66 “Provincial Official in Algeria Orders Churches to Close,” World Watch Monitor, May 25, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/13314/article_113076.html.
67 Rachel Hirshfeld, “PA Declares Church in Bethlehem to be Unlawful,” Israel National News, March 14, 2012, http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153747#.UNM9wjk1y7z.
68 “Protest in Kuwait over Municipal Council’s Refusal to Allow Christians to Build Church,” MEMRI, December 9, 2010, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4827.htm.
69 Shane McGinley, “Kuwaiti MPs call for ban on construction of churches,” Arabian Business, February 19, 2012, http://www.arabianbusiness.com/kuwaiti-mps-call-for-ban-on-construction-of-churches-445971.html.
70 Raymond Ibrahim, “Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for ‘Destruction of All Churches in Region,’” FrontPage Magazine, March 19, 2012, http://frontpagemag.com/2012/raymond-ibrahim/saudi-grand-mufti-calls-for-destruction-of-all-churches-in-region/.
71 Luiza Oleszczuk, “Church ‘Evicted’ After 7 Years Proof of Kuwait’s New Islamist Policy?,” Christian Post, May 23, 2012, http://global.christianpost.com/news/church-evicted-after-7-years-proof-of-kuwaits-new-islamist-policy-75415/#BuWJRgffrjr4VBTp.99.
72 “Churches Should Not Be Built In Islamic Countries, Say Preachers,” Arab Times, July 26, 2012, http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/186061/reftab/36/t/Churches-should-not-be-built-in-Islamic-countries-say-preachers/Default.aspx.
73 Associated Press, “Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain,” Fox News, September 3, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/03/plan-for-catholic-church-makes-waves-in-bahrain/#ixzz2A3NFcY6X.
74 Vento Saudale, “Radical Groups Disrupt Yasmin Church Sunday Service,” Jakarta Globe, January 22, 2012, http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/radical-groups-disrupt-yasmin-church-sunday-service/492911.
75 “BUMPER STICKER PROMPTS ANOTHER ISLAMIST ATTACK ON INDONESIAN CHURCH,” Barnabas Aid, January 5, 2012, http://barnabasfund.org/UK/News/Archives/Bumper-sticker-prompts-another-Islamist-attack-on-Indonesian-church.html.
76 “SEALED-OFF INDONESIAN CHURCH CAN REOPEN–IF MOSQUE IS BUILT NEXT DOOR,” Barnabas Aid, May 4, 2012, http://barnabasfund.org/US/Sealed-off-Indonesian-church-can-reopen-if-mosque-is-built-next-door.html.
77 “ISLAMISTS BLOCK PERSECUTED INDONESIAN CHURCH FROM HOLDING SERVICE,” Barnabas Aid, April 24, 2012, http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Islamists-block-persecuted-Indonesian-church-from-holding-service.html.
78 Nurdin Hasan, “Church Row a ‘Dark Time’ for Aceh,” Jakarta Globe, May 11, 2012, http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lawandorder/church-row-a-dark-time-for-aceh/516998.
79 Nurdin Hasan and Ezra Sihite, “Aceh Mob Targets Another Storefront Church,” Jakarta Globe, June 19, 2012, http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/aceh-mob-targets-another-storefront-church/524900.
80 “Two More Churches in West Java, Indonesia, Sealed Off,” Religion Today, August 21, 2012, http://www.religiontoday.com/blog/two-more-churches-west-java-indonesia-sealed-off.html.
81 “Bandung Church Shuttered Amid Protests,” Jakarta Globe, July 30, 2012, http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/bandung-church-shuttered-amid-protests/533701.
82 “Islamists Raid House Churches in West Java,” World Watch Monitor, December 18, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/indonesia/29983.
83 Mathias Hariyadi, “Anti-Christian violence: extremists set fire to Protestant church in Poso,” AsiaNews, October 23, 2012, http://www.asianews.it/ news-en/Anti-Christian-violence:-extremists-set-fire-to-Protestant-church-in-Poso-26163. html.
84 “Indonesia: 3 Christian girls beheaded,” AsiaNews, October 29, 2005, http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Indonesia:-3-Christian-girls-beheaded-4486.html.
85 Mathias Hariyadi, “Nine churches and six Buddhist temples shut down under Islamist pressure in Banda Aceh,” AsiaNews, October 18, 2012, http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Nine-churches-and-six-Buddhist-temples-shut-down-under-Islamist-pressure-in-Banda-Aceh-26120.html.
86 Ye’or, The Decline of Eastern Christianity, 85.
87 Mary Abdelmassih, “Building a Church is a ‘Sin’ Against God, Says Egyptian Muslim Council,” Assyrian International News Agency, August 31, 2009, http://www.aina.org/news/20090831182120.htm.
