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37 MUSLIM NATIONS PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS

Radical Islam melding with communist, totalitarian ideologies

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The number of Christian martyrs was twice as high in 2013 as the year before, and radical Islamist governments and groups are responsible for the vast majority of deaths and persecution around the world, according to the 2014 World Watch List.

As WND reported, Open Doors USA, which assists the persecuted church around the world, compiled the World Watch list and reports 2,123 Christians were killed for their faith last year, compared to 1,201 in 2012. In fact, the killings in Syria alone (1,213) trumped the total from a year earlier.

“The target of violence is mainly taking place mainly from rebel groups who are Islamic extremists, so these are jihadists practicing extreme Islam and are targeting Christian areas,” said Emily Fuentes, communications director at Open Doors USA. “Many of these Christians have had to flee, and these towns have essentially become ghost towns because they’ve cleared Christians out. In October of last year, there was a massacre in one of these towns where more than 45 people died and hundreds were injured just because it was a Christian-dominated town.

“Syria is experiencing a whole new level of persecution and violence of Christians,” said Fuentes, noting that Syria is now the third worst persecutor of Christians, skyrocketing from the 36th spot it held just two years ago.

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While Syria is the most deadly spot on earth for Christians, Fuentes said it fits a pattern in the Islamic world. She noted, of the 50 worst nations for persecution, 37 of them are Muslim. Fuentes said another disturbing twist is the melding of radical Islam with communist and other totalitarian ideologies.

“Some of (Christians in persecuted nations) experience different forms of persecution or combined forms of persecution. An example would be some of the central Asian countries, like Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and all those. You might still see persecution that comes from the the former days of the USSR, a little bit of lingering communism, where the government is sending officials to monitor churches and monitor any Christian activities and secretly spying on Christians and using governmental tactics,” Fuentes said.

“But you’re also seeing extreme Islam blended into that. So not only are they worried about the government, but they’re worried about sections of the government that are Islamic extremists or groups that are Islamic extremists coming in to attack them,” she said.

Nine of the worst 10 nations for Christians are Islamic. In addition to Syria in third slot, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Pakistan, Iran and Yemen are among the worst of the worst.

But for 12 years running now, the communist North Korean regime is at the top of the list, and Fuentes said things there are only getting worse there.

“It is the most hostile place to be a Christian. It is an act punishable by death in North Korea to be a Christian, either by execution sometimes on the spot or execution very soon after finding out about your faith,” said Fuentes, who explained that those who are not killed are sent to Nazi-like concentration camps. She also said the pain inflicted by the regime goes far beyond the Christians themselves.

“The moral dilemma that North Korean Christians have that’s unlike any other place in the world is that if their faith is discovered, not only them but up to three generations of their family could be forced to go to these labor camps. So that’s their parents, their children, their grandchildren, all because of their faith in Christ,” she said.

The biggest movers on this year’s list were the Central African Republic, leaping to 16th after not even being on the list last year, and Mali, which dropped from seventh in 2012 to 33rd this year. Fuentes said although it is a majority Christian nation, Islamic groups have infiltrated the cities and have been targeting Christians for death. She said 13 pastors have been slain there in just the past couple of months.

Mali is the opposite story. International military action rooted many radical Islamists from that nation and greater religious freedom has emerged, although Fuentes hastens to add that any nation on the list is a nightmare for believers.

Fuentes said the annual World Watch List is designed for multiple purposes, including the desire to attract more media attention to the surge of persecution around the world, alert public officials to address these problems and inform pastors and believers around the nation. However, she said all of those take a backseat to the No. 1 goal.

“The No. 1 thing that persecuted Christians ask for in every country is our prayers. It’s not Bibles. It’s not money. It’s prayers, and they know that prayer is the most powerful thing. It can change the hearts of leaders who may not be as drawn to sharing the message of persecuted Christians. It can even change the heart of dictators like Kim Jong-Un,” Fuentes said.

