People who have fled Muslim countries because they were apostates, Muslims who had abandoned the faith for Christianity, or because they were Middle Eastern Christians who had fled to the West to escape persecution and death are no longer safe in Europe. They are being murdered in what they had hoped would be a secure refuge. Many others are alive only because they are under heavy guard, round-the-clock. Italian journalist Giulio Meotti has comprised a list of such recent murders, and of those who require security to stay alive. More of his report can be found here: “Fled Isis to live, murdered in Europe for believing,” by Giulio Meotti, Israel National News, November 1, 2025:
The West always likes refugee stories. Not all of them. Not this one. Not the story of a Christian who fled from the East to live and died in the West for believing.
It was 10:30 p.m. when the Assyrian Ashur Sarnaya returned to the apartment he shared with his sister in Lyon, in a quiet neighborhood where public housing stands alongside student campuses, corporate offices, and a few shops. The 45-year-old Iraqi Christian refugee from the Assyrian-Chaldean community was disabled from birth and used a wheelchair. That evening, as usual, he went live on TikTok to talk about his faith. Ashur made his videos in Arabic or Aramaic. During the livestream, Ashur Sarnaya was slit in the throat and lay dying in his wheelchair.
His only pleasure was wandering around the neighborhood, where everyone liked him; his main occupation was sharing his faith on TikTok. For this, he was martyred with machete blows by a coward. He read the Bible and recited Hebrew Psalms-something unthinkable for radical Islamists.
Ashur Sarnaya was killed because he was an Assyrian Christian, who, despite the threats he had received, was determined to discuss his faith on social media. That was enough for a Muslim to slit his throat to silence him.
Sabri B., an Algerian citizen suspected of the murder and linked to ISIS, turned off his phone right after killing Ashur and left Lyon that night, heading for Italy. He passed through Milan, Rome, and then reached Puglia. His escape ended ten days later, in a house in Andria, where another Algerian hosted him.
Investigations now describe in detail the threats Ashur had been subjected to, both online and in person.
We know that the killer, Sabri B., had connected to Ashur’s livestream 30 minutes before the crime, without speaking. Ashur’s livestreams were regularly watched by hostile users. A user claiming to be Palestinian Arab living in Lyon often joined the livestreams, insulting and threatening Sarnaya: “I’m coming, get ready.”
Another, claiming to be Tunisian, asked where the Christian influencer lived, saying he would find him eventually: “We’ll kill you.”
In the summer, someone sent him a message reading: “We know where you are, this won’t continue.” It was accompanied by a photo of Ashur near his home….
Yet despite all these threats, Ashur Sarnaya remained uncowed, and continued to post about his faith on social media.
In Germany, Mina Ahadi, founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims, lives under constant threat for committing “apostasy”-a crime punishable by death in dozens [sic – the real number is ten] of Muslim countries, including many “Western allies.”…
The ten Muslim countries where apostasy is punishable by death include Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brunel, Somalia, Qatar, and Iran.
The death of this man-who crossed the desert of persecution to reach the promise of a European homeland-becomes a symbol of the crisis of the West. A West that has lost courage and yielded to the blackmail of violence and silence.
We have entered the night of the spirit, the twilight of an identity dissolving as witnesses of faith are struck down in the name of hatred.
If even the broken voice of a refugee in a wheelchair doesn’t shake us, then truly the twilight of the West has already begun-and no one can say they didn’t see it coming.
Melodramatic, this Meotti, but doesn’t he have a point? The Western countries do not stand up at the UN for the right of individuals to apostatize. We don’t protest the murders, and the threats of murders, that have forced apostates from Islam to live in fear even in Europe, with guards surrounding them, for if they do not, they are likely to suffer the ghastly fate of Ashur Sarnaya. Nor do we stand up for the Christians being killed in Muslim countries. The only world leader — as opposed to such NGOs as Open Doors and Christian Solidarity Worldwide — to raise the matter of Christians being murdered is President Trump, who has now threatened military intervention in Nigeria because of that country’s failure to protect its Christian citizens from their Muslim tormentors, especially but not only those in Boko Haram, who for years have been wiping out whole villages of Christians in central and northern Nigeria with impunity. Fear of an American military operation to “wipe out” — Trump’s words —those Muslims who have been murdering Christians, may finally push the Nigerian government to act. We’ll see how effective the Nigerian army, feeling the pressure from Washington, will be in preventing Nigerian Muslims from murdering Christians, kidnapping their women — Michele Obama spoke out about “our kidnapped girls” in 2016, then dropped the subject, having avoided mentioning that the kidnapped girls were Christians and their kidnappers Muslim — burning down their dwellings, and stealing their livestock. If the army can’t or won’t do this, then Trump’s promise to send in the American military, to devastate the Muslim holy warriors and make the country, the most populous one in Africa, safe for Christians, makes perfect sense.
somehistory says
I notice that one of the “ten” where apostates are murdered, is Nigeria.
