Rupert Shortt, author of “Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack,” has a good piece in London’s Evening Standard newspaper, pointing out the hypocrisy so evident in commentary on the Middle East. That so often the West is blamed for Islamophobia, or even for many of the tragic events of the region. Yet the residents themselves do not recognize their own complicity in the intense and widespread persecution of Christians.
The standard replies to views as one-sided as these are familiar. I took a different line, reminding my driver that overall, Christians — starting with more than a million church members butchered by government forces in Sudan — have endured far worse treatment from Muslims than vice versa in recent decades but have largely kept quiet about it. When I pointed out that there is scarcely a country between Morocco and Pakistan in which Christians are fully free to worship without harassment, the cabbie eyed me with bewilderment.
This entry was posted in Middle East, Persecution on August 3, 2013 by admin.