Tag: ISIS

Christian response to IS “Message signed in blood”

[notice]MARK DURIE offers a Christian perspective on the execution of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya and the “IS Meggage Signed in Blood” — Originally published in INcontext Ministries’ “A World In Motion”, Issue 118, February 26, 2015 [/notice] Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for a United Nations resolution allowing […]

72 Assyrian Christian families captured, 50 besieged by IS after Syria attack

Originally published in World Watch Monitor Sources from Syria’s embattled Hassaka province confirmed at midnight on Tuesday, February 24, that at least 72 Assyrian Christian families – thought to be around 200 people – from three villages have been captured by the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Reportedly taken to the Arab Sunni […]

ACDP calls on government to investigate allegations of ISIS recruitment and funding from SA

The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has called on the South African Government to investigate “concerns  and allegations that elements in SA are key players in facilitating funding and sending of recruits fighting alongside ISIS”. The call is made by ACDP MP Cherylln Dudley in a press statement released on […]