Post by Daniel on Jun 25, 2015 6:38:06 GMT -5
'What Horrors Must ISIS Commit Before World Takes Action?' Asks Aleppo Archbishop Who Warns Syrian Christians Are 'Disappearing'
By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter
June 18, 2015
The Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria, has warned that Christianity is slowly dying in the war torn country, and asked just how much horror must the people experience before the world takes action to stop the massacres.
"In my country, Syria, Christians are caught in the middle of a civil war and they are enduring the rage of an extremist jihad. And it is unjust for the West to ignore the persecutions these Christian communities are experiencing," Jean-Clément Jeanbart said in an article posted by MercatorNet on Tuesday.
"What horrors must ISIS commit before the world will take greater action to stop the murderers?" he asked. "Syrian Christians are in grave danger; we may disappear soon."
Syria is caught in an ongoing civil war that has led to 320,000 deaths since March 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported earlier in June, with more than 1,500,000 people believed to have been wounded.
The war is being fought between the government of President Bashar al-Assad, a number of rebel groups seeking to bring down his administration, and terror group ISIS, which has captured significant territory in the country.
Christians are among the many civilians that have been caught in the cross-fire, and have also been specifically targeted by ISIS, which beheads and executes those that do not pledge allegiance to its version of Islam, or do not have the means to pay a tax.
Jeanbart admitted that the realities in the region are "complex and interwoven with many historical, social and religious nuances."
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By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter
June 18, 2015
The Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria, has warned that Christianity is slowly dying in the war torn country, and asked just how much horror must the people experience before the world takes action to stop the massacres.
"In my country, Syria, Christians are caught in the middle of a civil war and they are enduring the rage of an extremist jihad. And it is unjust for the West to ignore the persecutions these Christian communities are experiencing," Jean-Clément Jeanbart said in an article posted by MercatorNet on Tuesday.
"What horrors must ISIS commit before the world will take greater action to stop the murderers?" he asked. "Syrian Christians are in grave danger; we may disappear soon."
Syria is caught in an ongoing civil war that has led to 320,000 deaths since March 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported earlier in June, with more than 1,500,000 people believed to have been wounded.
The war is being fought between the government of President Bashar al-Assad, a number of rebel groups seeking to bring down his administration, and terror group ISIS, which has captured significant territory in the country.
Christians are among the many civilians that have been caught in the cross-fire, and have also been specifically targeted by ISIS, which beheads and executes those that do not pledge allegiance to its version of Islam, or do not have the means to pay a tax.
Jeanbart admitted that the realities in the region are "complex and interwoven with many historical, social and religious nuances."
continue reading
www.christianpost.com/news/what-horrors-must-isis-commit-before-world-takes-action-asks-aleppo-archbishop-who-warns-syrian-christians-are-disappearing-140553/
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