Muslim Men Beat Christian Street Preacher in Norway
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A gang of four Muslim men attacked a Christian street preacher in Norway, kicking him in the face and threatening to kill him if he did not convert to Islam.
The four men approached Roar Fløttum last week when he
was preaching and praying for the sick on a street in
Trondheim and asked him to come with them to pray over a
friend who was injured. When they got him alone, they
pushed him down a cellar staircase, beat him, robbed him,
and threatened to kill him if he did not convert to Islam,
as reported by the Observatory on Intolerance and
Discrimination against Christians in Europe, a Vienna-based
watchdog group.
Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe, a Vienna-based watchdog group.
“I asked if they wanted to be prayed for and one agreed, saying he had back pain,” Fløttum told the Norwegian daily Norge Idag.
The men “wanted to take me to a friend who they said had injured his foot and was now waiting to be picked up to be taken to the emergency room. I trusted them and joined them. They took me to a backyard. They were very nice and I couldn’t believe they would deceive me,” Fløttum said.
The preacher said that as soon as they entered the backyard, the men pushed him down a cellar staircase and began hitting and kicking him in the face.
“They demanded my bank card, codes, mobile and Apple ID,” Fløttum said. “They held me hostage there for an hour as they made withdrawals from the card. They made about ten thousand kroner.”
“While they kept me there, they threatened me and said they would kill me if I did not convert to Islam,” he said. “They wanted me to say a few words in Arabic. I was scared and actually thought they were going to kill me because they said they had a knife and didn’t want witnesses.”
Fløttum said that as soon as his assailants left him, he went straight to the police, even though the men had warned him not to under penalty of death.
“They are now investigating the case,” Fløttum said. “I hope they are caught and given help, because you cannot act against fellow human beings that way.”
According to police chief May Britt Enmo, no one has yet been arrested for the crime but police are currently reviewing footage from video surveillance cameras along the route traveled by the attackers in the hope of identifying them.
On his Facebook page, Fløttum asked for prayers for his attackers.
“Yesterday I was robbed and subjected to violence in the center of Trondheim,” he wrote. “Please pray for the perpetrators to be taken in and get the help they need. I have almost no physical injuries.”
Muslim Terrorists Kill 14 in Sunday Mass Church Attack in Africa
Muslim Terrorists Kill 14 in Sunday Mass Church Attack in Africa
There's no peace from the religion of peace.
At least 14 people including teenagers have been shot dead at a church in Burkina Faso during Sunday mass.Several other people were wounded in the attack which took place in the village of Foutouri in the Est region of the country.The identity of the gunmen is not yet clear but the area has come under attack over the past year from suspected jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State.Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore tweeted: "I condemn the barbaric attack against the Protestant Church of Hantoukoura in the department of Foutouri, which left 14 dead and several wounded."I offer my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded."
At least part of this upsurge in violence was caused, indirectly, by Obama's intervention in Libya. Libya destabilized Mali which has helped destabilize Burkina Faso. Domino theory may not be too popular, but it does play a role in international interventions.
Churches are typical targets of Islamic genocidal violence in Africa. While the mass murder of Christians through church attacks in Nigeria have received the most attention, this is one of a series of Islamic attacks on churches in Burkina Faso.
Here's another one from earlier this year.
Gunmen burst into a church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday and shot dead four people, a security source said. This is the fourth attack on Christians in the past month.Other worshippers were wounded in the assault on the morning service at the church near the town of Titao in Burkina Faso, the source added.
And the violence will go on.
The Islamic persecution of Christians is motivated by religious prejudice. There is no escaping that reality and its consequences.
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