Christian Persecution

Gang rape of Christian women causes uproar in India

Narendra Modi has pledged to protect the “daughters of Manipur” from ethnic violence after the gang rape of two Christian women by a Hindu mob.

A video shared widely online — despite a ban on the internet in Mainpur, the northeastern state which shares a border with Myanmar — shows the women being paraded naked and groped by a group of apparently Hindu men before being dragged into a field where they were allegedly raped.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, India

The Bigotry That Proudly Speaks Its Name

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence – Anti-Christian Hate Group

From Dodger Stadium to Washington, indulging anti-Catholic sentiment is an elite pastime.

When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he felt compelled, memorably, to make a declaration of political independence from the authorities of his Catholic faith.

His opponents had notoriously exploited anti-Catholic sentiment in key states to suggest that somehow a papist in the Oval Office would owe principal loyalty to the Vatican and would take instruction from the pope on critical questions of the presidency.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, Christianophobia

Christianity ‘Must be Eliminated’: The Persecution of Christians, April 2023

“Political Islam replaces the laws or interprets them differently so that they restrict the practice of other religions. It also works to change the culture of society — which puts it under great pressure — so that it becomes more radical and extreme, not only toward other religions but also toward other Islamic sects.” — catholicnewsagency.com, 2023, Libya.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Christian Persecution, Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians

Report: Anti-Catholic Hate Crimes Have Nearly Tripled In Canada

Canada, not unlike much of the United States, was a very different place just a short time ago. Most Canadians used to believe in basic civil liberties. They could watch hockey games without being lectured about radical gender theory by teams donning pride-themed jerseys. Denouncing people for the color of their skin was seen as vicious, not virtuous.

But perhaps the most troubling of all changes to occur in recent years is the country’s open and growing hostility toward Christianity and, in particular, the Catholic faith.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Catholic Church, Christian Persecution

Is the US a threat to Christians in the Middle East?

The Iraq war in particular has been devastating to the region’s religious minorities

Religious persecution is a global constant, and no one is exempt. The most conspicuous threats to religious liberty arise in authoritarian and Muslim-majority states; however, Middle Eastern Christians point to an even greater threat: the United States.

At an international conference a couple weeks ago, a beleaguered Christian activist admitted to me what he was reluctant to state publicly: the US poses the most serious danger to his community. American political and military intervention fueled the destructive persecution that was driving Christianity from its geographic birthplace.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, Middle East, USA

Nothing ‘suspicious’ about it … Trudeau says anti-Christian hate crimes are “undertandable”

RCMP investigating ‘suspicious’ fire at church in eastern Alberta hamlet

A church in the Alberta hamlet of Cherry Grove went up in flames early Friday morning and RCMP are calling the fire suspicious.

Cold Lake RCMP were sent to the hamlet, about 10 kilometres east of Cold Lake, and found the church “fully engulfed.”

RCMP said the fire is considered “suspicious,” based on their early investigation.

That’s OK Junior says it’s understandable.

Now imagine someone suggesting kristallnacht was “wrong” but understandable.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Christian Persecution

Turkey: The Abandoned Iraqi and Syrian Christian Asylum Seekers

The Christians of Iraq and Syria have for decades suffered from persecution and instability caused by oppression by the Ba’ath regimes, the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, the outbreak of Sunni-Shiite fighting in 2006, al-Qaeda terrorism, the 2014 genocide by ISIS, ongoing Turkish airstrikes on Iraq and Syria, and in many cases, pressures and harassment at the hands of their Muslim neighbors. All this persecution has forced many of them to leave their home countries and seek asylum elsewhere.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Our Christophobic Ruling Caste

Why Christianity is a threat to our technocratic elites.

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley last week persistently questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland about the FBI’s over-reaction last September in its heavily armed arrest of pro-life Catholic Mark Houck at his home––for an alleged assault that local law enforcement had already declined to prosecute. Houck was tried, and a jury acquitted him in just an hour.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, Christianity, Christianity and the left, Christianophobia

They’re Coming for Traditionalist Catholics

The Dobbs decision brought to the surface the anti-Catholicism of woke progressives.

Back in 2017, when Amy Coney Barrett was undergoing confirmation hearings for her nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein expressed concern about Judge Barrett’s devotion to her Catholic faith. “The dogma lives loudly within you,” Feinstein said. Two years later, Brian Buescher, a nominee to the federal bench in Ohio, faced criticism from Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono for his membership in the Knights of Columbus. Then, an article in the Atlantic magazine argued that the Catholic rosary symbolized religious radicalism and had become a “weapon” for those dangerous white Christian nationalists. The author of the article, Daniel Panneton, wrote that “rosary beads have been woven into a conspiratorial politics and absolutist gun culture.” Most recently, a former FBI special agent produced an internal memo from the FBI’s Richmond office that characterized as a domestic threat “Radical Traditionalist Catholic ideology.” The memo even created a new acronym for this threat group — RTC (Radical Traditional Catholics). To paraphrase Martin Niemoller, they are coming for traditional Catholics.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, Christianity and the left

The Never-Ending ‘Pandemic’: 360 Million Christians Persecuted Worldwide

In 2022, 5,621 Christian around the world were “killed for faith related reasons.” Another 4,542 Christians were illegally detained or arrested, and 2,110 churches were attacked, many destroyed. Overall, the global persecution of Christians remains higher than ever, with 360 million believers suffering high levels of discrimination and violence.

These are among some of the findings of the World Watch List 2023, recently published by the international humanitarian organization, Open Doors. Each year, the World Watch List ranks the top 50 nations where Christians are most persecuted for their faith by using data from approximately 4,000 field workers and external experts to analyze the persecution worldwide.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution

Ivan Provorov’s Faithful Stand Exposes Anti-Religious Intolerance In The Name Of Tolerance

“Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,” reads Christ’s eighth beatitude in the Gospel of Matthew. It is perhaps the beatitude most often viewed as a remnant of the ancient world among modern Americans, as persecution of the faithful has been remarkably absent in this country. Every now and then, though, a news story reminds us Christ’s proclamation is just as important as ever.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", Big Gay, Christian Persecution

Whatever Happened to Investigations Into 2021 Church Arsons?

In the wake of a church-burning on New Year’s Eve in rural Alberta, The Epoch Times followed up with police on the status of investigations into the fire as well as the torching of multiple churches in Canada in the summer of 2021.

The fire investigator has determined that arson was the cause of a blaze that destroyed St. Joseph Lutheran Church near the village of Hay Lakes, just north of Camrose and about 50 kilometres southeast of Edmonton, late on Dec. 31, burning it to the ground.

Camrose RCMP Cpl. Kevin Krebs says plain-clothes officers are doing interviews and collecting witness statements.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, hate crimes, Identity Politics