88 Raymond Ibrahim, “Fatwa Bans Christian Priests from Public Transportation to Church,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, July 23, 2012, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/fatwa-bans-christian-priests-from-public-transportation-to-church/.
89 “Copts United Exposes Through Formal Sources Aswan Governor’s False Claims Concerning Church of Maranib,” Copts United, October 1, 2011, http://www.copts-united.com/Arabic2011/PrintPage.php? A=44523, translation by the author.
90 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Blockade Christian Village in Egypt, Demand Demolition of Church, Assyrian International News Agency, September 9, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20110908193725.htm.
91 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslim Mob Torches Coptic Church in Egypt,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 1, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20110930204413.htm.
92 Tawfik Hamid, “Coptic Christians under Siege in Egypt,” Newsmax, October 11, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/TawfikHamid/Coptic-Christians-Egypt-Mubarak/2011/10/11/id/413960.
93 Mary Abdelmassih, “Christian Copts in Egypt Protest Muslim Attacks,” Assyrian International News Agency, March 8, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20110307205517.htm.
94 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Attack Christians in Egypt, 12 Killed, 232 Injured,” Assyrian International News Agency, May 8, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20110508144114.htm.
95 “Authorities, Islamists in Egypt Stop Church from Re-Opening,” World Watch Monitor, May 20, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/egypt/article_112944.html.
96 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Surround Church in Upper Egypt, Threaten to Kill Priest,” Assyrian International News Agency, June 24, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20110623193821.htm.
97 Samuel Ashay, “Salafis Besiege Church Priest for Refusing to Pay Jizya,” El Bashayer, June 23, 2011, http://elbashayeronline.com/news-143400.html, translation by the author.
98 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslim Attack on Christians in Egypt Provoked by Installation of Church Bell,” Assyrian International News Agency, July 28, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20110727201803.htm.
99 Mary Abdelmassih, “Another Church in Egypt Attacked By Muslims,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 4, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20111004183833.htm.
100 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims in Egypt Burn Christian Homes and Shops, Attack Church,” Assyrian International News Agency, January 20, 2012, http://www.aina.org/news/2012011921919.htm.
101 Mary Abdelmassih, “20,000 Muslims Attempt to Kill Pastor and Torch Church in Egypt,” Assyrian International News Agency, February 15, 2012, http://www.aina.org/news/20120214194904.htm.
102 “Nuns Traumatized after School Attack in Egypt,” World Watch Monitor, March 16, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/egypt/article_1449790.html.
103 “Muslim Assailants in Egypt Escape Prosecution,” World Watch Monitor, April 20, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/egypt/article_1512686.html.
104 Mary Abdelmassih, “Egyptian Muslims Torch 8 Christian Homes on Rumor of Church Construction,” Assyrian International News Agency, June 26, 2011, http://www.aina.org/news/20110625204733.htm.
105 Saher Mawgi, “Fi Kinisat Qasr al-Dubara [In the Church of Qasr al-Dubara],” Al Masry Al Youm, September 17, 2012, http://today.almasryalyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=353549.” ”
106 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslim Egyptian Lawyer and His Sons Attempt to Demolish Church,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 8, 2012, http://www.aina.org/news/20121008001210.htm.
107 Raymond Ibrahim, “Egypt: Muslims force Christians out of church during prayer, police advise priest to comply,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, June 26, 201
2, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/egypt-muslims-force-christians-out-of-church-during-prayer-police-advise-priest-to-comply/.
108 Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Attack Coptic Christians in Egypt After Mass,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 30, 2012, http://www.aina.org/news/20121029195111.htm.
109 “Paying Jizyah is a Sign of Kufr and Disgrace,” Qtafsir, n.d., http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2566&Itemid=64.
110 Youssef, “Church Ransacked in Eastern Algeria,” Maghreb Christians, February 14, 2012, http://www.maghrebchristians.com/2012/02/14/church-ransacked-in-eastern-algeria/.
111 Diane Macedo, “Thousands of Christians Displaced in Ethiopia After Muslim Extremists Torch Churches, Homes, Fox News, March 24, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/24/thousands-christians-displaced-ethiopia-muslim-extremists-torch-churches-homes-2057387870/.
112 Joseph DeCaro, “Ethiopia: Muslim Police Join Students in Demolishing Church,” Christian Persecution Info, December 13, 2011, http://www.christianpersecution.info/index.php?view=11116.
113 “Islamic Extremists Beat, Mock Christians,” World Watch Monitor, April 12, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/india/article_1503416.html.
