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Book Review by Val Viljoen Author: Eugene Bach Recently I read on Facebook someone’s opinion that time reading about ISIS could be better spent reading the bible. As I was reading my second book about this heinous organisation at the time, I pondered this for a while. I believe reading […]
In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on Tuesday (March 22, 2016) in Belgium, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team is sending chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care to those affected by the tragedies, reports Billygraham.org “The entire city has been traumatised,” said Jack Munday, international director of the Rapid […]
Originally published in CBN News US Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that ISIS is indeed committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria. “In my judgment Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in territory under its control” Kerry said in a statment Thursday, using […]
Originally published in Charisma News Shahid is proof that God is moving powerfully across parts of Muslim-majority Middle East and North Africa. Shahid (not his real name for security purposes), is from Libya and grew up a devout Muslim. “As every Libyan, when I was a little boy, I used […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor [notice]When John, a Syrian Christian, chose to stay in Raqqa after the Islamic State took control of the city in 2014, he had no idea how he would survive. Thousands abandoned the city, believing it better to save their lives than live at the […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen Title: The ISIS Crisis — What you really need to know Authors: Charles H Dyer, Mark Tobey ISIS – the name evokes fear and dread. Who are they? What are their origins? What distinguishes them from other groups? What are the implications of this group […]
Orginally published in Mail Online A Christian girl who is an internet sensation after her spellbinding performance on ‘The Voice Kids’ has revealed how she fled Iraq when ISIS vowed to kidnap and kill her. Dubbed ‘the Babylon Princess’, baby-faced Mirna Hana, 11, wowed the judges in Beirut when she […]
Originally published in CBN.com Jakarta, Indonesia remains calm, but on high alert in the aftermath of a series of terrorist attacks that killed seven people, including four of the attackers. Islamic extremists tried to mimic last November’s ISIS attacks in Paris, but fell short. Christians quickly stepped in to […]
By INcontext Ministries — Originally published in A World In Motion, Issue 137, Nov 19, 2015 French, Russian, British and US warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq as the harrowing attacks carried out by the jihadi group in Paris spurred international efforts to crush the terrorist organisation. […]
Originally published in FOX News The man widely known as the suspected mastermind of last Friday’s Paris attacks that killed 129 people, who bragged that he could always stay one step ahead of Western intelligence, was killed in the police raid north of Paris Wednesday. Officials also confirmed that his […]