Posted on 08/25/2021 7:39:43 PM PDT by marshmallow
Most Christians in Afghanistan are converts from Islam who face extreme danger following the Taliban takeover, ICC says
A Christian leader in Afghanistan has urged the Christian community to keep a low profile and stay home to avoid being targeted by Taliban fighters, says a US-based group monitoring persecution of Christians globally.
The members of the secretive underground church in Afghanistan have been living with fear and uncertainty since Taliban fighters captured capital Kabul and took control of the country on Aug. 15, reports International Christian Concern (ICC).
“We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,” a Christian leader in Afghanistan, whose name was withheld for security concerns, told ICC, adding that although Taliban has announced a general amnesty, there are fears Christians will be targeted by Taliban fighters patrolling the streets of Kabul and other cities.
ICC reports that Christians in Afghanistan are almost exclusively comprised of converts from Islam and are estimated to number 10,000 to 12,000. Due to persecution by extremist forces, Christians mostly live secluded lives hidden from the public eye.
For extremist groups like the Taliban as well as the conservative society, denouncing Islam is considered a disgrace and converts can face dire consequences if their conversion is discovered, according to ICC.
Under Taliban rule, non-Muslims must flee the country or accept second-class citizenship, while Christians who converted from Islam will be considered apostates and must brace for severe consequences under Sharia law.
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Stay at home with the lights out, hiding in bed with the covers up to your chin.
In China they still broke down the doors with rifle butts and found the non-worshippers of the State and Xi anyway.
Staying home will help them? Thought the savages were going door-to-door.
Duck and cover.
And Australians are told to stay home to avoid arrest.
What’s the big difference?
“Persecution” — aka, death.
Those were Bidens door to door vaccination crew.
As an unvaccinated person I understand the persecution they’re facing
Journalists! Sheesh!
Also: Thanks, Captain Obvious!
Regards,
When it comes to Afghanistan there is a refusal not only by the media and the so called (in name only) democratic party but by Christian leaders like Pope Francis to approach redressing the Taliban for it being a theocracy following the sharia creed which denies free will and their claim they are authorized by Our Creator to execute non believers.
If that was done and the emphasis was placed on Our Savior’s activities bringing in the New Covenant there would be more conversioms.
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