The following is the full list:

1) North Korea
2)  Somalia
3)  Syria
4)  Iraq
5)  Afghanistan
6)  Saudi Arabia
7)  Maldives
8)  Pakistan
9)  Iran
10) Yemen
11) Sudan
12) Eritrea
13) Libya
14) Nigeria
15) Uzbekistan
16) Central African Republic
17) Ethiopia
18) Vietnam
19) Qatar
20) Turkmenistan
21) Laos
22) Egypt
23) Myanmar (Burma)
24) Brunei
25) Colombia
26) Jordan
27) Oman
28) India
29) Sri Lanka
30) Tunisia
31) Bhutan
32) Algeria
33) Mali
34) Palestinian Territories
35) United Arab Emirates
36) Mauritania
37) China
38) Kuwait
39) Kazakhstan
40) Malaysia
41) Bahrain
42) Comoros
43) Kenya
44) Morocco
45) Tajikistan
46) Djibouti
47) Indonesia
48) Bangladesh
49) Tanzania
50) Niger

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Are Journalist's Chickens Coming Home To Roost? Will Terrorists Really Target Them?

BLAZE EXCLUSIVE: TERRORIST GROUP ISSUES FATWA TO KILL JOURNALISTS AND SPIES

Jan. 10, 2014 2:02pm Sara Carter

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Leaders of Pakistan’s most deadly terrorist organization issued a recent “fatwa” – an Islamic edict – ordering their followers to kill journalists and those believed to be spies for the West, saying they are enemies of Islam.

The 30-page document titled “FATWA Regarding Dajjali Media, Who is Wrong? Who is Right?” was issued by the Terik-E-Taliban’s (TTP) Central Shura in Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt and includes Fox News, the Associated Press, the BBC, Pakistan’s GEO News, Al Jazeera and several other news outlets whose logos are on the cover of the document. That said, the document stipulates the edict is to be directed at any reporter or news organization they deem anti-Islamic.

The document, written in Urdu, has only been released on several Jihadi websites. TheBlaze obtained the document this week and had it translated but chose not to publish it in its entirety out of the concern for journalists and other individuals working overseas.

A copy of the front page of the fatwa issued in Pakistan. (Source: TheBlaze)

“Those people who are working against Islam and supporting anti-Islamic powers you can kill them and those who are spying against Muslims if they are a woman or even a child you can kill them,” states the document, which weaves Islamic verses throughout in an effort to support the edict to kill journalists.

“The Islamic war is not only against people with guns but those people who are working for the enemies of Islam and they are promoting their views and their news is also anti-Islamic.”

The terrorist organization states in the document that the “media and most journalists are talking against Islam, religious scholars, seminaries, holy warrior (Mujahadeen) and misinterpreting the Islamic principals.”

In November, 2013 a U.S. drone strike killed the group’s leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, who replaced the group’s founder, Baitullah Mehsud, who was also killed in a drone strike by the U.S. in the village of Makeen, in Pakistan’s mountainous South Waziristan region. During 2010, this reporter visited the site where Mehsud was killed and the numerous suicide schools he had built to train children bombers and Jihadists.

“The TTP may still be smarting from the death of its amir in November, and it wouldn’t be surprising if the group attempted to avenge him with an attack,” said a U.S. Official directly familiar with the group and operations against the terrorist organization.

“Washington is closely following the TTP’s potential threats,” added the official, who said that the increase in chatter from the group and open threats are a serious concern.

In a comment that echoes previous statements regarding the group, the official warned that the threat to the homeland could come from someone who supports the TTP and carries a Western passport “someone like Times Square bomber Faisal Shazhad – were to offer to offer his services, TTP probably wouldn’t turn the person away.”

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The TTP leaders, who also have close ties with Al Qaeda in Pakistan, addressed the issue of Muslim journalists and threatened that it is “their duty to work for Islam and support those people who are fighting for Islam or we will have no other choice” but to kill them, the document states.

“There is no doubt that my life is being threatened and many times journalists in our region refuse to do certain stories because of this,” said a reporter who works in Pakistan. The reporter spoke to TheBlaze on condition of anonymity out of fear for his life and that of his family.

