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To: Jonathon Edwards

"I take a different tack. Rwanda is a disgrace to American Christians because we did not stick our nose into Rwanda when we had the resources to do so. I'm not speaking of an effort through the government which is too often conflated with Christianity. I'm only speaking of professing Christians that should have joined together and assembled a force to fight the evil Muslim hordes. That we failed when we had the capability to defend our brothers and sisters in Rwanda speaks to the fact that most American Christians worship at the idol of American government and place their trust in it."

What does fighting Muslims have to do with Rwanda?


26 posted on 08/29/2005 11:49:57 AM PDT by zimdog
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To: zimdog

[snip]Muslim leaders credit the gains to their ability during the 1994 massacres to shield most Muslims, and many other Rwandans, from certain death. "The Muslims handled themselves well in '94, and I wanted to be like them," said Alex Rutiririza, explaining why he converted to Islam last year.

With killing all around, he said, the safest place to be back then was in a Muslim neighborhood. Then as now, many of Rwanda's Muslims lived crowded together in the Biryogo neighborhood of Kigali.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/international/africa/07RWAN.html?hp


28 posted on 08/29/2005 12:01:04 PM PDT by Jonathon Edwards
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