Imagine the brouhaha if non-Muslim countries persecuted
Muslims by torching mosques, destroying holy books and relics, kidnapping and
murder. All hell would let loose. Embassies would be blown up, diplomats
assassinated, and general mayhem. There would be mass rallies in London,
Bradford and other places with large Muslim concentrations. There would be
outrage amongst politicians and the religiosi. There would be angry UN
denunciations and Security Council resolutions.
All this is happening in Islamic countries; persecution
of Christians is rife. It is estimated that 100,000 Christians have been
killed, mostly in Islamic countries,
each year for the past 10 years.
And what has been the reaction in the Christian world?
Hardly any; an indifferent shrug of the shoulders. The
Archbishop of Canterbury had a few words to say about persecution of
Christians. It went largely unreported. Media coverage has been almost zero,
apart from the devastating revelations in
The Commentator (‘Terror of Christian Coptic kids abducted in Egypt’: www.thecommentator.com). The Church of
England has merely reverted to its default mode of homosexualist vicars and women
bishops.
Instead the Churches give unstinted and unquestioning
support to Palestinians, even when they are lobbing bombs into Israel, and
indulging in virulent condemnation of Israel over its legitimate self-defence.
Saudi Arabia heads the list of persecuting countries,
although this manifests itself largely as repression underpinned by the threat
of a death sentence for converts and apostates. Next are Afghanistan, Iraq,
Somalia and the Maldives.
The Arab Spring brought no joy for Christians. They have
been leaving Egypt in droves. 5th Century churches have been destroyed. A
wedding party in Cairo was bombed, leaving many dead. There have been over 150
kidnappings in a single area. Christians are routinely beaten and their houses
destroyed.
The latest outrageous development has been the kidnapping
of children for ransom. This often amounts to more than £100,000, and if not
paid the child will be found with its throat cut. Many young Christian girls
have been kidnapped, forced to convert and then sold into marriage.
Under Saddam Hussein and Asad, they were generally safe.
The Gulf War and the Syrian uprising has put an end to all that. The West let
loose Islamic fundamentalism because no thought had been given to the appalling
consequences when they were obvious for all to see in 2003. Neither has it any
proposals for a post-Assad Syria nor much to say about the murder or forced
conversions of Christians by the rebels trying to replace Assad.
I can find no substantial reference to a leading Western
politician condemning Pakistan for sentencing Asia Bibi to death for daring to
drink out of a well and so as a Christian polluting it for true believers. Eighty
Christians were killed at worship in
Peshawar by a single bomb. Murder, rape and arson are commonly used against
Pakistani Christians with the connivance of authority. Foreign aid continues to
flow.
Fifteen million Christians have been killed in Sudan
since the outbreak of the civil war in 1984. Boko Haram vows to cleanse the
whole of Northern Nigeria of the kaffrs.
So where are the UN resolutions; the protest marches; the
trade sanctions; the tourist boycotts?
Where is the Church Militant?
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