“All we can do is pray. But this is a very important document – this document is saying everyone who is a journalist in the region is potentially in danger and so are American’s working overseas and their families.”

Although Syria is now considered to be the most dangerous place for journalists, Pakistan still remains among the top five, according to the Committee To Protect Journalists, a nonprofit group working to draw attention to the plight of foreign correspondents and protect them.

“Five journalists were killed in Pakistan in 2013, the lowest number since eight died for their work in 2010,” stated the group. “While about half of the victims in Pakistan over the years have been singled out for murder, according to CPJ research, four of this year’s five deaths came in bomb blasts. The fifth was murder: Ayub Khattak of Karak Times was shot to death outside his home in October after reporting on the local criminal drug trade.”

This new edict “threatens any gains made by Pakistan,” said another U.S. Official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the nature of their work.

“Certainly western families living in the region need to be extremely careful,” the U.S. Official added. “Journalists have to use their smarts and not put themselves in a situation they won’t be able to get out of but they also have to realize that they are targets. This requires taking every precaution.”

In December TheBlaze was the first to report on the TTP’s threat to send suicide fighters to attack civilian facilities in New York and Washington D.C.

The group claimed responsibility – in a one-hour video first obtained by TheBlaze – for the most deadly attack in CIA history inside Camp Chapman in Khost, eastern Afghanistan that left seven CIA officers dead in 2009.

The TTP leaders also admitted that they were responsible for the failed bombing of New York’s Times Square and paid tribute to their slain commander, Qari Hussain Ahmed — also known as Qari Hussain Mehsud — known for his suicide squads.

He was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2010.

“Very soon, our jihad…is reaching New York and Washington; our fidayees will very soon enter NATO countries,” the video quotes Hussain Ahmed as saying.

Terror By Muslims Not Limited To Middle East. America Has The Same Problem.

TheReligionofPeace.com Islamic Terror Attacks on American Soil

You might not know it from the grand pity party that vocal Muslims seem to have thrown forthemselves in the years since 9/11, but only one Muslim in America was killed in a vigilante "revenge" attack following the horrific slaughter of thousands in the name of Allah.  That would be Waqar Hasan, a Muslim convenience storeowner who was gunned down by Mark Anthony Stroman in Texas.  Hardly an average American, Stroman was a white supremacist with a felony criminal record who went on to shoot two more people in the following weeks.  However, he did claim to be motivated by anger after having watched the twin towers fall. For anyone keeping score  People killed by radical Muslims on 9/11: 2,996 Muslim-Americans killed "in revenge": 1 Thankfully, an American jury sentenced Mark Stroman to death.  The same cannot be said of many Muslim terrorists such as Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, who not only have sanctuary in Muslim countries, but are often treated as heroes by devout followers of Muhammad. Of course, 9/11 was neither the first nor the last time that Muslims have killed Americans on U.S. soil in terror attacks.  In fact, since that day, Muslims have killed at least 61 people in 36 separate acts of terrorism in the United States (by the standards that Muslim-American groups set for hate crimes).  Perhaps more importantly, there have been plenty of mass murder plots against Americans by Islamic terrorists that were thwarted by the FBI, law enforcement and overseas intelligence operations both before and after 9/11, as well as several that were simply botched, such as the attempt to blow up Times Square. By contrast, Muslim-Americans do not appear to be in any special danger from murderous (non-Muslim) religious fanatics, even in a nation awash in firearms.  Identity groups, such as CAIR, whine incessantly about relatively trivial incidents while turning a blind eye to the horrible violence that is meted out daily in the name of their religion.  This distasteful petulance offers insight not only into the character of Islam, but also the America's impressive religious tolerance. For anyone wondering about the history of deadly Islamic terror on American soil in the last 35 years, here’s what we could find:

