Middle East

Former Muslim baptises believers on same Libyan beach where ISIS beheaded Christians

Originally published in God Reports After coming to Christ through Leading The Way’s television broadcasts and on-the-ground follow-up, Muslim convert Shahid has started a significant church-planting network across North Africa and Europe. Shahid has even baptized several new believers on the same shores where the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group, […]

Beirut: Police arrest 11 after ISIS suicide bombing

 Originally posted in The Christian Post Lebanese security forces have arrested 11 people, most of them Syrians, in connection with the last week’s double suicide bomb attack in Beirut, which killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 239 others, targeting Shiite Muslims. Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq announced […]

Britain: ISIS likely brought down Russian plane

Originally published in Charisma News Britain said on Thursday there was a significant possibility that Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate was behind a suspected bomb attack on a Russian airliner that killed 224 people in the Sinai Peninsula.  Russia said such theories were speculation at this stage and only the official investigation can […]

Netanyahu warns Israelis: ‘Arm yourself, flames of radical Islam have reached us’

Originally published in Christian Today As violence continues to rage throughout Israel, authorities are urging citizens to remain vigilant at all times and to carry weapons, if they have the licence, for their own safety. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier warned that flames of radical Islam burning throughout the Middle […]

Christians from more than 80 countries attend Feast of the Tabernacles in Israel

Originally published in ABC News Thousands of evangelical Christians from more than 80 countries descended upon Jerusalem this week to show their support for the Jewish state, including pilgrims and politicians from countries with a history of hostility toward Israel. The celebratory summit reflects evangelical Christianity’s dramatic growth worldwide and […]