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| January 31, 2012 |
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Obama hails "Arab Spring" as are getting Christians wiped out
Posted by Laura |
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We knew it would happen. The Arab "Spring," hailed by Barack Obama, has meant the fall of Christians in their ancestral lands. USA Today reports on the devastation of the Coptic Christian population in Cairo. Once teeming with Christians, the Christian quarter of Cairo has fewer than 50 families remaining. Christians across these ancient lands have been targeted, murdered, their women raped, others forced to convert to Islam. Muslim Brotherhood spokesmen pay lip service to protecting the freedom of non-Muslims, but Islamists from North Africa to the Middle East have moved against religious minorities with a vengeance. And the Obama Administration has said or done precious little in their defense.
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama hailed the "amazing transformation" made possible by the Arab Spring. It's a transformation that is all-too-often amazing--amazingly evil. Does he care that Coptics in Egypt (where were there centuries before the Muslims!), Catholics in Tunisia, and other Christians in Libya and Syria have been terrorized and brutalized at the hands of militants gaining power in this glorious experiment in Islamic-style democracy? Other than a few cursory references to their plight, this Administration's response to this has been pathetic. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saves her strongest moral condemnations for Marines who pee on dead Taliban fighters.
For months we carried out drone strikes in Libya to help the rebels forge their own destiny and oust Qaddafi. But did anyone care that religious minorities are being massacred or driven out in the process? Meanwhile, here at home, there is rampant governmental hostility toward religious institutions with a traditional Christian outlook. Obama and his HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are using the new healthcare law to prevent Catholic Church and other Christian groups from providing healthcare unless they violate their conscience and provide contraception, abortifacient drugs, and sterilization services. Even liberal columnist E.J. Dionne is having a hard time defending this outrage.
Our GOP nominee must speak about this, with passion and eloquence. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have. Protecting religious liberty used to be a given for American presidents--for this occupant of the White House, it's just something to be overcome on the path to the progressive promised land. |
| 01/31/12 11:57 AM |
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