They hate you because of me - According to s news report, an exodus continues for Christians in Iraq. The latest news item comes from The Christian Post which reports that five coordinated bombings of Iraqi Churchs took place this past month. The reported number having fled since mid-August is said to be near 40,000.
These Christians are apparently leaving for surrounding nations and into Africa.
But the article goes onto report that Arab Christians throughout the Middle East are facing persecution and seeking entrance into more free societies like Canada, Europe, Australia, and the United States of America:
The Iraqi daily Al-Zaman, whose independent and liberal origin goes back to the 1940s, featured an article by columnist Majid Aziza who reported that natives of Arab countries who are of the Christian faith, have been fleeing their countries of origin, as is often heard throughout the media.
Why?
Islamic fundamentalism:
“The situation gets worse today because of the discrimination by salafi [Islamic fundamentalist] extremists,” the columnist wrote.
“In Palestine, the Christians are becoming almost extinct as a result of the control of extremist Muslims on the Palestinian issue and the marginalization of the role of the Christians, apart from the negative impact of the Intifada, which is led by Islamist organizations, on the Christians of Palestine.”
With regard to Christians in Egypt, the Copts, Aziz said that what happened and is happening to them equally on the part of the state and the Islamists “will suffice to fill pages of books and newspapers to explain the coercion, discrimination and persecution. What is happening in Algeria, Mauritania, Somalia, and others is too long to explain.”
The Great Separation continues.
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