Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal writes, “In short, the “respect” Mr. Obama promised to give Islam is going only in one direction. And he knows that.” Henninger says the Muslim world can show its good will by treating Christians better. Here’s a telling quote of the kinds of issues that he’s talking about:
In Iraq, the situation for small religious minorities has become dire. Reports emerge regularly of mortal danger there for groups that date to antiquity – Chaldean-Assyrians, the Yazidis and Sabean Mandaeans, who revere John the Baptist. Last fall the Chaldean-Assyrian archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped and murdered. Some Iraqi Christians believe the new government won’t protect them, and talk of moving into a “homeland” enclave in Nineveh. Penn State Prof. Philip Jenkins, author of “The Lost History of Christianity,” calls the Iraq situation “a classic example of a church that is killed over time.”
Here’s a link to my interview with Jenkins on this very subject.
