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The Case for a Christian State in the Middle East
Frontpagemag.com ^ | March 9, 2015 | Joseph Puder

Posted on 03/09/2015 5:04:20 AM PDT by Biggirl

The recent beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian workers in Libya by Islamic State (IS) affiliates prompted a conversation with Joseph Hakim, President of the International Christian Union (ICU), an umbrella organization that seeks to secure the wellbeing and survival of Middle Eastern Christians. Hakim is a Lebanese-born Orthodox Christian and a proud American.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabchristians; christiancopts; christians; christianstate; coptic; egyptcopts; icu; lebanon; middleeast; sharia

1 posted on 03/09/2015 5:04:20 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl
Lebanon would be the best spot for a Christian state.
2 posted on 03/09/2015 5:13:51 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: Biggirl

As soon as that happens, liberals will allow ‘immigration for all’ and the concept will be over before you know it.


3 posted on 03/09/2015 5:23:34 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: Biggirl

Can form an organization called CHRISIS© . for “Christian, Islamist Slayers”. Good name for the next Crusades.


4 posted on 03/09/2015 5:36:53 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Biggirl

There used to be such a thing. It was Lebanon, and it was the most functional country in the region, until it lost its clear Christian majority.


5 posted on 03/09/2015 5:47:53 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: LibFreeUSA

Not really.


6 posted on 03/09/2015 5:55:34 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Eshesians 4:5)
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Lebanon used to be a Christian state, as late as 1920, until it was so overwhelmed with Muslims and their endless violence that the Christians were pushed out.

Lebanon’s unwritten National Pact of 1943 required that its president be Maronite Christian, its speaker of the parliament to be a Shiite Muslim, its prime minister be Sunni Muslim, and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and the Deputy Prime Minister be Greek Orthodox.

By their willingness to cede territory and power in exchange for peace, the Christian Lebanese invited their own doom. A profound lesson for Israel and any other nation with Muslims.


7 posted on 03/09/2015 6:05:44 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Biggirl
The Case for a Christian State in the Middle East

According to the Holy Bible, THAT very thing IS going to happen, in a future Day that may not be as far away as some hope it is.

Yet, I'm not sure that "State" is the best word to use since Jerusalem will be the center of governance of the whole world.
8 posted on 03/09/2015 7:09:36 AM PDT by Resettozero
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