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Showing posts with label persecution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label persecution. Show all posts
Monday, July 20, 2026
Thursday, May 28, 2026
South African government, Afrikaners reject Trump administration claim of a humanitarian emergency | PBS News
President Donald Trump announced he was increasing the refugee cap for white South Africans because of "an unforeseen emergency refugee situation." He blamed the South African government for "recent increases in the incitement of racially motivated violence," but gave no specific information. .
South African Foreign Ministry spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said accusations of systemic persecution of Afrikaners were unfounded and that some beneficiaries of the refugee program have chosen to return to South Africa…
Spokesman Jaco Kleynhans said the organization didn't know about any "unforeseen emergency refugee situation" for Afrikaners but respected the autonomy of U.S. refugee policy...
Monday, January 19, 2026
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?
Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourage…
Friday, December 5, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
History Minute (041): The Pilgrims and Puritans did not come to America for religious freedom.
As explained by Constitutional scholar and author Andrew Seidel, the Puritans and Pilgrims did come to America to escape persecution, but not to establish religious freedom. Rather, they came to establish theocracies where their religious beliefs could be enforced by the government. They were intolerant of any religious views that didn't align with their own, to the point of persecuting and executing people with differing views. And they also gleefully committed atrocities against native peoples in the name of their religion.
When it came time to write the Constitution, these are the very examples that the Founding Fathers looked at and said this is no way to run a country, and that they deliberately avoided. That is why the Founding Fathers wrote the U.S. Constitution to keep religion separate from government.
And by the way, as far as persecution goes: Who was persecuting them in England? Other Christians.
Andrew also provides suggestions for how to discuss this topic with others over the holidays without causing tension.
Monday, November 3, 2025
Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killings - POLITICO
Nigeria denies Christians are persecuted: Cruz and Trump relied on old reports from more than a decade ago when Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram Islamic group launched an insurgency to enforce their brutal interpretation of Shariah law, said Bwala...
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Trump threatens to go into Nigeria ‘guns-a-blazing’ over attacks on Christians
US president says he ordered Pentagon to begin planning for action, without mentioning Muslim persecution…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/trump-nigeria-christian-persecution?
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Weekly Roundup: “I Love Hitler” Group Chat Leaked + The Technocrats Who Want Monarchy + No Kings! (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
Brad and Dan unpack a disturbing leaked group chat among young Republican leaders that reveals casual racism, homophobia, and even Nazi sympathies. They analyze how JD Vance publicly defended the individuals involved by dismissing their comments as “edgy jokes,” exposing a growing tolerance for extremism within parts of the GOP.
The discussion expands to examine the double standard in political outrage — why some are harshly punished for crossing lines while others face little consequence — and how in-group loyalty continues to erode moral accountability in American politics.
The conversation then moves into deeper territory, exploring the psychological and ideological forces driving this shift. The hosts dissect the narratives of victimhood and persecution that fuel right-wing identity politics, as well as the appeal of hierarchy and order for certain business and political leaders who see democracy as messy or unstable. They highlight the challenge of mobilizing citizens around democracy itself, arguing that the fight for freedom requires a new, inspiring story that unites people rather than divides them.
The episode concludes with a preview of the upcoming “No Kings” rallies — events centered on defending democracy through collective action — and a call for listeners to stay engaged in the struggle for a just and inclusive society.
Interview:
The discussion expands to examine the double standard in political outrage — why some are harshly punished for crossing lines while others face little consequence — and how in-group loyalty continues to erode moral accountability in American politics.
The conversation then moves into deeper territory, exploring the psychological and ideological forces driving this shift. The hosts dissect the narratives of victimhood and persecution that fuel right-wing identity politics, as well as the appeal of hierarchy and order for certain business and political leaders who see democracy as messy or unstable. They highlight the challenge of mobilizing citizens around democracy itself, arguing that the fight for freedom requires a new, inspiring story that unites people rather than divides them.
The episode concludes with a preview of the upcoming “No Kings” rallies — events centered on defending democracy through collective action — and a call for listeners to stay engaged in the struggle for a just and inclusive society.
Interview:
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
"If liberal Jews can be erased – either pushed out of the public eye or denied as genuine or authentic specimens of Judaism – then the challenge of liberal Jews disappears with it," Schraub explains.
This isn't just a theoretical concern – it's already happening. Project Esther, a new initiative launched by the Christian nationalist Heritage Foundation known for Project 2025, offers a blueprint for combating antisemitism that targets not only pro-Palestinian groups but what it calls a broader "coalition of leftist, progressive organizations" – including Jewish groups – through tools such as anti-terrorism prosecutions, deportations, public firings, and efforts to "disrupt and degrade" dissenting movements. Despite its use of Jewish religious language, the plan has virtually no Jewish authors and is riddled with basic errors, including misrepresentations of Jewish texts. It chastises American Jews who don't align with its worldview, calling them "complacent" and their positions "inexplicable".
This farcical performance of concern would merely be amusing were it not for the very real possibility that it serves as a prelude for persecution.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Culture Wars (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)
We call on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to resign, after revelations that political and Christian nationalist flags have flown outside his homes.
Deputy Legal Director Liz Cavell prognosticates over SCOTUS’s upcoming mifepristone decision and Social Works Fellow Kat Grant discusses the religious war against the LGBTQAI-plus community from a personal and professional perspective.
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Monday, April 1, 2024
Trump attacks Biden over Easter coinciding with Transgender Day - The Washington Post
Trump also posted an article to his social media network on Saturday that likened his legal troubles to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
In another all-caps post to his social media network Sunday, Trump invoked the holiday to claim without evidence that those prosecuting him were politically motivated...
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Trump equates his domestic political opposition to WWII enemies abroad - The Washington Post
Trump on Thursday pledged to create a new federal task force against "anti-Christian bias" that would investigate "discrimination, harassment and persecution against Christians in America," according to his prepared remarks. He said any Christian or person of faith who votes for a Democrat is "crazy."
"You cannot let people vote for these people, you cannot let people vote for the Democrats," he said...
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Biden’s Christian ‘Persecution’? We Assess Trump’s Recent Claims. - The New York Times
Former President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly accused the Biden administration of criminalizing Christians, and Catholics in particular, for their faith. Here are the facts...
Friday, December 1, 2023
A Kentucky school board meeting shows the power of Christian nationalism
There's no proof that Kentucky Christians are being persecuted — and yet many seem determined to believe otherwise...
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Bid to Dismiss E. Jean Carroll Case Because Trump Is a Persecuted ‘White Christian’ Fails
A judge on Thursday denied a motion filed by a Donald Trump ally to dismiss a defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll on the grounds that the former president was being persecuted because he's a white Christian…
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian: No, Christians don’t face persecution in the U.S. - Freethought Today
When Christians make factually untrue claims that then go on to influence elections, law-making and eventually the lives of people outside the walls of the church, that social contract has been violated...
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