Moroccan Islamists Use Facebook to Target Christians
June 18, 2010
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As you know there are various forms of persecution that Christians suffer all over the world. We've covered just this week, rape, being bound by chains, beheading, pressure from family members to convert and now today we add to the list intimidation and slander of Christians on Facebook.
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However, today we need to share with you that our brothers and sisters in Morocco are being targeted by Muslim extremists on Facebook. Here's part of the story from Compass Direct. Full story here.
Local Christians sense authorities,
extremists and society in collusion against them.
RABAT, Morocco, June 17
(CDN) —
Moroccan
Christians say Muslim extremists in the country are aiding and
encouraging the government to pursue them by exposing and vilifying them
on social networking site Facebook. Facebook user Gardes Maroc Maroc has posted 32 image collages featuring dozens of Christian converts, calling them “hyena evangelists” or “wolves in lamb’s skins” who are trying to “shake the faith of Muslims.” That terminology on the website, which is in Arabic, matches that of Morocco’s anti-proselytizing law, which outlaws efforts to “shake the faith of Muslims.”
The online images depict Christian converts and their families from across the country and include details about their roles and activities in churches, their personal addresses and anecdotal stories attempting to malign them.
“These are some pics of Moroccan convert hyenas,” reads one image.
Since March, the Moroccan government has expelled more than 100 foreign Christians for alleged “proselytizing.” Authorities failed to give Christians deportation orders or enough time to settle their affairs before they left.