114 “CHURCH TORCHED, CHRISTIANS THREATENED AND ATTACKED IN INDIAN STATE,” Barnabas Aid, June 2, 2012, http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Church-torched-Christians-threatened-and-attacked-in-Indian-state.html.
115 Nirmala Carvalho, “Indian Kashmir, ‘unknown arsonists’ set fire to a Catholic church,” AsiaNews, May 25, 2010, http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Indian-Kashmir-Muslims-set-fire-to-a-Catholic-church-24848.html, .
116 Rabia Ali, “Children attacked, church wrecked for disturbing prayers with carols,” The Express Tribune, January 13, 2012, http://tribune.com.pk/story/320644/children-attacked-church-wrecked-for-disturbing-prayers-with-carols/.
117 “The church of San Francesco attacked in Karachi: the Franciscans in fear,” Agenzia Fides, October 17, 2012, http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=32451&lan=eng.
118 “Faisalabad: Islamic extremists attack Christian community, two faithful injured,” Asia News, February 23, 2012, http://www.asianews.it/news-en/ Faisalabad:-Islamic-extremists-attack-Christian-community,-two-faithful-injured-24049. html.
119 “Two Churches Torched in Indonesia,” Jakarta Globe, August 3, 2011, http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/two-churches-torched-in-indonesia/456930.
120 Camelia Pasandaran, “Churches Can’t Be Built in Streets With Islamic Names: Bogor Mayor,” Jakarta Globe, August 19, 2011, http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/churches-cant-be-built-in-streets-with-islamic-names-bogor-mayor/460241.
121 “Two Christians Slain in Attack Outside Church in Pakistan,” World Watch Monitor, March 22, 2011, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/pakistan/article_98906.html.
122 “Tunisian Associate to Help Minorities: ‘Tunisian Orthodox Church Receives Threats from Salafis,’” al-Quds, April 3, 2012, translated by the author in “Tunisia: Muslims Threaten Church, Cover Its Cross with Garbage Bags,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, April 5, 2012, http://www.raymondibrahim.com/ from-the-arab-world/tunisia-muslims-threaten-church-cover-its-cross-with-garbage-bags/, http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/345557.
123 “Further Vandalism of Orthodox Church in Tunis,” Notes on Arab Orthodoxy, April 7, 2012, http://araborthodoxy.blogspot.com/2012/04/further-vandalism-of-orthodox-church-in.html.
124 “MUSLIM BID TO TURN CHRISTIAN SITE INTO A MOSQUE IN TUNISIA,” Barnabas Aid, September 26, 2011, http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Muslim-bid-to-turn-Christian-site-into-a-mosque-in-Tunisia.html.
125 “Muslim Extremists Strike at Christians in East African Isles,” Prophecy News Watch, http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/January17/1761.html.
126 Ibid.
127 Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala, “Zanzibar Islamists burn churches, riot–police,” Reuters, May 27, 2012, http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL5E8GR1HB20120527?irpc=932.
128 “Muslim Extremists Torch Churches in Zanzibar,” World Watch Monitor, August 1, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/tanzania/article_115694.html.
129 Dan Wooding, “Church Buildings Attacked across Tanzania,” ASSIST News Service, October 19, 2012, http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/2012/s12100088.htm.
130 Jeremy Reynalds, “Catholic Priest Seriously Wounded in Zanzibar,” ASSIST News Service, December 30, 2012, http://www.assistnews.net/STORIES/2012/s12120139.htm.
131 John Leeland, “Iraqi Forces Storm a Church With Hostages in a Day of Bloodshed,” New York Times, October 31, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/world/middleeast/01iraq.html?_r=0.
132 Mary Abdelmassih, “Al-Qaeda Militants Warned Egyptian Copts in Baghdad Hostage Incident,” Assyrian International News Agency, November 2, 2010, http://www.aina.org/news/20101101212217.htm.
133 “Bomb Attack Outside Iraqi Christian Church Wounds 23,” Voice of America, August 1, 2011, http://www.voanews.com/content/bomb-attack-outside-iraqi-christian-church-wounds-23-126569753/173126.html.
134 “Attack against Kirkuk’s St Ephraim Syrian Orthodox Church,” AsiaNews, August 15, 2011, http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Attack-against-Kirkuk’s-St-Ephraim-Syrian-Orthodox-Church-22365.html.
135 “BOMBED IRAQI CHURCH REOPENS BUT ANTI-CHRISTIAN ATTACKS CONTINUE,” Barnabas Aid, March 27, 2012, http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Bombed-Iraqi-church-reopens-but-anti-Christian-attacks-continue.html.
