ICC Note:
“With the withdrawal of the US led forces from Iraq, Operation Iraqi freedom turns into Operation Iraqi Christians decimation,” TwoCircles.net reports.
By Navaid Hamid
2/14/2012 Iraq (TwoCircles.net) – With the withdrawal of the US led forces from Iraq, Operation Iraqi freedom turns into Operation Iraqi Christians decimation.
Around fourteen months back, in November 2010, I had written about the pressures on the Christian minority community in Iraq and my fear about their extinction from their motherland in one of my piece, “Operation Iraqi freedom and Christians in Iraq” which was carried by number of news portals. ( http://www.aina.org/news/20101102214511.htm / http://twocircles.net/2010nov02/operation_iraqi_freedom_and_christians_i… and others)
Some of the admirers of US regime, my friends in US and even some of the Muslim activists had disagreed with the analysis and had responded with their disagreement for different reasons. A good number disagreed because of their hate for Saddam and others for the exposure of the indifferent temperamental behavior of the some Muslims towards the religious minorities in Muslim society.
A month after the withdrawal of the Allied forces from Iraq and its becoming a sovereign state, one of the serving US Military Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio admitted in an interview to CNA in Rome, “Yes, you can say in a certain sense that the invasion of Iraq did provoke this tremendous diminution of the Christian population in that country. And what the future holds, that still remains to be seen,” Archbishop Timothy believes that the collapse of Iraq’s Christian population is among the legacies of America’s invasion in 2003 and he is absolutely correct.
Before the invasion of Iraq, Christian population was around 1.4 million of the total population and the community had enjoyed all kinds of support and patronage during Saddam’s regime which dwindled to around one hundred forty thousand at the time of the withdrawal of the Allied forces. Did they just vanish? Its a million dollar question.
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When struck by word or hand for our faith, anger or even fear may be our first response. Choosing to take advantage of our moments of weakness, when we are being persecuted for our faith, and respond with love is a testimony far greater than the sword ever could be. Just as Jesus healed the ear of his persecutor, may we do the same to our adversaries.
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Despite its claims of embracing freedom of religion for all, Indonesia continues to be a hot spot of religious persecution. But why?
Such actions continue because of decade old regulations. These regulations often become a tool for intolerant groups to violate the freedom of worship of minority groups.
Continue to pray for the destruction of strongholds in Indonesia!
www.persecution.org/2023/02/20/indonesian-authorities-refuse-churches-building-permits/
I have been praying for persecuted christians always. I am looking someone to sponsor me to these persecuted countries to preach there.
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Their freedom of religion is very different definition. Unfortunately most of countries the just use the term of freedom of religion for their purposes.
As is North Korea,China,most islamic countries and more!!