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To: Oorang; Cindy
Per the link below, the thought there will eventually be no Christians left in Bethlehem seems unthinkable:

A Palestinian State will be rid of Christians as well as Jews

According to international human rights lawyer Justus Reid Weiner, Christians have at least 15 years left in PA areas before their community completely disappears.

“The systematic persecution of Christian Arabs living in Palestinian areas is being met with nearly total silence by the international community, human rights activists, the media and NGOs,” The Jerusalem Post quoted Weiner as saying in an address at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Philippine Catholics afraid of Muslim homeland deal

When Christians in the southern Philippines heard that the government and Islamic rebels had agreed to expand a homeland for Muslims on their island, they panicked.

"We started buying some weapons to defend our families and community," said Berting, a coconut farmer, whose farm sits in the heart of a mainly Muslim province in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

293 posted on 12/06/2007 6:23:38 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest

Very sad on both fronts. I can’t imagine what the world will be like in five years. I can only hope things will get better. Thanks for the info and links MamaD.


296 posted on 12/06/2007 8:12:51 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: MamaDearest

In my opinion, they should be afraid.
Let history be their teacher.


302 posted on 12/06/2007 11:45:48 PM PST by Cindy
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