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Two Massive Studies Show SSRIs Increase Homicidal Behavior & Violent Crime NICOLAS HULSCHER, MPH
As autistic transgender school shooters multiply, RFK Jr. is probing whether SSRIs — used by ~40% of trans individuals — are fueling the bloodshed.
AUG 29, 2025
A few days ago, transgender mass shooter Robin Westman killed two children and wounded 17 others before committing suicide.
The New York Post just reported that shooter who killed two children and wounded several others in a Minneapolis Catholic school has been identified as one Robin Westman.
This comes after Audrey Hale’s massacre, the transgender school shooter who murdered six people at Nashville’s Convent School in 2023.
Here it’s important to note that approximately 40% of transgender individuals take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as a form of antidepressant.
Now, RFK Jr. revealed he has ordered an investigation into whether the pharmaceutical drugs such individuals take during transition — particularly SSRIs — could have played a role in the depraved violence:
However, scientific evidence already exists linking SSRIs to violent crime and homicidal behavior:
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LIVE | Obama In Jail? Shocking Arrest In America On Trump Orders, Tulsi Unveils Charges? US News
August 28, 2025 TIMES NOW
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Tulsi Gabbard escalated her claims against the Obama-era Intelligence leadership, alleging they orchestrated a conspiracy to delegitimize Donald Trump’s 2016 victory. In her new report, Gabbard directly names former President Barack Obama, ex-FBI Director James Comey, DNI James Clapper, and CIA Director John Brennan. Watch
Is Trump considering bold Africa play to push back on China, Russia and Islamic terrorists? By Paul Tilsley
Ted Cruz sends letter to President Donald Trump urging him to recognize Somaliland
August 28, 2025 Fox News
President Donald Trump is reportedly working on a move that would give the U.S. a new military and economic foothold in Africa, counter China and Russia, and strike a blow against Islamist terrorists in the region. And now a leading senator has told Fox News Digital this goal can be realized by recognizing the breakaway Somaliland as an independent state.
Somaliland, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, broke away from Somalia in 1991. Its government is said to be offering the U.S. a new air and sea base close to the entrance of the Red Sea, and directly across from Yemen and the Houthis, if the U.S. formally recognizes it. Thirty percent of the world’s container ship traffic is reported to pass through its waters en route to or from the Suez Canal.
In the Oval Office on Aug. 8, Trump told reporters, “We’re looking into that right now,” when asked about the recognition of Somaliland and the possible resettlement of Gazans there, adding, “We’re working on that right now, Somaliland.”
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., told Fox News Digital, “There is a very real opportunity that President Trump will recognize Somaliland during this administration.”
Cruz added, “President Trump is bringing a new era of clarity in American national security, after four years of the Biden administration rewarding our enemies and punishing our allies, and recognizing Somaliland should be part of this new era.
“Somaliland has been a reliable ally to the United States, is integrating itself with us and our allies globally, and is committed to helping us counter efforts by China to undermine the safety and prosperity of Americans,” he said.
The White House did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
Neighboring Somalia has been battling Islamist fundamentalist fighters for decades. U.S. Africa Command has increased the number of airstrikes against both ISIS and al-Shabab terrorists under the current administration.
But Somaliland, 99% Muslim, has allegedly eliminated radicalism and has aligned itself with the U.S. and Israel, leading Cruz to tell Fox News Digital, “They’re a Muslim country, in a very dangerous part of Africa, showing real courage. I will continue to push for deepening the U.S.-Somaliland partnership, including through the Africa Subcommittee in the Senate, and I expect that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will be receptive to doing so.”
Earlier this month, Cruz wrote to President Trump about Somaliland, stating, “it requires the status of a state. I urge you to grant it that recognition.”
Somaliland’s president, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, is optimistic, telling the British Guardian newspaper on May 30, “Recognition is on the horizon.” He added, “It’s a matter of time. Not if, but when.”
Somaliland’s port at Berbera is the jewel in any Washington deal. Analysts say it is in such a strategic position that both Russia and China have tried to acquire it. Right next door to it is one of Africa’s five longest runways, offering the U.S. the possibility of both a sea and air base that can strike Houthi rebels to the north and Al Shabaab terrorists to the east.
In his letter to the White House, Cruz wrote, “Somaliland has emerged as a critical security and diplomatic partner for the United States, helping America advance our national security interests in the Horn of Africa and beyond. It is strategically located along the Gulf of Aden, putting it near one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors. It possesses capable armed forces and contributes to regional counterterrorism and piracy operations. It has proposed hosting a U.S. military presence near the Red Sea along the Gulf of Aden.”
The U.S.’s largest military base in Africa is just up the coast in Djibouti. But there are security and surveillance issues at the Camp Lemonnier U.S. base where the Chinese and other nations have opened their own bases and monitoring stations nearby.
Somaliland is also offering the White House access to rare earth minerals essential for high-tech industries, such as lithium and silicon quartz.
The U.S. has described Somalia, with large numbers of both ISIS and al-Qaida-linked operatives, as a terrorist safe haven. Now the increasing presence of China and military forces from countries such as Turkey is reportedly leading some in Washington to be increasingly unhappy with its “one Somalia” policy, where Somaliland continues to be recognized only as a part of Somalia.
For now, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital the official position: “The United States recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia, which includes the territory of Somaliland. The State Department is not in active discussions with Somaliland’s representatives about a deal to recognize Somaliland as a state.”
But, Somaliland’s foreign minister worked Washington’s corridors and politicians in April, and several African sources, including the influential Horn Observer news outlet, have reported that President Abdullahi is expected to come to D.C. “soon”. U.S. officials, including the U.S. ambassador to Somalia, Richard Riley, are said to have been to Somaliland to meet with the president at least three times this year.
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Jul 24, 2025 Toronto Unfiltered
In this episode, we take you inside Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to explore a growing trend that’s sparking conversation across the country: the changing face of Canada’s airport workforce. Is this shift unique to Toronto, or is it happening at airports nationwide?
Are local youth and longtime citizens being pushed out of these jobs? Is the Temporary Foreign Worker Program playing a role? And what does this mean for the future of employment in Canada?
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Chinese doctor accused of attempting to smuggle cancer research from US to China By Greg Norman
Chinese national confronted at Texas airport while attempting to board flight to China
A Chinese doctor was busted in Texas for allegedly trying to smuggle cancer-related research back to China.
Yunhai Li – a 35-year-old employed by the MD Anderson Cancer Center since 2022 – was confronted at an airport by officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on July 9, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
The office said the authorities working in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations “found evidence Li was attempting to take sensitive medical information abroad during an inspection of his belongings.”
“We were able to detain him as he was trying to get on a flight to China,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told Fox26 Houston. “That intellectual property stays with us, so we can save lives.”