When reports say that ‘muslims’ are also victims of the slaughter, these are the ones being murdered….those who no longer wish to be of that ghoulish religion. But the ‘reports’ don’t mention that fact.
The man in his wheelchair murdered for speaking about Christ, was truly rich. Not in money, not in fame, but in faith. Christ won’t forget him.
abu taleb says
Probably some of the muslims that are murdered in Nigeria are still muslims, but they are considered as not muslim enough. But still, they are murdered by muslims, the real muslims.
Billy says
Murderous Islam and its Muslims are a continuous, terroristic threat to ALL Non-Muslims with discrimination, violence, segregation, and terrorism as taught in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 9:5, 29, 111; 98:6-7, etc.). EVERY Muslims is to be a terrorist for Allah with his money and with his life(Quran 9:111, etc.).
ISLAM IS ANTICHRIST, AHISTORICAL, DECEITFUL, MILITARISTIC, AND POLITICAL against the USA Constitution and Western Laws to conquer and to subjugate Non-Muslims using MUSLIM-TERRORIST-CRIMINAL-GANG ENTERPRISES with ISLAMIC LAW(SHARIA) and with CONTINUOUS, TERROR PROPAGANDA from Islam’s Qur’an to make Islam supreme(Qur’an 3:28, 54; 7:99; 8:30, 16:106, etc.).
Allah affirms Non-Muslims as enemies of Allah. Allah in Qur’an 4:101 says, “…Surely the infidels[Non-Muslims] were your clear enemies.” Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” As a result, Non-Muslims are marked for death by Islam and its Muslims.
Islam is a delusional fraud because there is NO MECCA, NO MUHAMMAD, and NO Qur’an in the 7th century AD in Saudi Arabia despite the Muslim Standard Islamic Narrative claims; the Deceitful House of Islam is founded on propaganda, lies, intimidation, and deceit where Islam’s 1400-year traditions are based on fallacy and myth including a more than 300-year gap with no documented history. Hence, NEVER give money to Islamic Countries, Islamic Organizations, Mosques, Islamic Schools, etc. because your are funding your ultimate destruction. Islam must be banned as illegal, and we have the legal right to defend ourselves from Muslim violence.
Muslims are to be terrorists for Allah with their MONEY and their LIVES. Allah in Qur’an 49:15 teaches, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed jihad with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” Again, Islam is a FACTITIOUS IDEOLOGY and CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION despicably fabricated over time into the 21sth century, and there is NO PEACE only genocidal obliteration with Islam and its deceitful Muslims(Qur’an 7:18; 8:39: 9:5, 29, 111; 11:119; 32:13, etc.).
ALLAH claims MUSLIMS are a greater TERROR than serpentine Allah. Allah in Qur’an 59:13 says, “You[Muslims] are a greater terror in their chests than Allah. This is because they[Jews & Christians] are people who do not understand.” Allah in Qur’an 9:29 commands, “Engage in war with those who do not believe in Allah nor in the last day. Nor forbid what Allah and his messenger forbid, nor believe in the religion of the truth among those who have given the book until they pay the jizyah out of hand and they are subdued.”
Islam, its Mosques, its Schools, its Organizations, etc. are Terrorist-Criminal Enterprises of hatred and enmity against all Non-Muslims as totalitarian Islam islamizes the society with impunity(Qur’an 5:14; 9:5, 29, 111, etc.). As taught from Islam’s Qur’an, Islam should be banned for its incitement, funding, and promotion of violence, terrorism, hatred, human trafficking, and discrimination against women, children, and Non-Muslims.
Allah stirs hatred against Christians until the resurrection day when Qur’an 5:14 instructs, “And some of those who say, ‘Surely we are Nasara (Christians),’ we took their covenant. So they have forgotten a part of what they were reminded of, so we have stirred up ENMITY and HATRED among them until the resurrection day. And Allah will inform them of what they were doing.” See also Qur’an 60:4.
Alkflaeda says
I am delighted that President Trump is taking up the cause of persecuted Christians in Nigeria. Intervention in this area is long overdue. And as a UK citizen, I am bracing myself for a surge of young male Boko Haram refugees, assuming that effective military steps are taken, either by the Nigerian government or by Mr Trump.
T.jefferson says
Yes, but he is doing very little to stop the influx of Islam in America.
gravenimage says
Grimly likely.
very old white guy says
1400 years of islamic killing and it still continues.
Gandalfs Trouserpress says
Birds of prey sometimes cover their captured prey with their wings, shielding them from the light so that they may cease to struggle. Some might say it saves time and is better for all concerned.
gravenimage says
You don’t win by hoping that when they murder you they will just pick a quick and “merciful” method. No thanks. If I fall to Islam, I want to go down fighting.
OLD GUY says
Sadly when you point these murders and violence out about Islam you are tagged Islamophobic in the west. These Islamic/Muslim cult members do NOT make for good neighbors.
gravenimage says
In Europe, Muslims Are Murdering Apostates and Middle Eastern Christians
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Yes–Muslims hate dhimmis finally living in freedom even more than they hate Westerners.