Disabled Iraqi Christian Killed While Livestreaming the Gospel in France
On Wednesday, Sept. 10, Iraqi Christian Ashur Sarnaya was traveling late to his apartment in Lyon, France. While in his wheelchair, he started a livestream on TikTok, sharing his faith in Arabic. When he reached his apartment building, an unknown perpetrator stabbed him in the neck. Sarnaya, 45, later died from cardiac arrest.
Sarnaya and his sister fled Iraq in 2014 after the Islamic State group threatened Sarnaya for his Christian beliefs. He and his sister settled in Lyon, France... ...Catholic News Agency, Sarnaya revealed in March that his account was regularly blocked and that he was receiving threats from Muslims because he criticized Islamic doctrines in his videos... ...“He spent his last moments doing exactly what he loved: spreading the gospel,“ Sarnaya’s cousin said. “In my opinion, he is a martyr, and his faith will always be an inspiration.” ... What does persecution look like in Sudan?
Sudan was on a path towards religious freedom, but a coup and devastating war dashed these hopes. Christians are once again in danger. After a year and a half of war, Sudan is now home to the world's largest displacement crisis and the world's largest hunger crisis, with nearly nine million people having been forced to flee their homes. Neither side is sympathetic to Christians, and the conflict has given Islamist extremists more opportunity to target them. More than 100 churches have been damaged so far, and Christians have been abducted and killed. Sudanese Christians who have come to faith from a Muslim background face severe backlash from their families and communities. These believers tend to keep their faith secret, even from their own children. Christians are also experiencing exceptional hardship in the hunger crisis because local communities discriminate against them and won't give them support. Much of the church in Sudan, which might have been able to help with aid distribution, is on the run... The King of Glory Entering Zion. A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who live in it. For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers. Who may ascend onto the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? One who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to deceit And has not sworn deceitfully. He will receive a blessing from the Lord And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face--even Jacob. Selah Lift up your heads, you gates, And be lifted up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, you gates, And lift them up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! 10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of armies, He is the King of glory. Selah Psalm 24 Could Recent Events at Jerusalem's Golden Gate Signal Prophetic Significance?
The Golden Gate, also known as the Mercy Gate or Sha'ar HaRachamim in Hebrew, is one of Jerusalem's most significant entrances. According to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (2019), it has remained sealed since Ottoman times. Jewish tradition holds that the Messiah will enter Jerusalem through this gate, while both Christianity and Judaism view this eastern gate as the prophesied entrance for the Messiah's return. Recent developments suggest changes in the gate's accessibility after nearly 500 years of being sealed. Could this indicate the fulfillment of ancient prophecy? ...
... Comparing today's eight gates with Nehemiah's ancient list, we can see that the Golden Gate (also known as the East Gate) has persisted throughout history. Of these eight gates, only seven remain open, as the Golden Gate has been sealed since 1541 when Ottoman Sultan Suleiman Magnificent ordered the sealing of the gate with stone walls, and it has remained closed ever since (The Culture Trip, 2024). The reason? Its profound prophetic significance. The eastern gate holds special importance, as revealed in Ezekiel's remarkable prophecy: "This gate is to remain shut; it must not be opened. No one may enter through it; it is to remain shut because the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it" (Ezekiel 44:2). ...
... Recent developments around the Golden Gate have drawn significant attention. According to The Times of Israel (2023), a section of the Temple Mount complex near the Golden Gate that had been sealed since 2003 was reopened to Palestinians. This follows earlier events reported by The Jerusalem Post (2019), where Palestinian officials celebrated the reopening of the Bab al-Rahma (Gate of Mercy) prayer hall inside the Golden Gate complex after tensions with Israeli authorities. ...
Despite Planned Parenthood's predictable and desperate lawfare, court watchers predicted it was only a matter of time before President Trump's pro-life budget was upheld on appeal and Planned Parenthood abortion megacenters across the country were cut off from government money once and for all.
An op-ed last month in National Review by my good friend Marjorie Dannenfelser, head of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, credited CMP's undercover reporting with prompting President Trump's vow to get taxpayer dollars OUT of Big Abortion for good: This victory was decades in the making. As a candidate in 2016, on the heels of an undercover investigation that exposed Big Abortion’s role in selling baby body parts, Trump pledged to defund abortion giant Planned Parenthood of taxpayer dollars as long as they continued to abort America’s future, our children... Promise made, promise kept. The nation’s largest abortion business, which ends the lives of more than 400,000 unborn children a year, will lose access to its largest taxpayer-funding stream — half a billion dollars — for the first time in history... Armenian Genocide: The Mass Murder of Christians in Turkey Armenian people are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Ottoman soldiers. Kharpert, Ottoman Empire, April 1915. The Armenian Genocide was officially recognized by the USA in April 24, 2021. Credit: Wikipedia The Armenian Genocide, the systematic mass murder and expulsion of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians carried out in Turkey and adjoining regions by the Ottoman government between 1914 and 1923, is commemorated on April 24th every year.
The Armenian Genocide was an atrocity that occurred within the context of a wider religious cleansing across Asia Minor that lasted 10 years and included Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians. They were all Christians who were also subjects of the Ottoman Empire. The religious cleansing was actually the first in modern times, and it fit the pattern of genocides that would follow in the century ahead. It is worth noting that the Nazis in the following decades were transfixed by the events that occurred in Turkey in those nightmarish years of mass killings and deadly deportations—and saw in them a pattern that they could emulate for their own twisted ends. The Armenians, in many ways, bore the brunt of the slaughter, but ethnic Greeks and Assyrians were also massacred in similar ways—and for the same reason: They were scapegoats in a crumbling empire that saw Christians as a dangerous and potentially treasonous population inside the country. There was a strong nationalistic impulse to create a “Turkey for the Turks,” and that meant a homogeneous population based on “Turkishness” and the Muslim faith... Greek Reporter Rebels forcing young people into militias – DR Congo The M23 rebels operating in DR Congo are committing serious human rights violations, including the abduction and forced recruitment of young people, the country’s authorities have claimed. Speaking at a press-conference in Kinshasa on Tuesday, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Security Jacquemain Shabani cited daily abuses against civilians in conflict-hit eastern Congo’s North and South Kivu provinces, Anadolu news agency has reported. “It must be noted that abductions and kidnappings of young people continue, to forcibly recruit them into armed movements”, he added. The rebels “arrested and detained several young people, including some minors, whom they sometimes use as trackers, but also as a human shield,” according to Major Nestor Mavudisa, spokesperson for the Congolese army’s third defense zone... Russia Today |
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