136 Ruth Sherlock, “Syria: car bomb kills 10 in Christian quarter of Damascus,” Telegraph, October 22, 2012, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9624753/Syria-car-bomb-kills-10-in-Christian-quarter-of-Damascus.html.
137 “Car bomb in front of a Syrian Orthodox church,” Agenzia Fides, October 27, 2012, http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=32532&lan=eng.
138 “The historic Evangelical Church of Aleppo destroyed with explosives,” Agenzia Fides, November 10, 2012, http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=32613&lan=eng.
139 “Third Attack in New Assyrian Quarter in Aleppo, Scores Injured and Killed, Assyrian International News Agency, November 20, 2012, http://www.aina.org/news/20121119202104.htm.
140 “Libya church blast kills two Egyptians: embassy,” France 24, December 30, 2012, http://www.france24.com/en/20121230-libya-church-blast-kills-two-egyptians-embassy; “Gunmen attack church in Libya’s Benghazi: state media,” Reuters, March 3, 2013, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/03/us-libya-church-attack-idUSBRE9220F220130303.
141 “Church plays down controversial flyer in Akkar,” Daily Star, July 28, 2012, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jul-28/182372-church-plays-down-controversial-flyer-in-akkar.ashx#axzz224edxfKf.
142 Mohammad Zaatari, “Calls for coexistence after Sidon church damaged by gunfire,” Daily Star, October 1, 2012, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Oct-01/189712-calls-for-coexistence-after-sidon-church-damaged-by-gunfire.ashx#axzz2HKTus0J4.
143 “At least three killed in a suicide attack on church in Indonesia,” AsiaNews, September 25, 2011, http://www.asianews.it/news-en/At-least-three-killed-in-a-suicide-attack-on-church-in-Indonesia-22729.html.
144 “Indonesia: Guards had left church before suicide bomber struck despite advance warning of an attack,” Jihad Watch, October 1, 2011, http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/10/indonesia-guards-had-left-church-before-suicide-bomber-struck-despite-advance-warning-of-an-attack.html.
145 Mathias Hariyadi, “Java: church attacker, spiritual son of the Islamic leader Baasyr,” AsiaNews, October 10, 2011, http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Java:-church-attacker, -spiritual-son-of-the-Islamic-leader-Baasyr-22864.html.
146 Garba Mohammed and Isaac Abrak, “Suicide bombs kill 11 at military church in Nigeria,” Reuters, November 25, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/25/nigeria-bomb-idUSL5E8MP1SE20121125.
147 Because Muslims habitually conflate Christ
ianity with the West, the name “Boko Haram” also suggests that Christianity is forbidden. See “Q&A: Islamic group spreading terror in Nigeria,” CNN, January 2, 2012, http://articles.cnn. com/2012-01-02/africa/world_africa_boko-haram-nigeria_1_boko-haram-nigerian-state-president-goodluck-jonathan?_s=PM:AFRICA.
148 “Boko Haram Threatens to Kidnap Christian Women in Nigeria,” Religion Today, March 12, 2012, http://www.religiontoday.com/blog/boko-haram-kidnap-christian-women-nigeria.html.
149 Stoyan Zaimov, “Nigerian Leader Claims Boko Haram to Use Poison in Jihad Against Christians,” Christian Post, June 20, 2012, http://global.christianpost.com/news/nigerian-christian-leader-claims-boko-haram-to-launch-jihad-with-poisoned-meat-76949/.
150 Katherine Weber, “Christian Students Executed by Boko Haram in Nigeria; Believers Pray for ‘Change of Heart,’” Christian Post, October 3, 2012, http://global.christianpost.com/news/christian-students-executed-by-boko-haram-in-nigeria-believers-pray-for-change-of-heart-82646/.
151 “Muslim Extremists in Nigeria Kill Christians in Two States,” World Watch Monitor, September 27, 2011, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/nigeria/article_120948.html; “Nigeria: Killers slit Christian woman’s throat,” News24, February 24, 2012, http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-Killers-slit-Christian-womans-throat-20120224.
152 “Islamists Bomb Three Churches in Kaduna State, Nigeria,” World Watch Monitor, June 17, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/nigeria/article_1604845.html.
153 “‘We had prior information about Kaduna attacks,’” The Nation, June 19, 2012, http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/50779-we-had-prior-information-about-kaduna-attacks-–-church-leaders.html.
154 “Muslim Extremists Burn Church Building, Homes,” World Watch Monitor, May 16, 2012, http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/nigeria/article_112697.html.
155 “Nigeria Islamic Militants Target Evangelical Church After Deadly Violence,” Christian Persecution Info, July 18, 2011, http://www.christianpersecution.info/index.php?view=10685.
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