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by Shawn Schuster –<\/p>\nby Shawn Schuster –<\/p>\n
For those Christians living in Muslim-majority countries, torture and death are an everyday occurrence, according to Ibrahim\u2019s new research. \u201cI\u2019m not talking about \u2018War on Christmas\u2019 type harassment,\u201d he said in the new video he produced for Prager University. \u201cI\u2019m talking about, \u2018know your place or we\u2019re going to kill you\u2019 persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ibrahim says that 20 percent of the population of North Africa and the Middle East followed the Christian faith 100 years ago, but that number has dwindled down to a mere 4 percent over the years with most of the decline occurring in the last decade. \u201cAstonishingly, the Western mainstream media barely acknowledge what is happening,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n
Ibrahim was born in Egypt and specializes in Arabic history and language. He is currently working on a PhD in Medieval Islamic History and has written two books on the subject: 2007\u2019s \u2018The Al Queda Reader\u2019 and last year\u2019s \u2018Crucified Again: Exposing Islam\u2019s New War on Christians.\u2019 <\/p>\n
During 2001\u2019s terrorist attacks on the U.S., Ibrahim was writing his Master\u2019s thesis on a medieval military encounter between Islamic and Byzantium forces. He realized that Al Queda\u2019s treatment of what they saw as infidels was a direct reflection of how Islamic extremism played out in the 7th century. It was his belief that in order to fully understand the modern-day jihadists, one must study early Islamic history and doctrine.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn just the past two years, tens of thousands of Christian Copts (Egypt\u2019s term for native Christians) have left Egypt, and many others wants to leave but they simply cannot afford to,\u201d he said on the video. He goes on to explain several incidents of violence against Christians in Egypt, including church bombings that most often happen during Christmas or Easter church services, child abductions, slavery, Christian business bombings, and many more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe list of fresh atrocities by Muslims against Christians grows longer almost every day,\u201d he points out. \u201cIf this were happening to any other group besides Christians, it would be the human rights tragedy of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n
He goes on to explain the reasons he believes the mainstream media ignores this Christian persecution, including a brief history lesson on the Muslim view of Isreal and European colonization.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo yes, Christians are indeed the most persecuted religious group in the world today,\u201d he concludes. \u201cBut reporting it would violate the media\u2019s narrative of Christians as persecuters and Muslims as victims.\u201d<\/p>\n