Gregory III Laham, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, has resigned. During his patriarchate he became notorious for calling the Melkite Greek Catholic Church the “Church of Islam,” as is noted in the article below. He also claimed that Islamic jihad attacks against Middle Eastern Christians were a “Zionist conspiracy against Islam,” and exclaimed […]
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch: “Christ was born in Palestine!”
“No one defends Islam like Arab Christians,” said the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch, Gregory III Laham, a couple of months ago, and apparently his indefatigable defense of the religion whose adherents have destroyed his churches and decimated his people extends even to his rewriting history to further the “Palestinian” jihad narrative. “Christ was born in […]
Syrian Christian: “We could become Muslims and live normal life in Raqqa, we could leave, or we could stay and pay jizya”
“Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, and do not forbid what has been forbidden by Allah and his Apostle, and do not acknowledge the religion of Truth, even if they are of the People of the Book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: An update on the “islamochristian”
The phenomenon of the “islamochristian” deserves wider attention, and the word wider use. An “islamochristian” is, in its strictest sense, a Christian Arab who identifies with and works to advance the Islamic agenda, out of fear or out of a belief that his “Arabness” requires loyalty to Islam. Islamization by the Arab Muslim conquerors of […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Mag: Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch: “No one defends Islam like Arab Christians”
Over at FrontPage is this expanded version of my post from a few days ago, about how the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregory III Laham is taking the Stockholm Syndrome to a new level. Gregory III Laham, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem and All the East, has proudly declared: “We, the […]
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch: “No one defends Islam like Arab Christians”
“We, the Arab Christians, always defend Islam and our Muslim brothers – no one defends Islam like the Arab Christians do.” And Lord knows they need defending: our Muslim brothers seized the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, removed all the icons and crosses and every trace of Christianity, and made […]