Originally published in Christian Today Burkina Faso could be on the way to becoming the next Nigeria — a battleground for competing jihadist groups cutting a swathe across Africa. So fears a partner of Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world, writes Andrew Boyd. Picture a jihad, and […]
Tag: Middle East
Faith-fuelled satellite TV combats coronavirus ‘wave of fear’
Originally published in Religion News Service As anxious families in the troubled Middle East and North Africa — and especially Iran — face the coronavirus epidemic, Christian broadcaster SAT-7 (www.sat7usa.org) this week launched a new campaign to “calm the wave of fear with God’s peace”. With coronavirus — known as […]
Amir Tsatfati — The Last Hour (An Israeli insider looks at the End Times) : Book review
Amir Tsatfati is an Israeli Christian, born and currently living in Israel. From his front porch he sees the Valley of Megiddo, called Armageddon in the Bible — the area where vast armies will assemble before the prophesied great final battle. He states that as he gazes at this lush […]
Iranian Christian converts sentenced to 10 years after losing appeal
Originally published in Premier Org A court has rejected an appeal made on behalf of four Iranian Christian converts who were all charged with propagating house churches and promoting “Zionist Christianity”. Yousef Nadarkhani, Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb Fadaie were told that their 10-year sentences received on 6 July […]
Turning the tables — Charles Gardner
Opponents of Israel are building their own gallows As Iran’s supreme leader calls for a ‘holy intifada’ to eradicate Israel, Jews everywhere can be encouraged that the tables were turned on a man from the same part of the world when he made a similar threat. As we approach the […]
Syria: Islamists force Christians to pay ‘tribute tax’ for their protection
Originally posted in The Christian Post Out of fear of losing their lives or religion, a tiny group of Christians who still remain in the northern Syrian city of Rakka have agreed to pay off Islamists with a “Tribute Tax” so they won’t be killed. Syriac Christians from Turkey and Syria […]
Understanding the Holocaust means understanding Israel
Originally published in Charisma News April is the month when Israel remembers the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust (sundown April 7-8), when every vehicle stops and humans stand at attention for two minutes while sirens sound. Then on April 14-15, another siren sounds on Memorial Day for the […]
Middle East missionaries urge Godly perspective during violence
[notice]Amidst a fresh outbreak of Islamic violence in the Middle East and beyond, that signals a disturbing shift in the political climate, missionaries and local Christians who serve Christ in the face of persecution, say the political response should be separated from the spiritual response. [/notice] Originally published in Charisma […]
“Israel alone at its hour of greatest peril”
Originally published (on June 17 2011) in the Jerusalem Post [notice]As was the case in May 1967, when the combined Arab armies gathered with the express purpose of wiping the Jewish state off the map – today again, Israel is alone at its hour of greatest peril, writes Caroline Glick, […]
Speculation that Hamas moving HQ from Syria to Egypt
Originally published in Mission Network News According to several sources, the terrorist group Hamas is moving its headquarters from Syria to Egypt. The effects of the move could bode poorly for Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Hamas is closely linked, is also becoming […]