{"id":2500,"date":"2012-07-05T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T12:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2012-07-03T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:35:06","slug":"muslim-persecution-of-christians-is-increasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/05\/muslim-persecution-of-christians-is-increasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Persecution of Christians is increasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we have seen the Arab Spring turn into a scorching summer throughout many countries in the middle east, we are also beginning to hear more and more about the difficulties faced by minority Christian populations in those regions. Even where somewhat democratic regimes have offered promising hopes for religious freedom (as in Indonesia), the pace of persecution is stepping up around the world. A recent article by the Gatestone Institute provides an up-to-date summary:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Muslim Persecution of Christians: May 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unlike those nations, such as Saudi Arabia, that have eliminated Christianity altogether, Muslim countries with significant Christian minorities saw much persecution during the month of May: in Egypt, Christians were openly discriminated against in law courts, even as some accused the nation\u2019s new president of declaring that he will \u201cachieve the Islamic conquest of Egypt for the second time, and make all Christians convert to Islam;\u201d in Indonesia, Muslims threw bags of urine on Christians during worship; in Kashmir and Zanzibar, churches were set on fire; and in Mali, Christianity \u201cfaces being eradicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa\u2014in Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, the Ivory Coast\u2014wherever Islam and Christianity meet, Christians are being killed, slaughtered, beheaded and even crucified.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To read the rest of this article click here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/3135\/muslim-persecution-of-christians-may-2012\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim Persecution of Christians: May 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernreformation.org\/default.php?page=issuedisplay&amp;var1=IssRead&amp;var2=125\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2012-4-small.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehorseinn.org\/images\/2012-4-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To read more about Christianity and Islam, check out the July \/ August 2012 issue of\u00a0<em>Modern Reformation<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernreformation.org\/default.php?page=issuedisplay&amp;var1=IssRead&amp;var2=125\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Cross and the Crescent<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/05\/muslim-persecution-of-christians-is-increasing\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"25\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we have seen the Arab Spring turn into a scorching summer throughout many countries in the middle east, we are also beginning to hear more and more about the difficulties faced by minority Christian populations in those regions. 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