Sunday, November 14, 2010
The Rights of Christians in the Middle East
A propos of John's very good post below, here is a little summary of a roundtable discussion that our Center for Law and Religion, under the guidance of my colleague and friend, Mark Movsesian, organized dealing with the subject of the persecution of Christians in the Middle East. The plight of Christians in several nations, including Egypt and Iraq, was discussed.
Our roundtable preceded the most recent violence, but one of the things I was most struck by was the unusually large attendance at this event (relatively late on a Thursday evening): there were well over 150 people in attendance -- many of them interested members of the community. My sense is that this is a comparatively understudied topic, and that there is great interest in it.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2010/11/the-rights-of-christians-in-the-middle-east.html
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More Christians are becoming aware of the plight of their brethren in Islamic societies. The discrimination and outright persecution is increasing, although it has always been there. These acts violate international law. We must demand reciprocity. No excuses or enabling. Muslims need to change and accept freedom of religion, speech, and conscience. They need to accept the concept of equality. The forces that keep them from doing this are the same ones that create Islamic terrorism.