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHINESE NATIONAL TRIED STEALING SENSITIVE AI MICROCHIPS, DOJ SAYS
Yunhai Li is facing multiple charges after being stopped at an airport in Texas on July 9, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Li was charged with theft of trade secrets and tampering with a government record. The theft charge carries a penalty of two to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
The Attorney’s Office said Li was staying in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant research scholar exchange visa provided by the State Department. The research he was working on was funded through the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense, it added.
Court documents viewed by Fox26Houston said Li uploaded sensitive data to his personal Google Drive account while working for MD Anderson, and when the institution found out about it and confronted him, he deleted the files.
However, the documents added that Li also uploaded the data to a file-hosting service based on a Chinese server.
CHINESE CITIZEN ADMITS STEALING US TRADE SECRETS FOR NEXT-GENERATION NATIONAL SECURITY TECH
The MD Anderson Cancer Center along with the John P. McGovern Texas Medical Center Commons is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Houston. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
On that storage drive, investigators found “unpublished research data and articles representing trade secrets, including material-restricted confidential research data, writings, drawings and models,” according to Fox26 Houston.
The station, citing the court documents, also reported that Li was receiving grant funding through the National Natural Science Foundation of China and was performing research for The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University before and during his employment with MD Anderson – yet did not disclose the conflict of interest to his U.S. employers.
“I believe I have the right to possess and retain this data,” Li was quoted by Fox26 Houston as saying in a sworn statement contained in the court documents.
Li has since posted $5,100 bail and bonded out of jail on Monday, surrendering his passport, the station reported.
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Syrian Special Forces Exposed — 27 Executed in Hospital Slaughter [11:28] Mansur Ashkar
Aug 27, 2025 – Join me as we uncover the truth behind the massacre of the Druze community in Syria—what happened inside a Druze hospital, and who bears responsibility. If you still had doubts about Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and the authorities backing him, this investigation should end them once and for all.
What’s inside:
• Verified videos CCTV & footage, testimonies, and timeline reconstruction
• How the hospital was targeted and by whom
• The role of regime forces and Jolani’s network
• What this means for Syria’s Druze community today
Our prayers are with all the victims and their families. May their memory be a blessing.
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Burn a Flag, Go to Prison, Get Deported: New Executive Order
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Canadian Government Caught Secretly Euthanizing Mentally Ill Citizens Frank Bergman
August 26, 2025 Slay News
A bombshell exposé has revealed that Canada is already secretly euthanizing citizens for mental illness, and the left-wing government is pushing to expand the practice even further.
The revelations come in a new piece published in The Atlantic titled “Canada is Killing Itself” by journalist Elaina Plott Calabro.
Calabro details how the nation’s “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) program has spiraled far beyond what politicians first promised.
When euthanasia was first legalized in 2016, Canadians were assured there would be strict limits.
Initially, only those with a terminal illness and unbearable suffering were eligible.
But almost immediately, activists and bureaucrats began lobbying for expansion.
Now, the regime has widened MAiD into a eugenics program that includes euthanizing people with disabilities, chronic conditions, and even those living in poverty who say they “can’t go on.”
The Québec College of Physicians went so far as to recommend legalizing euthanasia for newborn infants with disabilities, a practice that echoes some of history’s darkest chapters.
In 2023, a Canadian parliamentary committee recommended allowing assisted death for “mature minors” and those making “advance requests” to be killed in the future once they lose capacity.
However, the suspiciously vague term “mature” has raised major concerns about the blurring of lines as the nation slides down the slippery slope of death-on-demand.
The most chilling expansion is set for 2027, when euthanasia for mental illness alone will officially become legal.
As Slay News reported, the government’s plan to begin euthanizing mentally ill citizens when set to roll out in March 2024.
However, the launch was pushed back to 2027 due to a backlash from doctors who refused to euthanize their patients for the sole reason that they suffered from mental health issues.
Despite warnings from top psychiatric groups that there is no scientific basis to determine when a mental disorder is truly “irremediable,” lawmakers are moving ahead.
Critics warn that this blurs the line between genuine medical care and state-sanctioned suicide.
However, despite the official date for the expansion being set for 2027, evidence has now emerged that the Canadian government has already rolled out the plan in secret.
According to expert testimony, euthanasia for mental illness is already happening.
Dr. Mona Gupta, chair of a federal panel on psychiatric MAiD, admitted:
“People with mental disorders are requesting and accessing MAiD now.”
Many of these cases involve patients whose requests are driven by depression, suicidality, or social despair but who qualify because of another minor medical condition.
One infamous case involved Alan Nichols, a 61-year-old man with a history of depression.
While under suicide watch in a British Columbia hospital, Nichols applied for MAiD, as Slay News reported at the time.
He was euthanized weeks later on the basis of “hearing loss.”
The so-called safeguards are paper-thin.
In 2024, more than 470 Canadians were euthanized without even receiving palliative care first.
Very few applicants ever undergo psychiatric assessments to determine competence or coercion.
In practice, assessors appear to be looking for reasons to approve, not deny.
This is why critics say Canada’s MAiD system has become a conveyor belt to death for the vulnerable, the poor, the homeless, the disabled, and those struggling with mental illness.
What is unfolding in Canada closely mirrors the trajectory of Europe’s most permissive euthanasia regimes.
Belgium and the Netherlands also began with narrow “safeguards,” limited only to terminal illness, but quickly expanded eligibility to psychiatric patients, disabled individuals, and even children.
In the Netherlands, minors as young as 12 can now be euthanized with parental consent, and just last year, the Dutch government extended euthanasia access to terminally ill children of any age.
Belgium, meanwhile, allows euthanasia for depression, autism, and other psychiatric conditions.
There have even been cases of people euthanized for being “tired of life.”
Critics warn that Canada is heading down the same road, where initial promises of “strict limits” give way to relentless expansion until euthanasia becomes a normalized response to suffering, despair, or inconvenience.
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is demanding the Canadian government finally conduct a full review of the law, something promised years ago but never delivered.
The group is urging citizens to back Bill C-218, legislation that would block euthanasia for mental illness alone.
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The Manufactured Measles Crisis: How Vaccine Campaigns Ignite Outbreaks from Texas to Tel Aviv By Mordechai Sones
From engineered viruses to suppressed treatments—why public health’s house of cards is collapsing
August 26, 2025 Jewish Home News
The Contagion of Certainty
In the summer of 2025, a specter returned to haunt the Western world. Measles, a disease declared vanquished from the United States a quarter-century ago, is back with a vengeance. With more than 1,300 cases logged across America and hundreds more in Israel, public health officials have sounded the alarm, pointing their fingers at a familiar scapegoat: the unvaccinated. The portrayal is as simple as it is potent—failure to comply has resurrected a vanquished foe.
Contents
The Original Sin of Gain-of-Function
A History of Mismanagement and Missed Cues
Yet, beyond the headlines and the frantic calls for more shots, a more complex and disturbing picture is taking shape. A growing number of independent researchers, doctors, and journalists are uncovering a pattern that defies the official explanation. From the sprawling suburbs of Texas to the dense neighborhoods of Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, a disquieting timeline has emerged: first come the government-sponsored mass vaccination campaigns, and then, in their wake, come the outbreaks. This is not the story of a simple failure to vaccinate, but potentially the far more unsettling story of a cure that has become part of the disease.
