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 […]
Islamic State kills at least 60 in jihadi suicide bombing in Yemen
The Islamic State’s Amaq news agency issued a statement: “Around 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic State targeting a recruitment centre in Aden city,” in accordance with Qur’an 9:111: “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the […]
Yemen: Islamic jihadists torch Roman Catholic church in Aden
Did the church hold a Muhammad cartoon contest? Did the church tell people that Islam was not actually a religion of peace after all? Will Pope Francis and the U.S. Catholic bishops issue an apology to the jihadist attackers for the effrontery of having a Roman Catholic church in Aden, which constituted an obvious obstacle […]