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* Raymond Ibrahim: 'All Churches in Egypt Should be Destroyed': The Persecution of Christians, October 2024
* Amir Taheri: Russia: The Big Enchilada for Trump


** 'All Churches in Egypt Should be Destroyed': The Persecution of Christians, October 2024 ([link removed])
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by Raymond Ibrahim • November 24, 2024 at 5:00 am
* "In sub-Saharan Africa, there are 16.2 million Christians who are displaced by violence and conflict...." — opendoorsuk.org, Nov. 1, 2024
* A Muslim security guard at a private school raped a 6-year-old Christian girl. "The girl... identified the school's security guard, Husnain, as the attacker. She said that he had covered her mouth to silence her during the assault." When her parents... reported the matter to the principal, he... threatened them with "problems if they took any action." — persecution.org, Nov. 15, 2024, Pakistan.
* On Oct. 4, a Muslim man was arrested for plotting to bomb a church in Bergamo, ansa.it, Oct. 4, 2024, Italy.
* Egypt's Mansoura University had some years earlier quietly republished a book — with Al Azhar's complete approval — dedicated to proving that, according to Islamic law and the fatwas of learned sheikhs, all churches in Egypt should be destroyed. — copticsoidarity.org, Oct. 5, 2024, Egypt.
* Somalia's constitution establishes Islam as the state religion and prohibits the propagation of any other religion.... The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to mainstream schools of Islamic jurisprudence." — copticsolidarity.org, Oct. 24, 2024, Somalia.
* The driving out of the Armenian population and destruction of ancient and medieval Christian sites has caused human rights advocates to label Azerbaijan's actions as 'ethnic cleansing.' Despite this and its reputation as a significant environmental polluter, Azerbaijan was given the honor of hosting COP29 [a climate change conference]." — persecution.org, Nov.11, 2024, Azerbaijan.
* Another report notes how Azerbaijani textbooks indoctrinate children to hate Armenians.... — armenianweekly.com, Oct. 30, 2024, Azerbaijan.
* Muslim groups are forcing more and more Christians to pay jizya, compulsory tribute -- essentially "protection" money -- that Christian and Jewish subjects of an Islamic state are required to render to their Islamic overlords per Koran 9:29. — acninternational.org, Oct 29, 2024, Mali.
* If the authorities do not act, the population will pay taxes directly into the coffers of the terrorists.... — acninternational.org, Oct 29, 2024, Mali.
* Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko [of Senegal] is asking all schools to allow young girls to wear the Muslim veil, or hijab. This includes the nation's Catholic schools, which actually have a ban on the hijab (due to security and other considerations). Because of this ban, the prime minister also referred to the nation's Catholic schools as "foreign." — fsspx.news, Oct. 3, 2024, Senegal.
* On Oct. 17, police arrested a Christian man after he said on social media that the Koran was of not of divine but human origin—and that it promoted "racism" (or discrimination.) When police arrived at Rudi Simamora's home, hundreds of angry Muslims had already surrounded it. — morningstarnews.org, Oct 22, 2024, Indonesia.

On October 4, an Egyptian Muslim man was arrested for plotting to bomb the Church of Sant'Alessandro in Bergamo, Italy (pictured). According to one report, "The man... posted photos of himself armed and ready for action against the 'infidels.' He said he belonged to the terror group Islamic State Khorasan Province." (Photo by MarkusMark/Wikimedia Commons)

The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of October 2024.

The Muslim Slaughter of Christians

Burkina Faso: On Sunday, October 6, Muslim terrorists launched a surprise attack on the town of Manni, which is home to a large Christian community. More than 200 people were massacred during the jihad. According to one report,

"[T]he terrorists first cut mobile phone networks before attacking the local market, where many people had gathered after Mass. They then opened fire indiscriminately, looted shops and set fire to several buildings, burning some victims alive... [On] the next day, the perpetrators returned to attack medical staff and kill the many wounded in the city's hospital. A new incursion took place on Tuesday, 8 October, when the terrorists again invaded the town of Manni, massacring all the men they could find."

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** Russia: The Big Enchilada for Trump ([link removed])
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by Amir Taheri • November 24, 2024 at 4:00 am
* American columnist Anne Applebaum believes that the war will end when Putin's career ends.
* British-American historian Niall Ferguson suggests that to end the war, Putin must be roundly defeated on the battleground. Others speculate that Putin will end the war after invading Moldova and annexing Transnistria which, when added to his annexation of Crimea, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, would secure him a place in the gallery of Russian military heroes from Peter the Great to Josef Stalin.
* Anti-American figures cynically advise Europeans to learn to fight their own wars, forgetting about "Big Brother America", thus encouraging Putin's dream of decoupling Europe and the United States.
* In The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump writes, "I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: If you're going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big."

Can Donald Trump bring peace to Ukraine in a day, as he asserted during the presidential campaign, even before he enters the White House? Pictured: Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on September 27, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images)

Can Donald Trump bring peace to Ukraine in a day, as he asserted during the presidential campaign, even before he enters the White House?

The short answer is: no.

To be sure, his election has helped change the tone of the protagonists. Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky says he is ready to work for peace in 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, too, has readmitted the word "peace" into his vocabulary. The trouble is that both leaders have also attached modifiers that cast a long shadow of doubt in the noble word. Zelensky's modifier is "just" when in reality there has never been and will never be a peace that is accepted as just by both sides of a war. Peace will be possible only if it is considered or imposed on its own, naked and free of adjectival ornaments.

There are, as yet, no signs that either Zelensky or Putin is prepared to drop the conditions they attach to any movement towards peace.

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