The paradox is stark. In Texas, state health authorities administered over 173,000 MMR doses between January and March, a significant increase over the previous year. By May, the state was grappling with more than 700 measles cases, eclipsing the entire nation’s total for 2024.
In one striking example from Gaines County, a targeted vaccination drive that administered just 80 doses was followed by a staggering 242% leap in local infections. The story repeats itself across the nation. New Mexico ramped up vaccinations by over 80%, only to be hit with an outbreak in a county with high vaccine coverage. Cases in Hawaii, Michigan, Virginia, and Illinois all appeared on the heels of urgent public health advisories and vaccination promotions.
Thousands of miles away, Israel is caught in the same feedback loop. Facing its own surge that began in the spring of 2025, the Israel Health Ministry launched an emergency response, administering more than 100,000 MMR doses. Despite these efforts, the outbreak has only intensified, swelling from a few dozen cases in May to over 660 by late August, with children on life support. Officials blame pockets of vaccine hesitancy in haredi communities, yet the timeline remains undeniable: the escalation of the outbreak has shadowed the escalation of the official response. It begs the question: is the official response fanning the flames?
A Live Wire in a Crowded Room
The core of this uncomfortable question lies in the nature of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine itself. Unlike inactivated vaccines, the MMR uses live, albeit weakened, viruses. The medical establishment has long assured the public that these attenuated viruses are safe and cannot cause the disease they are meant to prevent. But the evidence is mounting that this is a dangerous oversimplification. The vaccine virus doesn’t just disappear after injection; it replicates, and it can spread.
This phenomenon, known as “shedding,” is well-documented in scientific literature, though rarely discussed in public health messaging. A 2024 study in the Journal of Clinical Virology found that more than a third of recently vaccinated children shed measles vaccine RNA in their nasal passages for up to a month. Older studies, including one from the CDC itself, have confirmed the vaccine virus can be transmitted through urine for weeks. In Israel, this theory has found startling support from an unexpected source: the sewer. Wastewater surveillance has detected the vaccine’s specific genotype in 8% of samples, confirming that the virus is being shed into the environment on a scale that could easily contribute to community transmission.
When you inject a live, shedding virus into hundreds of thousands of people during a period of heightened alert, you are not merely building a firewall; you are potentially lighting hundreds of thousands of tiny, moving matches. This reality completely upends the simplistic narrative of the unvaccinated being the sole drivers of outbreaks. It suggests that the recently vaccinated can, for a period, become carriers, seeding the virus among both the unvaccinated and those for whom the vaccine’s protection has waned.
The Original Sin of Gain-of-Function
The troubling nature of the vaccine virus goes deeper than shedding. Its very origin story is rooted in a practice that has become a source of intense global controversy: gain-of-function research. The measles strain used in today’s vaccines was derived from a wild virus isolated in 1954. To weaken it, scientists serially passed it through a host of non-human cells, including chicken embryos and monkey kidneys.
This process did more than just attenuate the virus; it fundamentally altered its biology. The wild measles virus primarily uses a receptor called CD150, found on immune cells. The vaccine virus, however, was re-engineered to favor a different receptor, CD46, which is present on nearly every cell in the human body. Critics argue this is a clear-cut case of gain-of-function—an artificial expansion of the virus’s cellular targets. This modification was performed decades before the term entered the popular lexicon with COVID-19, but it fits the definition: a man-made change that gives a pathogen a new, potentially broader, capability.
The official justification is that this change, along with others, makes the virus less harmful. Yet, there are no peer-reviewed studies that directly compare the infectivity and replication of the modern vaccine strain to the wild-type virus in humans. The assurances of its safety are based on indirect evidence from animal and lab studies. This leaves a gaping hole in the safety profile of a vaccine mandated for millions of children.
We are told to trust that this engineered virus is benign, even as outbreaks follow its deployment.
A History of Mismanagement and Missed Cues
While authorities focus exclusively on vaccination status, they ignore a crucial factor: the quality of medical care. In February 2025, two young girls, ages six and eight, died in Texas amid the measles outbreak. Their deaths were immediately weaponized by media outlets to stoke fear and drive vaccination. However, a meticulous review of their medical records by Dr. Pierre Kory, a critical care specialist, concluded that the girls did not die from measles. They died from severe bacterial pneumonia that was tragically mismanaged by their doctors, who failed to administer the appropriate antibiotics in a timely manner.
This echoes the horrific events in Samoa in 2019. A measles outbreak there, which followed a UNICEF-backed vaccination campaign, resulted in 83 deaths and a case fatality rate 40 times the global average. Local doctors and activists reported that officials were suppressing the use of vitamin A—a proven, WHO-recommended therapy that can cut measles mortality in half—and that families were being forced to vaccinate against their will.
The lesson from both Texas and Samoa is that a measles diagnosis should not be a death sentence. With proper nutrition and competent medical care, measles is a survivable illness for the vast majority of people.
Indeed, historical data shows that measles mortality in the U.S. had already plummeted by over 98% before the vaccine was introduced in 1963, thanks to improvements in sanitation and nutrition. By blaming every death on the virus and the unvaccinated, the medical establishment deflects from its own potential failures and ignores simple, effective treatments in favor of a one-size-fits-all, patent-protected solution.
Dr. Richard Bartlett, a Texas physician, has successfully treated over 100 measles patients in the current outbreak with inhaled steroids like budesonide, reporting rapid recoveries even in severe cases. Yet, such approaches remain outside the rigid, vaccine-centric official protocol.
The Unraveling of a Narrative
The 2025 measles resurgence is exposing the deep flaws in our global public health strategy. The narrative that has been carefully constructed for decades—that a single vaccine is an infallible shield and that anyone who questions it is a danger to society—is crumbling under the weight of real-world evidence. The data from Texas, Ontario, and Israel does not point to a failure of the people, but a failure of the product and the policy.
The relentless focus on achieving a 95% vaccination rate as a magic threshold for “herd immunity” is proving to be a mirage. Outbreaks are occurring in populations with high overall coverage, and a significant percentage of cases—sometimes as high as 60% in past outbreaks—are among the vaccinated. The immunity conferred by the vaccine is not lifelong, and its effectiveness appears to be far more fragile than we have been led to believe.
What is required now is not more fear, but more honesty. We need a public health system that is transparent about the risks of vaccination, including shedding and waning immunity. We need medical authorities who are willing to investigate the clear temporal link between vaccination campaigns and subsequent outbreaks. We need to differentiate between wild and vaccine-strain measles in our testing, so we can understand what is truly driving these epidemics. And most importantly, we need to end the suppression of safe, effective, and affordable treatments that save lives.
