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Wednesday, March 4, 2015



There seems to be confusion and anarchy around the world. 

For example:  On 03-02-15, Raymond Ibrahim, in an article posted at pravoslavie.ru, noted that Hussein bin Mahmoud called for all Christian churches in Cairo to be destroyed.  According to the article, Hussein bin Mahmoud is an Islamic State jurist of Sharia law who cited the fatwas of medieval jurist, Ibn Taymiyya in support of his recent article calling for the same. Also cited in support of his article, Ibn Qayyim, another jurist  (see article at:  http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/77636.htm# ).

 

But there’s more:



According to another article at the pravoslavie.ru website, while Egyptian Christians are being persecuted and their churches and monasteries are being destroyed, there are at least 129 more countries where Christians face persecution as well.  This figure was from a 2013 report produced by the German Evangelical Church.  Also mentioned in the report is the fact that Christianity’s birthplace was the Middle East.  Unfortunately, the Christian population has declined to approximately four to five percent while once thought to be approximately 20 percent just 100 years ago. 


There doesn't seem to be any unified effort to stop the persecution.  Even the beheadings of the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians recently did not stir up any substantive actions on the part of the world.


Thus, anarchy is alive and well and that's only with regard to this topic.  Politics and culture are another can of worms to be opened on another day.

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