American Christians have the wrong target
Christopher Johnson illustrates what some American Christian organizations are spending most of their time and money on.
The Jerusalem Post notes that some on the Christian left would like Europe and the United States not to cut off funds to the Palestinian entity now that Hamas, a group dedicated to Israel’s destruction, has been elected to power there. Samuel Kobia, head of the World Council of Churches Nobody Goes To Anymore, hopes the West will keep scratching checks.
In the meantime, Muslims are murdering Christians in Egypt during Holy Week. Although this has been happening for months, the PC-USA website has no news whatsoever about the persecution of Christians in Muslim lands. They do, however, have lots of information about the “oppression” of the palestinians.
On the other hand, the Pope has been having a lot of conferences lately dealing with exactly that issue: Muslim persecution of Christians in Muslim lands. He has said a few things that Muslim leaders don’t want to hear, and his Cardinals are putting out position papers as well (I forgot to note where I found the link; if anyone knows what I’m talking about, it’s a lengthy paper detailing the Church’s unhappiness with radical Islam).
If one had to make a guess as to why so many Christians are blind to the problems their coreligionists are suffering at the hands of Muslim, instead preferring to focus on the problems of the palestinians, one would have to wonder, indeed. Because of course they will tell you that it has nothing to do with the fact that Israelis are Jews. No, no, it isn’t that. It’s the occupation, you see.
Meantime, Coptic Christians are dying, and it is illegal to be a worshipping Christian in Saudi Arabia. But yes, go ahead, blame it all on the Israeli treatment of palestinians. Because that’s going to stop Muslims from persecuting Christians.
Shyeah.
Note: Grouchy Old Yorkie Lady has some good points in her comment. I thought that adding the modifier “some” would be enough, but I’m afraid I have to agree that it seems to be mostly the left-leaning Christian groups that are ignoring Muslim persecution of Christians, and concentrating instead on the Israel/palestinian situation.
