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* Raymond Ibrahim: "The Goal Was to Kill as Many People as Possible": The Persecution of Christians, March 2020
* Amir Taheri: Mullahs Threaten Trump with October Surprise


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by Raymond Ibrahim • May 3, 2020 at 5:00 am
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* Two days ago, [the Saylani Welfare International Trust] refused to give ration cards to non-Muslims, saying that only Muslims are entitled to them. The reason for this is that Zakat, Islamic alms giving (one of Islam's five pillars), is reserved for Muslims. The Christian man said he begged for food to no avail.... last Saturday, Abid Qadri, a member of Saylani Welfare,... handed out food cards in his area. But, when they got to Christian homes, they just moved on." — Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it, March 30, 2020, Pakistan.
* The reason formerly simple Fulani herdsmen have managed to kill nearly twice as many Christians as the "professional" terrorists of Boko Haram, according to many Christian leaders in Nigeria, is because one of their fellow Fulani tribesmen, the president of the nation, Muhammadu Buhari, is enabling their jihad. Nigeria.
* "The men who undertook the attack are so blinded by hate they are showing no evidence of remorse. Overcoming such hate will take a miracle as it is ingrained into every aspect of culture and society in Pakistan and is reinforced via a biased national curriculum....Nations such as the UK naively continue to send foreign aid to Pakistan despite the existing social malaise - this naive attitude contributes to Pak-Government apathy and perpetuates the status quo." — Juliet Chowdhry, a Pakistani human rights activist in the UK, britishpakistanichristians.org, March 3, 2020, Pakistan.
* "But this hateful environment did not emerge out of nowhere. The seeds of this hatred are spread, beginning at primary schools, through books printed by the Ministry of National Education portraying Christians as enemies and traitors. The indoctrination continues through newspapers and television channels in line with state policies. And of course, the sermons at mosques and talk at coffee houses further stir up this hatred." — Uzay Bulut, Ahvalnews.com, March 13, 2020, Turkey.

According to a March 21 report, a Muslim migrant set fire in February to two churches, in Dombås and Sel. The man, aged 28, from a Middle Eastern or African nation, torched the churches in "revenge" for some unclear but supposedly "blasphemous" treatment of the Koran at the hands of a Norwegian. Pictured: The church in Dombås, Norway, before it was torched. (Image source: Phylala/Wikimedia Commons)

The Kidnap, Rape, and Forced Conversion of Christians

Pakistan: A group of motorcycle-riding Muslim men kidnapped and gang-raped two 12-year-old Christian boys. The children were playing video games at a local arcade when a gang of Muslims approached and lured them to check out and eventually sit on their motorcycles. Once the boys were atop the vehicles, the men rode off to a remote field where "the young boys were beaten till they submitted to the demands of the Muslim men, at which point the 12 year olds were raped," notes the March 23 report:

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by Amir Taheri • May 3, 2020 at 4:00 am
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* "No War on Iran" placards are appearing where "No wars by Iran" would make more sense.
* In other words, the Islamic Republic doesn't need medical and technical help; it needs crisp greenbacks that could be spent on Hezbollah, Bashar al-Assad, the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Houthis, Hamas and other members of the "Resistance Front". And, then, not to forget the $100 million Tehran has allocated for lobbyists in the US.
* The reward they want, and people like Senator Feinstein seem ready to provide, is to get a free hand in building an ideological empire as a springboard for "exporting" revolution. In the end, either Iran must become like the rest of the Middle East or the rest of the Middle East must become like the Islamic Republic.

Some politicians in the West insist that Iran deserves a $5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund because of the coronavirus crisis. However, Iran's Health Minister Sa'id Namaki says Tehran was never short of "whatever needed" to cope with the coronavirus pandemic or cover other medical needs. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

With the Khomeinist regime once again in deep trouble, the usual suspects launch a campaign to portray the Islamic Republic as victim and US President Donald Trump as oppressor.

Slowly the blame is shifting from the mullahs to the Trump administration as the debate is redirected to tackle the hypothetical question of US military action rather than the Islamic Republic's real misdeeds.

"No War on Iran" placards are appearing where "No wars by Iran" would make more sense.

The attempt at fabricating another "cause" with which to bash America is backed by the claim that the mullahs are behaving badly because Trump refuses to talk to them, although he has repeatedly said he is prepared to talk anywhere, anytime.

Eleven Democratic senators have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling for an end to "maximum pressure" which, with no evidence, they claim is the chief, if not the only, source of Islamic Republic's sorry state today.

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