Date	Country	City/State	Killed	Injured	Description
4/14/1972	USA	New York, NY	1	3	Ten members of a local mosque phone in a false alarm and then ambush responding officers, killing one.
1/19/1973	USA	Brooklyn, NY	1	1	Muslim extremists rob a sporting goods store for weapons, gunning down a police officer who responds to the alarm.
7/1/1973	USA	Bethesda, MD	1	0	An Israeli diplomat is gunned down in his driveway by Palestinian terrorists.
7/18/1973	USA	Washington, DC	8	2	Nation of Islam members shoot seven members of a family to death in cold blood, including four children. A defendant in the case is later murdered in prison on orders from Elijah Muhammad.
10/19/1973	USA	Oakland, CA	1	1	Nation of Islam terrorists kidnap a couple and nearly decapitate the man, while raping and leaving the woman for dead.
10/29/1973	USA	Berkeley, CA	1	0	A woman is shot repeatedly in the face by Nation of Islam terrorists.
11/25/1973	USA	Oakland, CA	1	0	A grocer is killed in his store by Nation of Islam terrorists.
12/11/1973	USA	Oakland, CA	1	0	A man is killed by Nation of Islam terrorists while using a phone booth.
12/13/1973	USA	Oakland, CA	1	0	A woman is shot to death on the sidewalk by Nation of Islam terrorists.
12/20/1973	USA	Oakland, CA	1	0	Nation of Islam terrorists gun down an 81-year-old janitor.
12/22/1973	USA	Oakland, CA	2	0	Nation of Islam terrorist kills two people in separate attacks on the same day.
12/24/1973	USA	Oakland, CA	1	0	A man is kidnapped, tortured and decapitated by Nation of Islam terrorists.
1/24/1974	USA	Oakland, CA	4	1	Five vicious shooting attacks by Nation of Islam terrorists leave three people dead and one paralyzed for life. Three of the victims were women.
4/1/1974	USA	Oakland, CA	1	1	A Nation of Islam terrorist shoots at two Salvation Army members, killing a man and injuring a woman.
4/16/1974	USA	Ingleside, CA	1	0	A man is killed while helping a friend move by Nation of Islam terrorists.
3/9/1977	USA	Washington, DC	1	1	Hanifi Muslims storm three buildings including a B'nai B'rith to hold 134 people hostage. At least two innocents were shot and one died.
7/22/1980	USA	Bethesda, MD	1	0	A political dissident is shot and killed in front of his home by an Iranian agent who was an American convert to Islam.
8/31/1980	USA	Savou, IL	2	0	An Iranian student guns down his next-door neighbors, a husband and wife.
11/6/1989	USA	St. Louis, MO	1	0	A 17-year-old girl is stabbed to death by her parents for bringing 'dishonor' to their family by dating an 'infidel' African-American.
1/31/1990	USA	Tuscon, AZ	1	0	A Sunni cleric is assassinated in front of a Tuscon mosque after declaring that two verses of the Qur'an were invalid.
11/5/1990	USA	New York City, NY	1	0	An Israeli rabbi is shot to death by a Muslim attacker at a hotel.
1/25/1993	USA	Langley, VA	2	3	A Pakistani with Mujahideen ties guns down two CIA agents outside of the headquarters.
2/26/1993	USA	New York, NY	6	1040	Islamic terrorists detonate a massive truck bomb under the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over 1,000 in an effort to collapse the towers.
3/1/1994	USA	Brooklyn, NY	1	0	A Muslim gunman targets a van packed with Jewish boys, killing a 16-year-old.
3/23/1997	USA	New York, NY	1	6	A Palestinian leaves an anti-Jewish suicide note behind and travels to the top of the Empire State building where he shoot seven people in a Fedayeen attack.
4/3/1997	USA	Lompoc, CA	1	0	A prison guard is stabbed to death by a radical Muslim.
3/17/2000	USA	Atlanta, GA	1	1	A local imam and Muslim spiritual leader guns down a deputy sheriff and injures his partner.
9/11/2001	USA	New York, NY	2752	251	Islamic hijackers steer two planes packed with fuel and passengers into the World Trade Center, killing hundreds on impact and eventually killing thousands when the towers collapsed. At least 200 are seriously injured.
9/11/2001	USA	Washington, DC	184	53	Nearly 200 people are killed when Islamic hijackers steer a plane full of people into the Pentagon.
9/11/2001	USA	Shanksville, PA	40	0	Forty passengers are killed after Islamic radicals hijack the plane in an attempt to steer it into the U.S. Capitol building.
3/19/2002	USA	Tuscon, AZ	1	0	A 60-year-old man is gunned down by Muslim snipers on a golf course.
