(Jerusalem via Wikipedia) Whenever Muslims have political control in a country or area, the minority religions are consistently persecuted and the customs and heritage including religious sites are assailed and some even blotted out. We saw this demonstrated a few years back in 2001 when the Taliban destroyed the 1500 year old Buddha sculptures in [...]

(Assyrian Church  by ashour rehana via Flickr) In Mosul, Iraq the persecution of Christians continued this Christmas with the bombing of St Thomas Church last Wednesday killing two men and wounded five others. Even more astounding was the attack upon the Christian community of Bartilla in Northern Iraq on Christmas Day. Over 100 Shiite Muslims [...]