From Grant Swanson
This audio article is discussing a systematic killing of Christians in Iraq that has begun in the last year. In the past few weeks, 8 Christians have been killed in Baghdad. Christian leaders in Iraq claim that they are being targeted by some group. Investigation has followed this claim and the outlook is menacing. It appears that Al Qaeda is attempting an extermination of Christians in Iraq. Iraqi Christians have begun to flee the Country in droves as a result. A Church leader was interviewed in the article and he states that 89 Church members have been murdered from that Church alone in the last year. Before the American insurgency, Iraq had one of the highest groups of Christians in all of the Middle East. There were thought to be 800,000 Christians in Iraq in 2003…but less than 100,000 now. I don’t understand this. Is this because Al Qaeda views the invasion of Iraq as a religious war more than a war for democracy? Because of this are they are trying to stick it to the US by killing Iraqi Christians? I just don’t know. All I do know is that this is incredibly frightening and I think it is sad we do not hear about this. This situation has all of the ingredients for the start of a religious genocide. I hope and pray that never occurs. But the bigger question is: how do we respond?
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