5/27/2002	USA	Denton, TX	1	0	Muslim snipers kill a man as he works in his yard.
7/4/2002	USA	Los Angeles, CA	2	0	Muslim man pulls out a gun at the counter of an Israeli airline and kills two people.
9/5/2002	USA	Clinton, MD	1	0	A 55-year-old pizzaria owner is shot six times in the back by Muslims at close range.
9/21/2002	USA	Montgomery, AL	1	1	Muslim snipers shoot two women, killing one.
9/23/2002	USA	Baton Rouge, LA	1	0	A Korean mother is shot in the back by Muslim snipers.
10/2/2002	USA	Wheaton, MD	1	0	Muslim snipers gun down a program analyst in a store parking lot.
10/3/2002	USA	Montgomery County, MD	5	0	Muslim snipers kill three men and two women in separate attacks over a 15-hour period.
10/9/2002	USA	Manassas, VA	1	1	A man is killed by Muslim snipers while pumping gas two days after a 13-year-old is wounded by the same team.
10/11/2002	USA	Fredericksburg, VA	1	0	Another man is killed by Muslim snipers while pumping gas.
10/14/2002	USA	Arlington, VA	1	0	A woman is killed by Muslim snipers in a Home Depot parking lot.
10/22/2002	USA	Aspen Hill, MD	1	0	A bus driver is killed by Muslim snipers.
8/6/2003	USA	Houston, TX	1	0	After undergoing a 'religious revival', a Saudi college student slashes the throat of a Jewish student with a 4" butterfly knife, nearly decapitating the young man.
12/2/2003	USA	Chicago, IL	1	0	A Muslim doctor deliberately allows a Jewish patient to die from an easily treatable condition.
4/13/2004	USA	Raleigh, NC	1	4	An angry Muslim runs down five strangers with a car.
4/15/2004	USA	Scottsville, NY	1	2	In an honor killing, a Muslim father kills his wife and attacks his two daughters with a knife and hammer because he feared that they had been sexually molested.
6/16/2006	USA	Baltimore, MD	1	0	A 62-year-old Jewish moviegoer is shot to death by a Muslim gunman in an unprovoked terror attack.
6/25/2006	USA	Denver, CO	1	5	Saying that it was 'Allah's choice', a Muslim shoots four of his co-workers and a police officer.
7/28/2006	USA	Seattle, WA	1	5	An 'angry' Muslim-American uses a young girl as hostage to enter a local Jewish center, where he shoots six women, one of whom dies.
2/13/2007	USA	Salt Lake City, UT	5	4	A Muslim immigrant goes on a shooting rampage at a mall, targeting people buying Valentine's Day cards at a gift shop and killing five.
1/1/2008	USA	Irving, TX	2	0	A Muslim immigrant shoots his two daughters to death on concerns about their 'Western' lifestyle.
7/6/2008	USA	Jonesboro, GA	1	0	A devout Muslim strangles his 25-year-old daughter in an honor killing.
2/12/2009	USA	Buffalo, NY	1	0	The founder of a Muslim TV station beheads his wife in the hallway for seeking a divorce.
4/12/2009	USA	Phoenix, AZ	2	0	A man shoots his brother-in-law and another man to death after finding out that they visited a strip club, in contradiction to Islamic values.
6/1/2009	USA	Little Rock, AR	1	1	A Muslim shoots a local soldier to death inside a recruiting center explicitly in the name of Allah.
11/2/2009	USA	Glendale, AZ	1	1	A woman dies from injuries suffered when her father runs her down with a car for being too 'Westernized.' (10-20-09)
11/5/2009	USA	Ft. Hood, TX	13	31	A Muslim psychiatrist guns down thirteen unarmed soldiers while yelling praises to Allah.
12/4/2009	USA	Binghamton, NY	1	0	A non-Muslim Islamic studies professor is stabbed to death by a Muslim grad student in revenge for 'persecuted' Muslims.
4/14/2010	USA	Marquette Park, IL	5	2	After quarrelling with his wife over Islamic dress, a Muslim convert shoots his family members to 'take them back to Allah' and out of the 'world of sinners'.
4/30/2011	USA	Warren, MI	1	0	A 20-year-old woman is shot in the head by her stepfather for not adhering to Islamic practices.
2/7/2013	USA	Buena Vista, NJ	2	0	A Muslim targets and beheads two Christian Coptic immigrants.
3/24/2013	USA	Ashtabula, OH	1	0	A Muslim convert walks into a church service with a Quran and guns down his Christian father while praising Allah.
4/15/2013	USA	Boston, MA	3	170	Foreign-born Muslims describing themselves as 'very religious' detonate two bombs packed with ball bearings at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and causing several more to lose limbs.
4/19/2013	USA	Boston, MA	1	1	Jihadists gun down a university police officer sitting in his car.

