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Christian leaders silent as believers attacked in India and Iraq
by Scott Gilbreath ~ October 24th, 2008
An editorial in St Louis Jewish Light points out that Christian leaders have been silent while Christians in India and Iraq are killed, dispossessed, and driven into refugee camps or exile. This stands in stark contrast to frequent public statements regarding certain other purported injustices elsewhere in the world.
Even more perplexing is the seeming silence of Christian leadership around the world as their fellow Christians are being viciously attacked in India and Iraq. The press reports on the persecution of Christians in India and Iraq did not report any statements of condemnation by Christian groups in the United States. At press time, the St. Louis Jewish Light has been unable to find any such statements issued on behalf of many of the “mainstream” Protestant churches in the United States, some of which have adopted resolutions calling for “divestiture” from companies doing business with the State of Israel to protest its alleged mistreatment of the Palestinians. We hope that the various denominations within national and world Christianity will speak out forcefully and vigorously on behalf of their fellow-Christians being so horribly savaged in foreign lands.
The Jewish Light editorial concludes with a call to act for the relief of persecuted Christians around the world.
h/t: Christian Persecution Blog
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