Until that happens, we remain trapped in a dangerous cycle where the supposed cure perpetuates the crisis, and the authorities who promote it refuse to see the evidence right in front of their eyes. The specter of measles is not back because we have forgotten the past. It may be back because we have refused to learn from it.
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From fake organic grains to the controversial practices behind “organic” eggs and dairy, we uncover how big business is eroding the integrity of organic farming. Plus, we discuss the growing problems with imports, hydroponics, and even the hidden chemicals used on so-called “organic” produce. 🌱❌
Sharia law now LEGAL in Europe after court ruling in Austria PETER IMANUELSEN
Outcry as court in Austria rules sharia law as legally binding.
AUG 25, 2025
Remember when this was called a ”far-right” conspiracy theory?
Well, now the court in Austria has officially recognized sharia law in the country. No, this is not a joke.
The Islamic sharia law has now been ruled as being legally binding for civil disputes in the European country, this after a ruling from the court in Vienna.
The case was about two men that had used a sharia arbitration tribunal to settle a case of one of them owing a large sum of €320.000 to the other person.
The man who lost the case in the sharia law tribunal, took the case to the official court in the land – the Vienna Regional Court for Civil Law Matters.
Here, in the official court of the land, they UPHELD the ruling from the sharia tribunal.
This ruling has caused a major outcry because it means that Islamic sharia law is now legally valid in Europe and that it can open the door to ”parallel justice”.
A leading politician from the right-wing FPÖ party has condemned this ruling. The FPÖ is now the largest party in Austria in the 2024 elections.
”Sharia is incompatible with our basic values” said Manfred Haimbuchner.
Another FPÖ politician had the following to say.
”Austria is a Christian and Western state under the rule of law. That rule of law must never be undermined by parallel justice or religious legal systems such as sharia” said Andreas Bors.
Even the media in Austria has condemned the ruling, with the outlet Exxpress saying that ”Austria is not an Islamic state”.
The Austrian Integration Minister has now promised to take action to ensure that sharia law cannot be applied in the future.
”Sharia has nothing to do with Austria and the principles of our constitution, and it should remain that way” said Claudia Plakolm.
The court in Vienna said that sharia law would only apply in civil cases and not in criminal cases. Wow, so that sounds very reassuring…Not.
In Sweden, it is now known that there are sharia patrols on the streets that check if women are wearing ”enough clothes”. There are reports that women have even been spat on if they were deemed not to have the ”correct” clothes on.
And there is now almost 60 no-go zones in Sweden, with many women in Sweden reporting that they are afraid of walking outside alone in the evening.
According to official sources in Sweden, around 68.000 women and girls are genitally mutilated.
Sweden has long upheld itself as a feminist utopia, but that idea quickly comes crashing down when looking at reality. Last year, there was 10.167 reported rapes in the country, this is some of the most in the entire world per capita.
It is well known that in the Swedish no-go zones, parallel societies are forming. Where they have their own set of rules.
Now the fact that Austria has officially recognized sharia law as legally binding is very worrying indeed.
This means that rulings made under a completely different set of laws, namely Islamic sharia law, is recognized by the official court of the land.
How can this happen?
Like I said, people were called ”far-right” conspiracy theorists for daring to warn that this could happen. Now it has happened.
And most of the mainstream media has completely ignored what just happened. This isn’t just some small thing. This should be headline news everywhere. Yet it is not. So people are unaware that sharia law just became legally binding in an European country.
But I’m here to tell you this news.
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BREAKING: Haunting EYEWITNESS Account of Jihadist Violence Against Children [24:26] Tim Ballard with Matt Sharabi
Aug 23, 2025 TBN Israel
TBN Israel’s Mati Shoshani exposes the atrocities carried out in Syria. A child with her face blown off. Hospitals turned into battle zones. Entire Christian villages burned to the ground. This is not fiction; it’s Syria today. Tim Ballard joins us fresh from the field with a haunting eyewitness account of jihadist violence sweeping across the Middle East. From Syria to Gaza, the same radical ideology is waging war on children, minorities, and the vulnerable, while much of the world looks away. In this episode, we expose the horror the media won’t cover and the truth about who’s really standing up for the innocent: Israel, the IDF, and those risking everything to bring light into the darkness.
Iran’s Surprise New Neighbor by Amir Taheri
August 24, 2025
- On October 10, as the committee that chooses the Nobel Peace Prize laureate meets, US President Donald Trump is expected to be in Transcaucasia to inaugurate work on a 166-kilometer-long railway line over one of the world’s most rugged terrains.
- The headline of the government daily newspaper in Iran the other day was “America Become Our Neighbor!”
- [U]nder the Trump “pathway” deal, the border area on the Armenian side to the depth of five kilometers is leased to the US for 99 years. Under the memorandum of understanding by Trump with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan, the actual border posts will be manned by Armenian guards. But the US will be in control of the entire border by creating a Pathway Zone like the Panama Canal Zone in Central America.
- Tehran is also sore that it wasn’t even consulted about such a major change along a crucial border. Nevertheless, the Tehran leadership has decided to welcome the deal brokered by Trump and accept the Pathway, albeit with a few frowns, in the hope that the new situation would help ease tensions with Washington.
- One sign that Tehran has decided to accept the new neighbor is the decision to stop the project to build a new military base in Talesh, close to the borders of both Armenia and Azerbaijan, for possible use in an operation to invade and annex Nakhichevan. Thus, the Trump pathway could also make sure that peace is kept between Iran and Azerbaijan.
- Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei has remained totally silent on the issue, implicitly endorsing President Massoud Pezeshkian’s pragmatic approach.
- As “neighbors,” Iran and the Pathway Zone Authority will have to cooperate in a number of domains: security, fighting smugglers and drug- and human-traffickers, while contenting well-established joint environmental and water-sharing projects.
- The US zone would also need cooperation with Iran to secure part of its electricity, as well as all its oil and gas needs. In other words, Iranian and American personnel will have to learn to talk to each other and work together about practical day-to-day matters rather than hostages, exporting revolution, wiping Israel off the map and nuclear weapons.
- Well. One question: Will the Nobel barons recognize Trump as peacemaker?
On October 10, as the committee that chooses the Nobel Peace Prize laureate meets, US President Donald Trump is expected to be in Transcaucasia to inaugurate work on a 166-kilometer-long railway line over one of the world’s most rugged terrains.
The planned line is already dubbed the Trump Pathway to Peace and Prosperity, because it ends more than 200 years of on-and-off wars between Turks (initially as Ottomans) and Armenians (as subjects of the Russian czar and later the USSR). The disintegration of the Soviet Empire in the 1990s led to the emergence of a landlocked Armenian state next to what was dubbed the Republic of Azerbaijan, but the conflict continued.
With the Soviet suzerain gone, the two impoverished republics started a war that lasted over a decade and pushed over 300,000 people out of their ancestral villages.
Turkey backed Azerbaijan, with which it shares a more or less similar language, while Iran took Armenia’s side to put a halt to expanding Turkish influence towards the Caspian Basin. Russia tried to hedge its bets because it needed close ties with Azerbaijan in forging a new legal convention for the Caspian, while retaining access to Iran via Armenia’s border.
