The most outrageous and least reported story out of the Middle - TopicsExpress



          

The most outrageous and least reported story out of the Middle East is the brutal repression of Christians…This week, an extremist branch of Syrian rebels took over one of the oldest Christian villages in the region, a town whose Christian roots go back so far that the people still speak Aramaic. Now comes word out of Egypt that the Muslem Brotherhood has started enforcing a “jizya,” or tax, on nearly 15,000 Coptic Christians in Dalga Village. It’s based on a verse in the Koran that says Muslims must fight anyone who doesn’t adopt their religion until they are humbled and pay the jizya, or tax, willingly. What that means in modern practice is that Christians are being given a choice to convert to Islam, pay the tax, or be murdered along with their families. The Christian Science Monitor notes that this isn’t just happening in Egypt, but in surrounding areas, too, including Iraq. I could swear we fought a war to bring democracy and enlightenment there, but apparently, in some places, it did not take.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:56:03 +0000

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