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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNewsweek/Daily Beast: The War on Christians
We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Springs fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is underwayan unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke global alarm
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We have all heard of Islamophobia. But according to the author of this article, Christophobia is rampant in many
Muslim-majority nations. This article is an interesting read and it raises many questions. It is not a case of citing Christophobia in order to excuse Islamophobia. Both are wrong and both need to be condemned. I would hope that those who have been speaking out against abuses of Muslims, and rightly so, will also join in an effort to oppose the severe treatment that many Christians are getting in Muslim majority nations.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/05/ayaan-hirsi-ali-the-global-war-on-christians-in-the-muslim-world.html
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Newsweek/Daily Beast: The War on Christians (Original Post)
totodeinhere
Feb 2012
OP
I thought this was going to be about Gingrich's attacks on Obama for supporting birth control.
libinnyandia
Feb 2012
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Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. Niall Ferguson's wife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Ferguson
There must be no tolerance for religious fundamentalists as they have the same reactionary goals.
There must be no tolerance for religious fundamentalists as they have the same reactionary goals.
JustAnotherGen
(31,890 posts)2. His article makes complete sense now
I've read two amazing books by that phenomenal woman! Regardless of her politics - she is a good role model for any human being facing violence and repression. How she 'took off' and went to foreign country to survive? Love her!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)4. She is in denial that right wing "Christian" terrorists exist.
i.e Anders Brievik
RZM
(8,556 posts)3. She had already made her name and mark long before they got together
She was first elected to the Dutch Parliament in 2003 and the whole 'Submission' flap and Theo van Gogh murder was in 2004.
libinnyandia
(1,374 posts)5. I thought this was going to be about Gingrich's attacks on Obama for supporting birth control.