Iran has a 688-kilometer-long border with Azerbaijan, which is cut by Armenia’s 44-kilometer-long frontier with Iran. That narrow frontier was to be the starting point of what was called the North-South Corridor, linking Iran with Russia and thence Europe via Georgia.
Needless to say, the tense situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan meant that the Iran-Georgia-Russia-Europe railway link was never built. Nevertheless, the Armenian border remained crucial for Iranian transit and trade, with long lines of trucks bringing goods from Russia and, before the Ukraine war, much of eastern and Central Europe.
The transit route became even more important to Iran for beating American and European sanctions with a wink and a nod from Russia and Armenia.
In addition, two important hydroelectric complexes are located in the short border area, making close cooperation between Iran and Armenia vital for both sides. Within a 5-kilometer depth of the border zone, we also find a free-trade zone of some importance to the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and Ardebil. To these, one could add water-management facilities and environmental projects.
The patchwork, created by Stalin’s deliberate divide-and-rule policy, chopped the Azerbaijan Republic into two bits, with the one on the west known as the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan, which has a border with Turkey, Iran and Armenia, but not with Azerbaijan itself. Thus, contact between Turkey and Azerbaijan has only been possible via Iranian territory.
The Trump “pathway” is designed to connect two existing railway lines, one between the city of Kars in Turkey to Nakhichevan and another,158 kilometers long, from Velidbag to Ordubad, and extend it with a new 166-kilometer-long line between Ordubad in Nakhichevan and Horadiz in Azerbaijan and thence to Baku on the Caspian.
Had Iran not been isolated diplomatically, the ideal route for the Turkey-Caspian railway would have been through Iranian territory, because it could have also served Iran’s northwestern provinces. The theoretical line via Iran might have also reduced the cost of building pipelines to transit Caspian energy resources to the Mediterranean via Turkey.
The choice of the new route, known as the Zangezur, in the Armenian province of Syunik, shuts Iran out of a trade line that could link Anatolia to Central Asia and China via the Caspian at a time that Iran is also excluded from China’s global belt-and-road scheme.
Needless to say, Tehran isn’t happy about all that.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency, controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, expresses concern that, in view of Baku’s close ties with Israel, the project could pose a direct threat to Iranian security. The headline of the government daily newspaper in Iran the other day was “America Become Our Neighbor!”
This is because under the Trump “pathway” deal, the border area on the Armenian side to the depth of five kilometers is leased to the US for 99 years. Under the memorandum of understanding by Trump with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan, the actual border posts will be manned by Armenian guards. But the US will be in control of the entire border by creating a Pathway Zone like the Panama Canal Zone in Central America.
The 99-year lease deal revives the bitter memory of Iran ceding what are now Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nakhichevan to the Russian Empire under the Golistan Treaty in 1813. But when that lease ended, Iran was too weak to demand the return of its lost territories and Russia too strong to even consider handing them back.
At the time, the Qajar rulers of Iran decided to grin and bear it, hoping that the czarist Russian Empire would collapse. But when that happened in 1917, the Qajars were still not strong enough to challenge the new Soviet Empire.
Tehran is also sore that it wasn’t even consulted about such a major change along a crucial border. Nevertheless, the Tehran leadership has decided to welcome the deal brokered by Trump and accept the Pathway, albeit with a few frowns, in the hope that the new situation would help ease tensions with Washington.
One sign that Tehran has decided to accept the new neighbor is the decision to stop the project to build a new military base in Talesh, close to the borders of both Armenia and Azerbaijan, for possible use in an operation to invade and annex Nakhichevan. Thus, the Trump pathway could also make sure that peace is kept between Iran and Azerbaijan.
Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei has remained totally silent on the issue, implicitly endorsing President Massoud Pezeshkian’s pragmatic approach.
As “neighbors,” Iran and the Pathway Zone Authority will have to cooperate in a number of domains: security, fighting smugglers and drug- and human-traffickers, while contenting well-established joint environmental and water-sharing projects.
The US zone would also need cooperation with Iran to secure part of its electricity, as well as all its oil and gas needs. In other words, Iranian and American personnel will have to learn to talk to each other and work together about practical day-to-day matters rather than hostages, exporting revolution, wiping Israel off the map and nuclear weapons.
Well. One question: Will the Nobel barons recognize Trump as peacemaker?
Amir Taheri was the executive editor-in-chief of the daily Kayhan in Iran from 1972 to 1979. He has worked at or written for innumerable publications, published eleven books, and has been a columnist for Asharq Al-Awsat since 1987.
Gatestone Institute would like to thank the author for his kind permission to reprint this article in slightly different form from Asharq Al-Awsat. He graciously serves as Chairman of Gatestone Europe.
‘Tortured and Gang-Raped’: The Persecution of Christians, July 2025 by Raymond Ibrahim
August 24, 2025
- Muslim extremists now forbid Christians from farming, and punish defiance with shootings, kidnappings, and threats against families. Thousands remain displaced, living in overcrowded shelters with no food or medical care….. Despite military presence, extremist Muslim militias continue to terrorize rural Christian communities with near total impunity. — persecution.org, July 1, 2025 — Nigeria.
- Entire families were found burned alive in their homes. “They came from all sides, shooting and setting houses on fire. Anyone who ran was shot.”…. “The fact that this community… reported the imminent attack to the STF military officers at that military checkpoint makes it more worrisome, suspicious and raises many questions.” — Farmer Ezekiel Dung, persecution.org, July 22, 2025 — Nigeria.
- “[K]illings, kidnappings and robberies persist without real measures being implemented to curb them,” highlighting the Syrian government’s failure to protect Christian and other non-Muslim communities. — syriacpress.com, July 10, 2025 — Syria.
- The situation in Syria’s Christian Valley remains dire. Locals who once defended their communities now face persecution despite promises that Christians would be spared. One resident… explained that his home was “destroyed” and “looted,” and that authorities had “placed an arrest on his piece of land so he could not sell it.” Similar measures were taken against his colleague…. [T]hose who resisted the jihadist forces are now being targeted. — dzen.ru, July 6, 2025 — Syria.
- According to a July 6 report, the situation in Syria’s Christian Valley remains dire. Locals who once defended their communities now face persecution despite promises that Christians would be spared. One resident, Zhoryk, former head of a self-defense unit in the valley, explained that his home was “destroyed” and “looted,” and that authorities had “placed an arrest on his piece of land so he could not sell it.” Similar measures were taken against his colleague… [T]hose who resisted the jihadist forces are now being targeted….. The report illustrates the systematic targeting of Christians who defended their communities: despite prior promises of protection, those who opposed Muslim militants are being punished under the new regime, their homes and property seized, and their leadership removed. — dzen.ru, July 6, 2025 — Syria.
