Posted on 12/26/2012 7:29:05 PM PST by ReformationFan
A British think tank has released a lengthy report claiming that militant Islam is the greatest existential threat to Middle Eastern Christianity, bringing Christian communities in the region "close to extinction."
The London-based Civitas, also known as the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, published the report in December. "Christianity is in serious danger of being wiped out in its biblical heartlands because of Islamic oppression," reads a statement from the group issued Sunday.
"But Western politicians and media largely ignore the widespread persecution of Christians in the Middle East and the wider world because they are afraid they will be accused of racism."
Titled "Christianophobia" and written by reporter and Religion Editor for The Times Literary Supplement Rupert Shortt, the report details the persecution of Christians in Burma, China, Egypt, India, Iraq, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
"It is generally accepted that many faith-based groups face discrimination or persecution to some degree. A far less widely grasped fact is that Christians are targeted more than any other body of believers," wrote Shortt.
"Exposing and combating the problem ought in my view to be political priorities across large areas of the world. That this is not the case tells us much about a questionable hierarchy of victimhood. The blind spot displayed by governments and other influential players is causing them to squander a broader opportunity."
While noting the large-scale persecution of Christians in societies that are Communist, Buddhist, or Hindu, Shortt stressed the growing impact of intolerance in Islamic countries.
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1400 years – 270 MILLION innocents murdered by “the prophet" followers!!!
Glad to see that Obama and Biden and Reid and Pelosi have spoken out about this persecution so strongly. NOT!
Hillary has a headache and couldn’t be reached for a comment.
John Kerry is in Cambodia on a double secret mission and is unavailable for his yearly sanity test.
Greatest threat to Christianity anywhere on the planet!
This ranks up there with the Time magazine front cover declaring that there was a difference between men and women.
Gosh, we never tought a dat!
Remarkable timing — coincides with the propaganda offensive on behalf of “Palestine” (they’re really just all Christians on pilgrimage to Bethlehem!), the Hizzies in Lebanon, Iran, Shiite Iraq, and Syrian dictator Assad, and of course the ex-KGB atheist head of the USSR, oops, I mean Russia.
Thanks ReformationFan.
Though it's no threat to Christianity, adherents to the mass movement called "Islam" are a definite threat to the temporal lives of Christians.
"And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him that is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
-Matthew 10:28
Islam-driven societies are not Civil Societies, so the findings are the rough equivalent of determining that bears do indeed defecate in the wilderness.
“Good to see somebody in the West(especially someplace like Britain) at least acknowledging and discussing Islamist persecution of Christians.”
Why before the 1950’s where Christians safe in the middle east?
How come before 1950 there was no persecution of Christians, in the middle east?
Why are Christians being destroyed in the middle east now?
Militant Islam Greatest Threat to Britain, The United States, Western Civilization itself.
Oh, gosh. We needed a whole ‘think tank’ to tell us this? These mus’ be some right smart peeps here.
Militant Islam Greatest Threat to Middle Eastern Christianity, Says Think Tank
Incorrect.
islam is the greatest threat to mankind. PERIOD. There is no “militant islam, there is just islam.
Militant Islam Greatest Threat to Middle Eastern Christianity, Says Think Tank
Incorrect.
islam is the greatest threat to mankind. PERIOD. There is no “militant islam, there is just islam.
Bob and Tom(Capt. Obvious)must have been part of that think tank.
Incidentally, Islam is the greatest threat to EVERYBODY.
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