Posted on 12/22/2010 4:32:22 PM PST by jazusamo
On Saturday, the world's Christians will join in prayer and celebration of the birth of Jesus. For too many of them, this worshipful act will take place under the threat of imprisonment, torture or execution.
"Christians are the religious group which suffers most from persecution on account of its faith," Pope Benedict XVI wrote in the Vatican's annual Peace Day message. The pontiff chose not to single out the most notable perpetrators of this persecution, but previous Vatican statements and numerous human rights surveys point the finger at Muslim-majority countries. In most of them, Islam is the official state religion and source of law. In those places, there is no appreciation for the Western practice of freedom of worship. Indeed, free exercise is the very thing that can lead to violence.
The case of Asia Bibi - a 45-year-old Pakistani Christian mother of five sentenced to death in November for allegedly blaspheming against Muhammad - has gained wide press attention. Less noticed is the case of the Rev. Wilson Augustine, a 25-year-old Pakistani Christian evangelist who was beaten with clubs and belts and set on fire for preaching the Gospel in villages near the town of Sargodha. In Egypt, there is rising violence against members of the ancient Coptic Christian community, which existed in the country centuries before Islam was founded. In January, six Christians were killed when three Muslim gunmen opened fire on worshippers attending a Coptic Christmas Mass. In another case, a Christian named Farouk Attallah was killed by four Muslim men who were outraged that his son was romantically involved with a Muslim girl. They were arrested, but the case was thrown out for "lack of evidence."
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This may not be Christian, but perhaps it’s far past time to return the favor.
Sooner is much better than later.
We should a least make it very clear here and especially in the highly Muslim populated areas in our country that shariah law will not be tolerated if it goes against our law. But I hear you.
I’m so thankful that the founding fathers of this country chose to not establish a “state religion”. - Now, though, it seems that liberals have made a start at forming a state religion of agnostic atheism, under the guise of “separation of church and state” - and those who do not buy into the agnostic world view are ridiculed, and it’s okay for Christians to be persecuted in their world - but don’t dare rock the Muslims’ boat.
>> We should a least make it very clear ...
Absolutely.
The Left is in the process of mutilating good law, and we, as a Nation, would be wise to protect the law that once, without question, protected us.
Well said, that's exactly what they're trying with help from the leftist judges that have sworn to uphold our Constitution. It's outrageous!
Hammifying Moslems on Eid`s—The farceful soon will face retribution in many Christian lands
with the Muslim population alone they can take over in about 20 to 30 years.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kKkY5EpVpY
And in a bit of irony, the 1st types to be executed by Moslems - the lefties.
Ping
.....Yet the GOOD NEWS is that the Christian faith is STILL the FASTEST growing one, with the largest growth in the global south. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thanks, that is GOOD NEWS and a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to you too, Biggirl!
In other words, to h--l with Ramadan. Let the bombs fly.
The jihad — it’s global.
It’s here and abroad.
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A blessed CHRISTmas to you ClintonFatigued.
http://www.truthusa.com/CHRISTmas.html
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