- According to a July 15 report, jihadists and other terrorists loyal to the nation’s new “president,” Ahmed al-Sharaa, attacked the Church of San Michel, a Greek Orthodox church. Militants looted it before setting the church on fire. Local sources described the assault as part of the new regime’s ongoing campaign against non-Sunni populations. — greekcitytimes.com, July 15, 2025 — Syria.
- Turkey announced that the Armenian Cathedral of Ani — a UNESCO-listed site and “once the crown jewel of medieval Armenian architecture” — will reopen not as a church but as a mosque…. — zartonkmeda.com, July 4, 2025 — Turkey.
- World Heritage Watch called on UNESCO to place the Saint Catherine Area in Egypt on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger due to Egypt’s continued failure to uphold its World Heritage obligations. — orthodoxtimes.com, July 7, 2025 — Egypt.
- [T]he church in Arudy was desecrated with excrement (an old jihadist tactic). Feces were smeared on the inside and outside of the church, and on its altar. Parish priest Father Armand Paillé called it “deliberate and symbolic,” saying vandals sought to “reduce the church and the faithful to what they left behind.” — intoleranceagainstchristians.edu, July 13, 2025 — France.
- [T]hrongs of Muslims surrounding the Helsinki Cathedral, while waving Islamic State flags and engaging in provocative behavior. — x.com, July 9, 2025 — Finland.
- [H]undreds if not thousands of Muslims encircle[ed] Melbourne’s cathedral while waving Islamic flags and engaging in militant behavior. The X account of Christian Emergency Alliance adds that “These are acts of intimidation and insulting attempts at domination. Christians must not tolerate these disrespectful acts of intolerance.” — x.com, July 8, 2025 — Australia.
A video posted at X.com on July 9 shows throngs of Muslims at Helsinki Cathedral, in Finland, waving Islamic State flags and engaging in provocative behavior. Pictured: Helsinki Cathedral. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images)
The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of July 2025.
The Muslim Slaughter of Christians
Nigeria: Below are some of the more notable incidents of the ongoing genocide being carried out against Christians in Nigeria:
On July 7, Muslim Fulanis stormed a Christian service in Yaribori, Katsina state, murdering Pastor Emmanuel Na’allah of Bege Baptist Church and convert Mallam Samaila Gidan Taro. Another Christian woman was abducted. Witnesses said the attackers, riding motorcycles, shouted “Allahu Akbar!” and “Death to infidels!” One recalled: “Reverend Na’allah stood before the pulpit and tried to reason with them. They shot him without hesitation.” The pastor, long an advocate of Muslim-Christian coexistence, had received threats but refused protection. Locals noted the militants deliberately spared nearby Muslim homes. Since January 2023, at least 63 Nigerian pastors have been killed and 89 abducted, notes the report.
A July 1 report offers more details on the situation in Katsina state. It notes that, since 2020, St. Joseph’s Parish has faced relentless attacks from armed Muslim extremists, leaving villages destroyed, Christians abducted, and farms abandoned. Rev. Fr. Stephen Solomon Shidi says that Muslim extremists now forbid Christians from farming, and punish defiance with shootings, kidnappings, and threats against families. Thousands remain displaced, living in overcrowded shelters with no food or medical care. Shidi urged the government to protect Christians and international groups to provide urgent aid: “Many families have lost everything — farms, homes, loved ones.” Despite military presence, extremist Muslim militias continue to terrorize rural Christian communities with near total impunity.
Also on July 7, Muslim herdsmen carried out another bloody attack on neighboring Kaduna state. They killed two Christians, wounded three, and kidnapped others. This attack came just days after Muslim herdsmen abducted Bauda village leader Obadiah Iguda, 48, from his home at 1 a.m. on June 28. Earlier in June, they executed another leader, Mr. Stephen Alhassan, 57, by chasing him down on motorbike and\ shooting him in the leg, before finally blowing his brains out. “The terrorists,” a local leader said, “placed a gun to his forehead, and brutally executed him.” Christians describe living under siege:
“We can no longer sleep in our homes peacefully… our community is being destroyed, our people are being hunted, and our future is being stolen.”
On July 11, Fulani militants stormed the Evangelical Church Winning All, in Kaduna state, killing five Christians and wounding three. “We constantly live in fear every day,” said resident Happiness Daniel. The latest bloodshed follows months of terror in Kajuru County, where, since January, more than 110 Christians have been kidnapped. Muslim raids have burned churches, destroyed homes, and abducted dozens—entire families have been torn from villages such as Bauda, Ungwan Yashi, and Makyali. “This senseless act of violence has further deepened the atmosphere of insecurity and fear,” said community leader Stephen Maikori. He noted that another pastor was recently butchered and 38 Christians abducted, most still missing. Witnesses describe armed Muslim herdsmen shouting threats and deliberately targeting Christians while sparing Muslim neighbors.
“It’s with so much pain in my heart to intimate you about the constant attacks on our peace-loving communities,” said resident Jonah Dodo, about government inaction.
In the early hours of July 14, Muslim Fulani militias stormed the Christian farming village of Jebu in Plateau State, killing at least 32 people, including women, children, and even a three-month-old baby. Survivors described a coordinated assault: gunmen surrounded the village at 3 a.m., firing into homes and setting houses, farmlands, and the local church ablaze. Entire families were found burned alive in their homes. “They came from all sides, shooting and setting houses on fire. Anyone who ran was shot,” said farmer Ezekiel Dung, who narrowly escaped. Community leaders accused nearby soldiers of failing to intervene, with some even preventing local youths from defending their homes.
Governor Caleb Mutfwang condemned the massacre as “organized violence against innocent people” and rejected the label of a “farmers-herders clash.”
Survivors like Rev. Musa Alamba, who lost his church and home, now shelter under trees, begging for aid: “I have lost everything.”
During the July 25 mass burial of the aforementioned slain Christians, James Nyango, a human rights activist, said,
“These are dead bodies of innocent Christians who were brutally and gruesomely murdered during their sleep by Muslim Fulani killer herdsmen and terrorists in a community situated less than 200 meters from the Special Task Force (STF), a military check point in Riyom Local Government Area. The fact that this community noticed and reported the imminent attack to the STF military officers at that military checkpoint makes it more worrisome, suspicious and raises many questions.”
Another local leader said the Muslim terrorists “went house to house killing the elderly, women and children.”
Another report from July 7 tells of more massacres of Christians in both Benue and Plateau States, and quotes youth leader Zang Davou of Plateau saying:
“In just a few weeks, 58 innocent lives were brutally murdered in cold blood – fathers, mothers, children and youths… We are tired of burying our loved ones… tired of seeing our heritage destroyed.”
Democratic Republic of the Congo: On Sunday, July 27, Islamic terrorists slaughtered at least 40 Christians in an attack on the Catholic Church of the Blessed Anuarite. Local sources said the terrorists struck around 1:00 a.m., targeting roughly 30 worshippers preparing for a Eucharistic ceremony. “They shot the Christians at point-blank range,” said Christophe Munyanderu, coordinator of the Convention for the Respect of Human Rights. Machetes and gunfire were used to slaughter others inside the church. Some young Christians were abducted and several homes set ablaze. Bodies remained on the ground Sunday morning, and churches stayed closed. A total of at least 82 Christians were similarly slaughtered during the month of July, the report adds.
