Monday, October 20, 2008

More Persecution Talk . . .

This has been an interesting little conversation about persecution, compassion, etc. going on around here!

If you haven't been to www.persecution.org yet I strongly urge you to GO. It has short summaries of current persecution news and then you can click to get the full story. It will open your eyes.

But, interestingly enough, the place where I saw the coverage about Christians fleeing Mosul in Iraq and then today about a Christian worker assassinated in Afghanistan by the Taliban was on CNN.com. Regardless of your opinion of the media, the bias, etc. I have to say that someone at CNN.com is keeping an eye on this stuff and that's GREAT. (I looked on foxnews.com and couldn't find the same story.)

Regarding the Christians having to flee Mosul, the following quote breaks my heart. This is one of the Christian leaders there speaking:
Although “hopeful” about the situation of Mosul’s Christian community, Warduni did not hesitate to criticize what he calls the “silence” of the international community on the human rights of Iraq’s Christian community.

“I want to tell the developed world that from the outset no one has said anything,” he said. “No one is talking about the rights of Christians and minorities in Iraq. We are waiting for support from the outside, at least as human beings not only as Christians.”

Wow.

Make you want to do something?

1 comment:

  1. It is so sad what our brothers and sitster in Christ face each day. I need to remember to pray for them. Thanks Leillanni for this reminder.

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