Islamism Archives

Hundreds of thousands forced to flee as attacks continue in Burkina Faso

Mar 2, 2020

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes in Burkina Faso as Christian communities are targeted in a spiral of Islamist killings.

By Jonathan Luxmoore

Catholics face fear as Chad prioritizes Islam

Aug 28, 2018

Christians in Chad are being intimidated and forced from public life, under new rules prioritizing Islam in violation of the North African country’s secular foundations, according to the Catholic Church.

By Jonathan Luxmoore

Catholic leader says Egypt needs to fight fundamentalism

Oct 7, 2017

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, the head of the Coptic Catholic Church, says after several attacks in the last 12 months by Islamic militants, Christians in Egypt have shown their “unshakable faith.” He was speaking at an event sponsored by the Italian branch of Aid to the Church in Need.

By Crux Staff

Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video

May 31, 2017

A kidnapped priest pleaded to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in a video, asking that he withdraw his army and cease fire on the southern city of Marawi, which was taken over by Islamist militants who have pledged their allegiance to ISIS.

By Elise Harris, CNA

Vatican decries “genocidal scourge” of terrorism in the Middle East

Apr 21, 2017

The chief Vatican diplomat to the United Nations said “there is no greater antidote to violence and hatred than dialogue and encounter” during a debate on the situation in the Middle East taking place at the UN Security Council. Archbishop Bernardito Auza also called on religious leaders to speak out against terrorism, especially when it’s done in the name of God.

By Charles Collins

In Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen are new Islamist terror threat to Christians

Jan 3, 2017

Boko Haram is not the only organization persecuting Christians in Nigeria. In the past year a new source of Islamist terror has hit the country, the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists (FHT). Terrorism has killed more than 12,000 Christians in Nigeria, destroying some 2,000 churches.

By Catholic News Agency