Raymond Ibrahim has written a very impacting article over on the Middle East Forum about how Christians in Iraq are being persecuted. This is a very sobering article and posits that Christians have been more persecuted since 2003 in Iraq since the United States ousted Saddam Hussein. Here are a few snippets...
Last week an Iraqi Muslim scholar issued a fatwa that, among other barbarities, asserts that "it is permissible to spill the blood of Iraqi Christians." Inciting as the fatwa is, it is also redundant. While last October's Baghdad church attack which killed some sixty Christians is widely known—actually receiving some MSM coverage—the fact is, Christian life in Iraq has been a living hell ever since U.S. forces ousted the late Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Among other atrocities, beheading and crucifying Christians are not irregular occurrences; messages saying "you Christian dogs, leave or die," are typical. Islamists see the church as an "obscene nest of pagans" and threaten to "exterminate Iraqi Christians." John Eibner, CEO of Christian Solidarity International, summarized the situation well in a recent letter to President Obama:
Read the full story here. As you read, please pray for Christians in Iraq today who are living under these conditions.
