Christians in the West continue to remain silent and indifferent to the Muslim persecution of Christians in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. Why? A significant percentage of the Christians in Iraq were Chaldean Catholics. Yet the Catholic Church’s supine and pollyannish stance in the face of the advancing jihad, and active campaign to […]
Islamic State beheads four children for refusing to convert to Islam
Islam forbids forced conversion — “There is no compulsion in religion” (Qur’an 2:256). However, what is considered “forced” is more elastic than the Western view. Muhammad is represented in a hadith as saying that Muslims should take up arms against non-Muslims who refuse to convert or submit: “Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make […]