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From IMRA, with thanks to Andrew Bostom:
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is proud to offer the following link to Professor Justus Reid Weiner's new Monograph Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society. It is a 1.4 megabyte PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the file, but it is available online without charge.www.jcpa.org/christian-persecution.htm
Following is a short thumbnail sketch of the Monograph:
On the heels of the Gaza disengagement, which was intended to empower the Palestinian Authority to improve the lives of its people, few journalists have reported on the acutely trying times facing the Christians residing in areas "governed" by the Palestinian Authority. In his book, Professor Weiner, Scholar in Residence at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, provides an in-depth look into the nearly uninterrupted persecution of Christians throughout the decade since the Oslo peace process began.
Living amidst a xenophobic Muslim population plagued by endemic violence bordering on anarchy, the Christians have shrunk to less than 1.7 percent of the population in the Palestinian areas. "Tens of thousands have abandoned their holy sites and ancestral properties to live abroad, while those who remain do so as a beleaguered and dwindling minority," Weiner said.
"Their plight is, in part, attributable to the adoption of Muslim religious law (sharia) in the constitution of the Palestinian Authority. Moreover, the Christians have been abandoned by their religious leaders who, instead of protecting them, have chosen to curry favor with the Palestinian leadership." Professor Weiner's book reveals and analyzes why this persecution - largely ignored by the international community, the media, and even the human rights organizations - has metastasized to the extent that it threatens the very existence of this 2000-year-old community.
Posted by Rebecca at November 19, 2005 8:08 AM
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It' sad but true that the Christian churches/leadership have abandoned the Christian minorities in the Muslim countries. Seems like the Christian churches in the West are siding with the Moslems. With regard to the Christian leadership in the Muslim countries, I understand if they are not too forceful in defending their rights, because their necks might be in jeopardy.
The Christian leadership in the West need to be unconditionally behind the Christian minorities in the Muslim world and forcefully voice their opinion in support of the persecuted Christians. They should also loudly condemn each and evey atrocity done by the Muslims. They should bring this to the United Nations, yes the same UN thar has been compromised by the 3rd world tin pot dictators and Islamist governments, but in doing so it would hopelly make it to the headliens worldwide and would bring it to the consciousness of the people worldwide.
Only then would the Christian leadership in the Muslim countries have more courage to speak up and defend their rights.
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at November 19, 2005 12:25 PM
Yes it is very sad even in Egypt the Christian minority is very oppressed , I hear so little about this in the press. Is there any Christian aid group that works in these areas.
Posted by: mark52 at November 19, 2005 5:56 PM
In Lebanon as well. Primarily the Maronite Christians. 50 years ago they were the clear majority, today they barely register up to a third of the population.
Posted by: Tito at November 20, 2005 12:25 AM
The plight of Christians in Muslim societies is terrible, but UN or Human rights organizations are looking the other way.
The Christians in Muslim societies are faced with unsupporting authorities in their own societies and lack of support from Christians living in free countries.
While Amnesty International would lend support to Muslim terrorist hard-liners when they live as exiles in Britain, they would ignore and dismiss the plight of the Christians persecuted by Muslims.
I am talking from personal experience because my wife is a Chrsitian from a majority Muslim country and has been faced with this problem.
Posted by: rocky at November 20, 2005 3:37 AM
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