It’s time to speak out against the global persecution of Christians "I recall someone saying that you could judge societies based upon how they treat their Jews. I don’t recall who said it.
"I think that’s still true in large part, but less of a global issue because most of the world — and certainly the Muslim world — has been depopulated of its Jews. In Europe, the maxim still holds, as the virulent demonization of Israel by the BDS movement alliance of Islamists and leftists is driving out the Jews who are left, and driving others into virtual hiding.
"Globally, however, it is Christians who are under pressure and persecution. Hearings were held in Congress today on the issue:..."
Qanta Ahmed, writing in The Jerusalem Post:
...Attributed to German Jewish essayist Kurt Tucholsky, I scribbled it down: “A country is not only what it does, it is also what it tolerates.”
I found myself thinking not of collaborators during the Nazi era, but of Muslims during the Islamist era...
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