Tunisia: Muslims Threaten Churches!
Church members are described as “living in a state of terror,” so much so that the Russian ambassador in Tunis specifically requested the nation’s Ministry of Interior to “protect this church.” The abuse has gotten to the point where Islamists cover the cross of churches with garbage bags!
Now..given an example of the above and that a few months ago, the Grand Mufti in Saudi Arabia issued a statement saying that all churches have to be destroyed, here's a strange postion from mainline Protestant churches:
During the upcoming General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) scheduled for April 25-May 4, 2012 in Tampa, FL, and the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), June 30-July 7, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA, anti-Israel actions in the form of petitions and overtures calling for some form of boycott, divestment or sanctions against the Jewish State. Influential elements within the mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. and specifically the UMC and PCUSA, have, within the past few years, initiated divestment campaigns against the Jewish State.
These “protectors” of human rights have ignored the endemic efforts by the Arabs/Palestinians to destroy the Jewish State through war and terrorism; and they have ignored the pervasive teaching of hatred of Jews in Palestinian schools, mosques, and through the Palestinian media.
Overlooking the facts that Gaza is governed by the Islamist terrorist regime of Hamas, which has attacked Israeli civilians with thousands of rockets, (18,600 in ten years) and which has vowed never to recognize the Jewish State. The Protestant churches spearheading the anti-Israel position ignore the facts that it is the obligation of the Israeli government to defend its civilian population under attack from Gaza’s Hamas terrorists. Moreover, most Arabs living in Eastern Jerusalem and Israel are the envy of the Arabs elsewhere in the Middle East because of the freedom, democracy, access to health services, and higher standard of living they have achieved under Israeli administration...and...Israel is the only country in the Middle East where all religions are free to practice their faith!
For the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) of the PCUSA, however, historical facts and truth do not matter. The IPMN continues to push the anti-Israel Palestine document, and seek punitive measures against Israel, thus exposing their anti-Jewish bias. (frontpagemag)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze
http://www.bahai.org/
http://www.delange.org/ADIsrael/BahaiTemple/BahaiTemple.htm
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| According to an Arab Prof of Islamic Studies, around 30,000 Christian churches have been destroyed since Islam went on it's Grand Tour...from the 7th century til present times. |
Now..given an example of the above and that a few months ago, the Grand Mufti in Saudi Arabia issued a statement saying that all churches have to be destroyed, here's a strange postion from mainline Protestant churches:
During the upcoming General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) scheduled for April 25-May 4, 2012 in Tampa, FL, and the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), June 30-July 7, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA, anti-Israel actions in the form of petitions and overtures calling for some form of boycott, divestment or sanctions against the Jewish State. Influential elements within the mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. and specifically the UMC and PCUSA, have, within the past few years, initiated divestment campaigns against the Jewish State.
These “protectors” of human rights have ignored the endemic efforts by the Arabs/Palestinians to destroy the Jewish State through war and terrorism; and they have ignored the pervasive teaching of hatred of Jews in Palestinian schools, mosques, and through the Palestinian media.
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| Christians in Muslim Arab countries protesting the constant attacks on them and their churches...the above are in Egypt. |
For the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) of the PCUSA, however, historical facts and truth do not matter. The IPMN continues to push the anti-Israel Palestine document, and seek punitive measures against Israel, thus exposing their anti-Jewish bias. (frontpagemag)
Note: On the eve of the new year 2012, Israel's population stood at 7,836,00 people according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
Some 5,901,000 of the population (75.3%) are Jewish; 1,610,000 (20.5%) are Arabs - both Muslim and Christian.  |
| Bahai Gardens, Haifa with the Shrine of the Bab. . |
Those not identified as either make up the remaining 4.2% of the population, or 325,000 people, which are Druze and others e.g.like the Bahia faith.The Bahai Temple in Haifa, Israel is the center of the Bahai religion. (Click on the links below, for further information on all).
Though the Israeli Arabs have a number of members in the Knesset: IE the Israeli Parliament, they, like all other citizens of Israel, can vote for their political party of choice in Israeli elections)..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze
http://www.bahai.org/
http://www.delange.org/ADIsrael/BahaiTemple/BahaiTemple.htm
