.

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Filed Under: Muslim persecution of Christians, Yemen Tagged With: Aden, Church of Banjasar


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  1. andra says

    Sep 13, 2016 at 8:38 am

    Similar things happen in Germany. In Northrhine-Westphalia there was a gang that robbed Christian churches, sold the values and gave the money to IS and other terrorists. But it didn´t have to do anything with Islam.
    Time and again churches get burned – and the traitors are never found.

    • Alexius Comnenus says

      Sep 13, 2016 at 10:37 am

      One bishop from Germany asked for donation to build a next door mosque.

    • Myrtle Linder says

      Sep 13, 2016 at 11:07 am

      “Local yokels” break int and rob Christian Church, should be the title!!

  2. linnte says

    Sep 13, 2016 at 9:27 am

    I get so angry when people say Christianity is not being persecuted. This is so horrible. Even so, come Lord Jesus!

    • Alexius Comnenus says

      Sep 13, 2016 at 10:40 am

      The Christianity is persecuted since 632 AD. That’s the reason we had the crusades and the many wars for defending the Western Christian Civilization.
      Battle of Tours (732), Lepanto (1571) the many massacres against our Christians are to be remembered.
      islam is the problem.

  3. Angemon says

    Sep 13, 2016 at 9:50 am

    The source adds that in recent days robbers resembling “armed gangs” had been on the rise.

    Good, old islamic tradition, dating back to muhammad and his caravan raiders.

  4. Richard Paulsen says

    Sep 13, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    Zabid Yemen Center of slavetrade 1237.
    https://www.granger.com/results.asp?image=0610856&itemw=4&itemf=0002&itemstep=1&itemx=2

  5. Mark A says

    Sep 13, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    Is this a Roman Catholic or Orthodox Catholic church?

    Either way, I have yet to hear any statements from Pope Francis about this.

    • Rufolino says

      Sep 14, 2016 at 2:53 am

      Of course you won’t hear anything from the Pope !

      He has already made it clear that the defence of Christianity is of less importance than the furthering of ‘Marxist-multiculturalism’.

      Frankie is a relation of Angela Merkel, they share a very similar Leftist ambition.

  6. Baucent says

    Sep 15, 2016 at 4:03 am

    That must be one of the few Christian churches in the Arabian peninsular. There use to be a sizable Jewish population in Yemen but most were expelled in the 1950s’ and 60’s.

  7. Paul Clark says

    Sep 20, 2016 at 9:44 am

    Where are the cowardly Christians of the western world. No place to be found. The Europeans are like their American counterpart: cowardly, apathetic and selfish. They will never ” pick up the cross”. They are CINOs ( Christian In Name Only).

  8. Paul Clark says

    Sep 20, 2016 at 9:47 am

    The biggest persecutors of Christians are Christians because they refuse to do God’s work. The CINOs

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