Persecuted Christians: what to do?

Chris Sugden  |  World
Date posted:  1 Jun 2015
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Persecuted Christians: what to do?

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Political Islam is shaking and shaping many countries and societies. Most refugees and asylum seekers coming from Islamic countries are changing the political balance of those countries they enter. At a recent meeting, leaders from Islamic majority countries shared the following reflections.

Western governments are at a loss what to do. Only Egypt has successfully addressed this full-scale attempt to impose Islamist violence which is specifically targeting churches and Christians in Nigeria, Pakistan, Kenya, Syria and Iraq. In the UK, Islam is becoming increasingly rigid and political.

Despite this targeting, many Muslim converts become Christian in these areas, but are joining the Orthodox churches of the East because the Orthodox churches bear familiar resemblance to Islamic religious institutions.

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