Uganda: On Friday, July 18, Kasajja Abdul Maliki, a 37-year-old Christian convert, was murdered by his Muslim relatives while praying at home during mosque service. Since accepting Christ on April 12, Maliki had been locking himself at home on Fridays to pray and study the Bible. “I then alerted the family members about Maliki’s strange way of praying, who hurriedly went to his house,” said his niece, Shamina, daughter of Maliki’s older brother Lubega Kalimu. “They found the house locked as Maliki was still praying. They pushed the door very hard and got inside and found Maliki still praying with the Bible placed beside him.” Relatives tore his Bible to pieces and attacked him while crying “Allah Akbar,” Shamina said. “Soon more members of the family arrived with knives and sticks led by my father, Kalimu, and Sempa Arafat. As Maliki screamed for help, Kalimu with a sharp knife pierced him through his chest.”
Neighbors arrived too late to intervene. “We tried to rescue Maliki,” one said, but it was too late to save his life, and he died on his way to a nearby clinic.”
Syria: According to a July 10 report, George Ishoh, a Christian goldsmith, was shot dead outside his home in Hmoth, after refusing to pay protection money (jizya) to armed Muslims. The masked assailants shot him “with a bullet in the head” before fleeing. Neighbors rushed the married father to a nearby hospital, but he died. The killing comes amid escalating insecurity in Christian areas, despite prior government assurances of protection following the bombing of the Mar Elias Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Church in Daramsuq, which killed dozens of Christians in June. The report notes that “killings, kidnappings and robberies persist without real measures being implemented to curb them,” highlighting the Syrian government’s failure to protect Christian and other non-Muslim communities.
Similarly, according to a July 6 report, the situation in Syria’s Christian Valley remains dire. Locals who once defended their communities now face persecution despite promises that Christians would be spared. One resident, Zhoryk, former head of a self-defense unit in the valley, explained that his home was “destroyed” and “looted,” and that authorities had “placed an arrest on his piece of land so he could not sell it.” Similar measures were taken against his colleague, Beshar, also a former Christian leader in the National Defense forces. Zhoryk’s unit had not only protected their own district but had helped liberate Maaloula and other key Christian towns from Islamist fighters.
Despite these efforts, those who resisted the jihadist forces are now being targeted. Even older veterans are not safe: “An uncle who led a Syrian unit in 1973… and his son” were recently arrested, signaling a clear message about who the authorities favor and who faces retribution. Christian residents in general are “confused and in a daze,” with “no leaders, no structure, no plans, no resources” to resist further attacks.
Zhoryk himself is “unable to work much” after sustaining injuries, leaving the local population vulnerable. The report illustrates the systematic targeting of Christians who defended their communities: despite prior promises of protection, those who opposed Muslim militants are being punished under the new regime, their homes and property seized, and their leadership removed.
Rape, Persecution, and Forced Conversion in Pakistan
According to a July 23 report, Muslim relatives of a man who raped a 14-year-old Christian girl are threatening her family to drop all charges against the rapist, or else. The girl’s father shared the troubling details in an interview. He said that Sajid Ali, a married son of his employer Mukhtar Ali, went to his house on June 14 while he and his wife were working in the fields and
“raped her [his daughter] at gunpoint and before leaving threatened her that he would kill me if she told anyone about the incident. Fearing for my life, my innocent daughter kept silent about the barbarity that she had suffered at the hands of Sajid Ali.”
Over the following days, the parents noticed that their daughter was not behaving like herself and was withdrawn:
“When her mother finally convinced her to share what was troubling her, she started crying and told her how Sajid Ali had raped her and threatened her to keep her mouth shut… [O]ur minds went numb with shock and fear, and we thought it was best for our family if we just kept quiet … [since] we did not stand any chance to get justice due to our poverty and Christian faith.”
The family’s silence, however, emboldened the rapist to target the girl again on July 12:
“We were working in the fields when someone told us that they had seen Sajid entering our house. We quickly rushed home only to hear [daughter’s name withheld] screaming in pain. I forced opened the room’s door and saw Sajid attempting to rape my daughter. He threatened to kill us if we tried to stop him from escaping, but we got hold of him and immediately called the police.”
The authorities eventually arrested Ali; then,
“When the police conducted her medical examination and confirmed that she had been raped, Ali’s family offered me 1 million Pakistani rupees [$3,500 USD] to withdraw the case. When I rejected their offer, they started threatening me with dire consequences if I did not accept their demand…. Though the accused is now in prison on judicial remand, his family has stepped up their threats, and I’m very concerned about my daughter’s security.”
On July 9, a judge handed a life sentence to a Muslim man guilty of abducting and raping a Christian girl, but ignored accusations of forcible conversion, fraudulent marriage, and gang-rape by accomplices. Ahmed Raza, a Muslim man, had abducted at gunpoint and raped a 12-year-old Christian girl, before forcibly converting her and fabricating a fake Islamic marriage certificate. Attorney Hanif Hameed described how Raza and three accomplices “took the child to an unknown location where the convict and three others tortured and gang-raped her multiple times during her month-long captivity.” They also,
“forcibly converted the minor and fabricated a fake Islamic marriage certificate … to cover up their heinous crime…. Moreover, in her statement recorded under Section 164, the child had categorically said that she was gang-raped by four persons and even nominated their names… However, the judge rejected the gang-rape charge and only convicted Raza under Section 376(iii)…. I had submitted as evidence the order of the family court judge… in which he had stated that the victim was Christian by birth and she had been forcibly converted and subjected to fake marriage. However, it seems the judge was not inclined to give a ruling on this crucial matter.”
On July 21, Shamraiz Masih, a 14-year-old Christian boy, was forcibly converted to Islam by his Muslim employer, and was last reported as being kept in illegal custody. Shamraiz, a member of the local Presbyterian church, had been working as an apprentice at motorcycle repair shop owner Rana Munir’s workshop after his father’s death to help his family survive. On July 21, he went to the market but never returned. A search was conducted, and his brothers learned that Shamraiz had been taken to an Islamic seminary. “When the boys went to the madrassa and asked for their brother, they were told that Shamraiz had willfully converted to Islam and was no longer a part of their family,” said attorney Tahir Naveed Chaudhry, adding that it was clear Munir forcibly converted Shamraiz “to keep him in permanent bondage.” The Punjab Provincial Assembly condemned the act:
“The appeals of the boy’s widowed mother for his recovery have caused pain and anguish in the entire Christian community… It’s time that the government takes action against abduction and forced conversions of minor girls and boys.”
