No, it's politics.
Recalling now with amusement during the run-up to the Iraq invasion that the Bush admin had named a operation using the word "Crusade".
There was a immediate uproar by the left and they had to change the name.
The same sort of thing happens in every western society. It's not just the Muslim minorities, it's the left. Part of the political war going on daily is the marginalization if not total elimination of Christian doctrine. So the Muslim extremists have a great political ally in the left.
Call them birds of a feather....at least for now..
As far as the Christian populations in the Middle East are concerned, they have been in decline for decades. Any safe havens that were allowing them under moderate regimes are now persecuting them as the regimes change. Bush had nothing to do with this trend. A war is not necessary for the moderate regime to be replaced with a Muslim theocracy. Turkey is a great example...there are others and will be more.
Unfortunately, these small enclaves cannot protect themselves, and in fact probably would not if they could. As this stuff spreads like a disease further to the West, I wonder if any Christian's will take up arms to protect themselves when their government ignores their plight.
It seems unlikely at present..
One day, in the not too distant future, one may find that even the democratic state will fail to protect it's Christians..assuming that this leftist cancer continues to grow.
“Recalling now with amusement during the run-up to the Iraq invasion that the Bush admin had named a operation using the word “Crusade”.
There was a immediate uproar by the left and they had to change the name.”
That was quite the story for a short while. The only thing wrong with the Crusades was that they mostly failed. I’ve never understood why Christendom has to apologize for defending itself.