A raging Muslim mob attacked and savagely beat a 74-year-old Christian man, on what turned out to be a false accusation of "blasphemy". Nine days later, on June 3, Nazir Masih Gill died from his many injuries, including a smashed skull. — Morning Star News, June 3, 2024, Pakistan.
The Muslim employer of Saima Bibi, a 24-year-old Christian woman, dragged her outside and shoved her toward an electric chaff cutter—which sliced off one of her ears, cut off most of her scalp, and injured an eye. Her husband, Shahzad, who worked on the same farm and was present, said that one of their employers, Muhammad Mustafa, was angry that they were taking a break and ordered them to cut fodder for the cattle. — Morning Star News, May 15, 2024, Pakistan.
Shahid Masih, a 35-year-old Christian dairy worker, was falsely accused of theft and subjected to "merciless torture" at the hands of Muhammad Ijaz. It included forcing him to ingest acid, from which he died in the hospital 11 days later.... Last reported, authorities are refusing to prosecute Muhammad Ijaz and his murderous accomplices. — britishasianchristians.org, May 15, 2024, Pakistan.
"Christian sanitation workers work long shifts even in extreme weather conditions.... these workers are often ridiculed and mistreated because of their Christian faith.... They often face salary delays and no job security. They are discriminated against even by their Muslim colleagues, and now we are witnessing incidents of physical violence against these weak people." — Sunil Gulzar, Christian socio-political activist, Morning Star News, May 29, 2024, Pakistan.
Many other attacks on churches in France persisted throughout the month of May, including arson attacks, general desecrations, desecrations of cemeteries, defecations in churches and urination in their baptismal fonts, and bomb threats. — France.
"Imagine the uproar if it was Christians throwing rocks at a mosque? MPs and the media would be all over it screaming 'Islamophobia!'" — Tommy Robinson, British activist, x.com, May 1, 2024, England.
The Church of the Holy Trinity was vandalized with Islamic graffiti, which included "Allah Akbar," "Remove this church from here," "Only Muslims are here," "We don't want churches, we want mosques," and "Islam is the only true religion!" — orthodoxtimes.com, May 15, 2024, Kosovo.
The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of May 2024.
Muslim Slaughter of and Violence against Christians
Nigeria: Some May headlines from the ongoing Muslim genocide of Christians in the African nation:
May 1: "Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria"
May 6: "Herdsmen Kill 28 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria"
May 7: "Six Christians Killed, Eight Wounded in Kaduna State, Nigeria"
May 10: "Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Attack Catholic School in Nigeria"
May 14: "Christians, Others Increasingly Targeted in Plateau State, Nigeria: Amnesty International reports 1,336 people killed in three months"
Democratic Republic of Congo: During a public speech on May 25, Pope Francis said,
"I would like to stop and thank God for the testimony of martyrdom that a group of Catholics from Congo, from North Kivu, have given in recent days. Their throats were slit simply because they were Christians and didn't want to convert to Islam."
As there have been so many massacres of Christians in the Congo, it was not immediately clear which the pope was referring to in "recent days," though it was most likely the one that occurred on May 13, in the Ituri Province, where Muslim militants slaughtered 11 Christians, kidnapped others, and set their village on fire.
Somalia: On May 5, the extended Muslim family of Mohammad Abdul, a 40-year-old man, knifed him for converting to Christianity. Earlier, after local Muslims learned that he had become Christian they began sending the apostate threatening texts:
"We are now aware that every evening you are praying in the name of Issa [Jesus] as well as reading a corrupted book [Bible] and not reading the Quran, the holy book sent to Muhammad from Allah. If you do not stop this bad way of conducting religious activities, then you risk your life."
Afterwards, things got worse—"On May 2, my younger son arrived crying that he was beaten by some boys after telling them about my reading the Bible and praying," said Mohammad. Then, in the evening of May 5, his Muslim relatives arrived at his door:
"They were shouting and yelling that they were looking for my head. The attackers forcibly entered the house and started questioning me for forsaking Islam and joining a bad religion. My wife and children looked shaken."
After a relative knifed Abdul, "The children began wailing and crying in a very loud voice, which confused the attackers. I then managed to escape through the rear door, bleeding."
An unnamed source who helped Abdul continues the narrative:
"While [Mohammad] Abdul was nursing injuries, the Muslims went back to his house and started destroying his house, and the wife and the five children went back with their people. His wife has told him that the Muslims are looking for him, and that therefore he should not go back to them."
Uganda: On May 16, Muslims savagely beat two Christian evangelists for proclaiming Christ. Samuel, 27, and Ephraim, 25, had just left an evangelistic outreach when three Muslims blocked them near a swamp.
According to Samuel,
"They stopped us and asked us to renounce Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching at Naigombwa trading center for four days. At the same time, they wanted to forcefully circumcise us as per Islamic teaching for us to live.
We totally refused, and they started beating us badly with sharp objects and left us unconscious in a coma in a pool of blood... My colleague, [Ephraim] suffered serious bleeding coming out of his ears, bruised face and a deep cut in his left hand, while myself I had a twisted neck, swollen face and neck."
They regained consciousness in a hospital where they learned that motorcycle passers-by had rescued them.
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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.
About this Series
While not all, or even most, Muslims are involved, persecution of Christians by extremists is growing. The report posits that such persecution is not random but rather systematic, and takes place irrespective of language, ethnicity, or location. It includes incidents that take place during, or are reported on, any given month.
On Sunday, May 12, the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Vienna, Austria (pictured) was defaced with Islamic slogans, including "Islam will win, with you or without." (Image source: Zairon/Wikimedia Commons)
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