According to a July 5 report, a video emerged showing a 5-year-old Christian boy and his father recounting how the child was beaten by his Muslim female teacher for drinking water from her glass. The boy and his father explained that he was “scolded, slapped, and verbally abused” simply for quenching his thirst during a July heatwave. Underscoring that religious hostility moved her, the teacher had called him “Issai Chura,” an anti-Christian derogatory term used to demean Christians in Pakistan. Discussing this video, Pastor Imran Amanat said,
“This child did nothing wrong. He was thirsty—like any human being in this extreme heat. But he was punished simply for being a Christian. We are witnessing more cases like this where Christians are not allowed to drink from public sources or share utensils with Muslims … We condemn this Christian-phobia that continues to grow in our society. The physical and emotional damage caused to Christian children and families is serious and must not be ignored.”
Sardar Mushtaq Gill, founder of LEAD Ministries and a human rights lawyer, echoed these sentiments:
“This is a clear example of religious hatred being taught and practiced in places that should be safe for all children.”
Muslim Attacks on Christian Churches
Syria: According to a July 15 report, jihadists and other terrorists loyal to the nation’s new “president,” Ahmed al-Sharaa, attacked the Church of San Michel, a Greek Orthodox church. Militants looted it before setting the church on fire. Local sources described the assault as part of the new regime’s ongoing campaign against non-Sunni populations. In the days that followed, hundreds of members of the Druze community—including women and children—were especially targeted for slaughter and worse during the purge.
Sudan: According to a July 7 report, Muslim extremists, with support from Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and police, demolished a Pentecostal Church complex that had stood in Khartoum’s El Haj Yousif neighborhood since the early 1990s. Targeted attacks on churches have persisted amid Sudan’s civil conflict, which began in April 2023. Previous incidents include a December 2024 SAF airstrike on a Khartoum church killing 11 people, including eight children, and Rapid Support Forces bombings in June 2025 of three churches in El Fasher over two days. In February 2018, authorities razed another Presbyterian Evangelical Church in the same El Haj Yousif neighborhood.
Indonesia: On July 5, hundreds of Muslims protested the construction of a church in West Java, shouting “Reject! Reject! Demolish!” near the site after the first stone was laid earlier that day. Although church leaders had done everything legally—obtaining a permit, meeting with local leaders, and even getting approval from 60% of local residents—opposition erupted, reflecting ongoing tensions over church construction in Muslim Indonesia.
Separately, according to a July 10 report, Pastor Matias was ordered to stop leading worship services by a new Muslim imam at a mosque just 55 yards from his church. The imam claimed the services were disturbing Muslims, following anger over a Muslim woman who had recently converted to Christianity. Even though the woman insisted that Pastor Matias “wasn’t the one who baptized her and didn’t pressure her to leave Islam,” rumors immediately spread that the pastor was secretly “trying to convert the entire village to Christianity.” After the imam issued his order, rumors circulated that a group of Muslim men would prevent services, prompting the church to post guards overnight.
Finally, on July 27, a Muslim mob stormed a Christian prayer house in West Sumatra, disrupting religious education for children and injuring two Christian students, ages 7 and 11. Witnesses said the attackers shouted “Allahu Akbar,” wielded knives, stones, and wooden blocks, and damaged property inside and outside the facility. The Communion of Churches in Indonesia condemned the attack:
“Acts of terror accompanied by violence aimed at disrupting religious services in front of children will undoubtedly cause lasting trauma to their development.”
Turkey: According to a July 4 report, Turkey announced that the Armenian Cathedral of Ani — a UNESCO-listed site and “once the crown jewel of medieval Armenian architecture” — will reopen not as a church but as a mosque, thereby “erasing its Armenian Christian identity.” Originally built in 987, the cathedral was forcibly converted into a mosque in 1064 when Seljuk Sultan Muhammad (Alp Arslan) conquered Ani and held his first Friday prayer there, renaming it the “Fethiye [Conquest] Mosque.” Today, the same name is being reapplied, with no mention of its historic role as a Christian church. The report adds that, once known as the “City of 1,001 Churches,” Ani now faces “the threat of erasure under the guise of restoration.”
Egypt: World Heritage Watch called on UNESCO to place the Saint Catherine Area in Egypt on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger due to Egypt’s continued failure to uphold its World Heritage obligations. After President Sisi attempted to assuage world concerns over Egyptian plans to appropriate the monastery, Chair Stephan Doempke said,
“Egypt has continued to provide misleading, inconsistent or incomplete information to UNESCO, and it is time now that UNESCO is very clear that they are running out of patience… the remoteness and serenity of the area, a key value of the World Heritage, must be preserved under all circumstances in order to maintain the sacred character of the landscape and enable the spiritual retreat of the monks.”
France: On July 7, around 1:40pm, a man climbed onto the altar of the Sacré-Coeur Basilica, “gesticulating violently” while crying out three times, “Allah Akbar.” When a cleaner tried to stop him, the Muslim man punched him.
Separately, on July 13, the church in Arudy was desecrated with excrement (an old jihadist tactic). Feces were smeared on the inside and outside of the church, and on its altar. Parish priest Father Armand Paillé called it “deliberate and symbolic,” saying vandals sought to “reduce the church and the faithful to what they left behind.”
Finland: A July 9 video shows throngs of Muslims surrounding the Helsinki Cathedral, while waving Islamic State flags and engaging in provocative behavior.
Australia: A July 8 video shows hundreds if not thousands of Muslims encircling Melbourne’s cathedral while waving Islamic flags and engaging in militant behavior. The X account of Christian Emergency Alliance adds that “These are acts of intimidation and insulting attempts at domination. Christians must not tolerate these disrespectful acts of intolerance.”
Muslim Persecution of Apostates to Christianity
Egypt: On July 22, Egyptian authorities charged Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq, a Christian convert from Islam, with terrorism after he requested his identification documents be changed from Muslim to Christian. Abdulraziq, arrested in Cairo on July 15, also faces charges of “creating unrest” and “spreading misinformation.” A Cairo-based attorney, Saeid Fayaz, said this was a common scenario:
“Thousands of Christian converts in Egypt have no rights, and they receive little support. They live in isolation and constant fear.”
Iran: On July 3, Iranian Christian convert Mehran Shamloui was deported from Turkey to Iran, where he was immediately arrested at Mashhad Airport. Shamloui had fled Iran after receiving a 10-year, 8-month prison sentence in March 2025 for “propaganda against Islam” and house church involvement. Though he posted bail after a 2024 arrest, his appeal was rejected, forcing him to attempt escape through Turkey. However, lacking documents, he was deported under Turkey’s practice of expelling Christians with so-called “N-82” security codes and invoking Article 9 of the Alien Act. According to the European Centre for Law and Justice,
“These expulsions systematically target Christians, perceived as ‘threats’ because of their faith and missionary activities. However, no equivalent measures have been taken against foreign Muslim missionaries.”
Raymond Ibrahim, author of Defenders of the West, Sword and Scimitar, Crucified Again, and The Al Qaeda Reader, is the Distinguished Senior Shillman Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Judith Rosen Friedman Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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