(3,101 killed by Muslims in America in 70 terror attacks)

See also List of Jihadists and Terror Sympathizers in America by DC Watson
and
List of Americans Killed by Palestinian Terrorists

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Insurance Companies Are Doing Their Best To Put The Best Face On ObamaCrapCare. Will It Be Enough? Nope. Obama Will Slam Them All This Year!

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A parade of health insurance companies this week once again extended the ability of new enrollees to pay their first month’s premium until later this month for those who signed up for individual policies under the Affordable Care Act.

Health insurance companies, dealing with incomplete enrollments of customers who signed up for health insurance late last year under the Affordable Care Act, are extended deadlines for customers to pay premiums until later this month. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Some health plans originally were anticipating payments prior to the beginning of coverage on Jan. 1, but the disastrous rollout of thehealthcare.gov web site, which had myriad technical issues in October and much of November slowed the enrollment process.

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Once fixed in December, the website caused a rush of people signing up just before a Christmas Eve deadline for coverage that would begin this month. The Obama administration has said more than two million people picked health insurance plans via government marketplaces known as exchanges, but an undisclosed number of those customers haven’t completed their enrollments or paid.

Most health plans originally extended payment of the first month’s premium to Jan. 10, a voluntary deadline established by the largest health insurance lobby, America’s Health Insurance Plans, which includes Aetna AET -0.52% (AET), Cigna CI -0.93% (CI),Humana HUM -2.05% (HUM) and UnitedHealth GroupUNH -1.81% (UNH) and many Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans as members.

Now payment deadlines are in some cases being extended until the end of the month. Health Care Service Corp., parent of Blue Cross plans in Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Montana, said it would allow newly enrolled customers to pay up until Jan. 30.

“We believe this action is consistent with our overall mission because it demonstrates our strong commitment to standing with our members by providing these new customers with peace of mind about their health coverage during this important time of transition,” Health Care Service Corp said in a statement. “We are announcing that customers with a Jan. 1 effective date will now have until Jan. 30 to pay their first month’s insurance premium. It’s important to note that customers must pay their first month’s premium before coverage for medical benefits begins.”

Health Care Service Corp. said it added 700 additional call center representatives and expanded hours to help new enrollees.

Several health plans, included Aetna, which had a payment deadline of Jan. 10, extended the payment deadline to Jan. 14 and Aetna subsidiary Coventry gave its customers until Jan. 17. Meanwhile, Humana extended its earlier deadline to Jan. 31.

HealthPass, a New York-based private exchange that provides health coverage to small businesses in 14 Down State counties of New York and all of New York City, said its partnering carriers, acknowledging the “sweeping market changes” granted “an extension of HealthPass’ new business deadline until January 8 for coverage retroactive to January 1,” the company said.

 “From a payment standpoint, the application standards did remain, even with the new business extension, and immediate payment was required to accompany a group’s application,” HealthPass chief executive Vince Ashton said. “This was essential in order to ensure that the revenue flow was not disrupted and that our shared partnership was equally beneficial.”