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(AP Photo/Martin Meissner) July 2021 was the tenth anniversary of my monthly series, “ Muslim Persecution of Christians ” (published by the Gatestone Institute ). Back in July 2011, I began to collate and summarize the accounts of persecution that surfaced every month in one report — so that there is a record, so that when the time comes, the usual excuse, “we never knew,” won’t stand.
Now that ten years of such reports have passed — for a total of 120 reports, each averaging about 3,500–4,000 words (or nearly 500,000 words in total) — what has been learned? What trends have been demonstrated?
First, the phenomenon of Muslim persecution of Christians is real : it’s unwavering, constant, systematic and systemic, and it conforms to sharia-approved patterns — meaning its root source is Islam. As I wrote back in 2011 in the very first report , [W]hatever the anecdote of persecution, it typically fits under a specific theme, including hatred for churches and other Christian symbols; sexual abuse of Christian women and misogyny; apostasy and blasphemy laws; theft and plunder in lieu of jizya; and over all expectations for Christians to behave like cowed dhimmis. Little has changed; the one or two dozens of anecdotes of persecution documented in every one of these 120 monthly reports typically fit under these same themes — including the bombing, burning, or banning of churches; the rape and forced conversion of Christian women; murderous attacks on and long prison sentences for apostates, blasphemers, and evangelists; overall discrimination and exploitation; and, increasingly, the outright slaughter of Christians. (For more on the doctrinal and historic background of this phenomenon, see this more elaborate and detailed article .)
Interestingly, when, in July 2011, I first came up with this idea of a monthly report, I was concerned about the project’s feasibility: what sort of “report” could be compiled if, say, only one or two instances of persecution — or none at all — occurred in any given month? Sadly, but also rather tellingly, not only has this never once happened over the course of 120 months, but the individual […]
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