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Hating Infidels 24/7

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img classalignright styleborder 0pt none srchttp4.bp.blogspot.comMpd1ozuoa64TTwnrR4ZYkIAAAAAAAAC9wZp6exoZULcs400MosqueProtest2.jpg border0 alt The Holocaust of the last century is remembered for the mass murder of Europes Jewish population, an estimated six million who perished. In total, an estimated eleven to seventeen million Europeans, Jews and Christians, died in the Nazi concentration and death camps or were murdered outright in their homelands.Records were lost or didnt list religion, but the lesser known story of the Holocaust was the death of millions of Christians, three million of whom were Poles, predominantly Catholics, killed by the Nazis for being Poles. They have a special place in Jewish history because many Poles, risking immediate execution if caught, were among the righteous Gentiles who were rescuers of Jews.I cite this because there is a new Holocaust abroad in the world and it is directed at Christians, particularly in the Middle East and throughout Africa, wherever Islam is the dominant religion. Nor is this is a new phenomenon Christians were widely persecuted under the Ottomans Turks when their empire encompassed much of the Middle East.It is clearly manifesting itself again and to far too little notice.Let it be said, too, that Islam is an equal opportunity enemy of all other faiths as was seen in the 2008 attack in Mumbai, India, that included Indias tiny Bene Israel Jewish community. The conflict between Islam and Indias Hindus goes back centuries and resulted in the creation of Pakistan as a separate Muslim state when India gained its independence.Why has there been so little consistent coverage of the ongoing attack on Christians This is especially curious insofar as it is estimated that there are more than two billion Christians worldwide, about a third of the global population. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that they are the victims, not the perpetrators of this horror.Today thousands of Iraqi Christians are fleeing to the comparative safety of the Kurdish area and other countries. Indeed, many Americans are unaware that much of the U.S. Arab population is, in fact, Christian, not Muslim.In midDecember, The Telegraph, a London daily, reported that some 1,000 families, roughly 6,000 people, have arrived in the northern Kurdish areas from Baghdad, Mosul, and Nineveh according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Several thousand have crossed into Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.Egypt is home to some twelve million Copts, otherwise known as the Coptic Orthodox Church. They have been in Egypt since 54 A.D. when St. Mark, a North African Jew, one of seventy apostles of the early church brought Christianity to that ancient land. The invasion of Muslims in 643 A.D created the inevitable adversity. On New Years Eve, there was a terrorist attack on the Coptic Church in Alexandria that killed 21 parishioners.Copts have been routinely targeted for all manner of abuses and, unsurprisingly, Egypt is the epicenter for antiSemitism in the Middle East. Officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, it has been ruled by President Hosni Mubarack since 1981. By contrast, the U.S. has had six presidents since then.Boutros BoutrosGhalli, a Copt and former secretarygeneral of the U.N., is president of the National Council of Human Rights in Cairo. In a Jan 21 article in the Wall Street Journal he cited Egypt as a model of religious tolerance in the region and noted that thousands of Muslims gathered around churches across the country on Jan 6, the eve of the Coptic Christmas to act as human shields, protecting their Christian neighbors during their Mass.The exodus of Christians from the Middle East and incidents in African nations where an estimated 40 of the population are Christians speaks to the persecution that has spread everywhere before and since the rise of the Islamic Revolution, sparked by events in Iran in 1979. This has since led to the creation of Hezbollah and Hamas, two Iranian proxies. Al Qaeda, created to expel the Russians from Afghanistan, has been the tip of the Islamist sword, perpetrating 911 and other attacks worldwide.The persecution historically directed against Judaism is now commonplace in its more lethal manifestations against Christians. Since the Old Testament is part of the Christian liturgy, an attack on Jews is an attack on Christians and viceversa.The postwar rise of secularism in Europe, along with demographic shifts in which large numbers of Muslims have taken up residence in European nations is having its affect on both Christian and Jewish communities there.In America, the denigration of Christianity it is less visible and is not by definition persecution. A majority Christian nation, America has been experiencing a rise in efforts to diminish the acknowledgement of Christianitys role in the nations history and by efforts to limit Christian symbols, prayers, and even the celebration of Christmas in public institutions and places.Slowly, American, European and Christians worldwide are beginning to realize that they are locked in a religious war. It is a war that Christianity must engage. The silence of church leaders is no longer an option. It is a war between the 7th century and the 21st century.It is a misnomer to call it a war on terror. Terror is a tactic, but this is a war against Islam because Islam has been at war with all other faiths since its inception.In New York City, when Muslims seek to build a mosque within steps of Ground Zero, they are simply exalting the atrocity of 911. It begs the question why its confessed perpetrator, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has not, ten years later, been brought to trial. Alan Caruba, 2011