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What is the West prepared to do for protecting Christians of the Middle East?
We all see what's happening in Egypt. The same has happened in Iraq and other Islamic-majority nations. Christians in Egypt now cry out for help from the "Christian world" as they never before have. Hundreds of Christian girls have long been snatched away from their families and made to marry Muslim men and forced to convert to Islam, while their Christian communities have helplessly and hopelessly tried to get them back, in vain. Now Muslims burn churches and attack Christian neighborhoods for one Christian lady (a priest's wife) whom they claim she's converted to Islam and is being held captive by the church, despite her lengthy appearance on the Christian "Al Hayat" channel a couple of weeks ago, where she utterly and entirely denied the allegations.
Christians are beeing slaughtered like sheep, and being made to hold responsibility for all the unrest, being arrested and humiliated, while the assailants always walk free. What is the "Christian West" doing about it? Have any Egyptian or any other Arab diplomats been summoned to answer to what's going on against Christians in the wretched Islamic world?! Personally, I've heard of none; who has?
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- chrisLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Good question, and since the "west" infers the USA that's a good question as to why there is no mention of the "west" coming to israels aid in the Bible.
- TeaLv 61 decade ago
You have to remember that America is a "democratic" society, which means that they believe the majority should get their way and the minority needs to adapt. America is not going to get in the middle of the struggle unless the actual government of Egypt starts shooting and bombing civilians. Managing internal unrest between civilian groups is the job of the Egyptian government. The West would be way out of line for getting involved in something like this. It would challenge the Egyptian government's sovereignty.
It's the same reason why Western countries criticize many Islamic countries for the poor treatment of women but do not actually do much about it. It's not our place. It's the job of that country's government, which is who we petition to for change.
For those who are criticizing the Egyptian Christians for being in Egypt:
The Coptic Christians were in Egypt long before Islam arrived. It's not like they recently decided to move into a mostly Islamic country.
- Dennis SagtLv 71 decade ago
To LJ. These Christian communities have been there for 2 000 years. Islam is a younger religion, and these Christians are the descendants of those who refused to convert when Islam took over.
Not much. Oil does the talking in that part of the world.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They should have known better.
They knew that they were living in an Islamic state (United Arab Republic) and they knew that Christians aren't well received in such places. What the hell did they expect?
Build your houses on stone foundations, not on sand!
Like ELO said, "You made the wine, now you drink the cup!"
and don't whine about it... ._.
