RAYMON IBRAHIM BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE WASHINGTON TIMES ON "MUSLIM PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS".

Washington Times Interviews Raymond Ibrahim on Muslim Persecution of Christians

Note: Yesterday the Washington Times‘ Cheryl Wetzstein interviewed me on the topic of Christian persecution in Muslim lands, especially in the context of Nigeria. The interview appeared later that day (yesterday) and follows: “Nigeria Elections Put Christians in Danger of More Muslim Attacks” By Cheryl Wetzstein Washington Times Muslim persecution of Christians is at a high tide — and there are grave fears of more sectarian bloodletting as millions of people in Nigeria, which is half Muslim and half Christian, vote for their national leaders next month. These religious atrocities cry out for media attention and political awareness, said Raymond Ibrahim, author of the monthly report “Muslim Persecution of Christians,” which has chronicled attacks on Christians in dozens of countries since July 2011. Mainstream media rarely cover attacks on Christians, even though they happen “all around the Islamic world,” Mr. Ibrahim said Tuesday. Muslim-on-Muslim attacks can get broad attention — such as the April kidnappings of some 230 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The mass abductions so alarmed the world that first lady Michelle Obama brought attention to the social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls. But from August to October, Boko Haram and its radical Islamist allies destroyed nearly 200 Christian churches as they rampaged through towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria, said Mr. Ibrahim, a fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. His monthly report is published by Gatestone Institute, an international think tank led by John R. Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In just four years, he said, Boko Haram has destroyed around 1,000 churches. The “sheer volume” of the attacks on Christians in Nigeria “makes it one of the worst” places for them, Mr. Ibrahim said... KEEP READING