LORD, The flight of our country is deep and the suffering of Christians is severe and frightening. Peace is the foundation of life. Grant us the peace and stability that will enable us to live with each other...with dignity and joy. Spare our lives. And grant us patience and courage to continue
our witness of Christian values with trust and hope.
GLORY BE TO YOU FOREVER.
-His Beatitude Louis Rafael Sako, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Iraq
August 17, 2014
Koya - Erbil Mountains
Iraqi Christians Yazidis
Modern day Erbil
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GLOBAL RELIGION: THE PEW RESEARCH FORUM EXAMINED WHAT RELIGIOUS GROUPS ARE IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ARE THE MAJORITY. OVERWHELMINGLY, HINDUS AND CHRISTIANS TEND TO LIVE IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ARE IN THE MAJORITY.
- 97% of all Hindus live in the world's three Hindu-majority countries - India, Mauritius and Nepal
- 87% of Christians are found in the world's 157 Christian-majority countries
- 73% of Muslims live in the 49 countries where they are the majority
- 71% of religiously unaffiliated live in six countries where they are the majority, with China being by far the largest
- 28% of Buddhists live in the seven countries where Buddhists are in the majority
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What curious title by the writer. There's nothing joyous or joyful in being a Muslim no matter how you put it. Arab talkshow hosts and pundits blame us for being insensitive, not understanding their extremist ways and laws and looking down at them when we are not. As far as I know the Muslims have stuck to their own cultures and traditions after immigrating here and abroad, rarely assimilating the American way of life like other immigrants. I don't recall Asian or previous European immigrants imposing their own weirdness and eccentricities except with foods and festivals. We all have become just "Americans." I'm so grateful I was born in a Christian country (Philippines) where women are loved, adored, treated with honor and deep respect. And above all, not treated as second-class citizen.
Joys of Muslim Women
by Nonie Darwish
In the Muslim faith a Muslim man can marry a child as young as 1 year old and have sexual intimacy with this child, consummating the marriage by 9. The dowry is given to the family in exchange for the woman (who becomes his slave) and for the purchase of the private parts of the woman, to use her as a toy.
Even though a woman is abused, she can not obtain a divorce.
To prove rape, the woman must have (4) male witnesses.
Often after a woman has been raped, she is returned to her family and the family must return the dowry. The family has the right to execute her (an honor killing) to restore the honor of the family. Husbands can beat their wives 'at will' and the man does not have to say why he has beaten her.
The husband is permitted to have 4 wives and a temporary wife for an hour (prostitute) at his discretion.
The Shariah Muslim law controls the private as well as the public life of the woman.
In the Western World, ( America ) Muslim men are starting to demand Shariah Law so the wife can not obtain a divorce and he can have full and complete control of her. It is amazing and alarming how many of our sisters and daughters attending American Universities are now marrying Muslim men and submitting themselves and their children unsuspectingly to the Shariah law.
By passing this on, enlightened American women may avoid becoming a slave under Shariah Law.
Ripping the West in Two. Author and lecturer Nonie Darwish says the goal of radical Islamists is to impose Shariah law on the world, ripping Western law and liberty in two.
She recently authored the book, Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law.
Darwish was born in Cairo and spent her childhood in Egypt and Gaza before immigrating to America in 1978, when she was eight years old. Her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel . He was a high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza .
When he died, he was considered a "shahid," a martyr for jihad. His posthumous status earned Nonie and her family an elevated position in Muslim society.
But Darwish developed a skeptical eye at an early age. She questioned her own Muslim culture and upbringing. She converted to Christianity after hearing a Christian preacher on television.
In her latest book, Darwish warns about creeping sharia law - what it is, what it means, and how it is manifested in Islamic countries.
For the West, she says radical Islamists are working to impose sharia on the world. If that happens, Western civilization will be destroyed. Westerners generally assume all religions encourage a respect for the dignity of each individual. Islamic law (Sharia) teaches that non-Muslims should be subjugated or killed in this world.
Peace and prosperity for one's children is not as important as assuring that Islamic law rules everywhere in the Middle East and eventually in the world.
While Westerners tend to think that all religions encourage some form of the golden rule, Sharia teaches two systems of ethics - one for Muslims and another for non-Muslims. Building on tribal practices of the seventh century, Sharia encourages the side of humanity that wants to take from and subjugate others.
While Westerners tend to think in terms of religious people developing a personal understanding of and relationship with God, Sharia advocates executing people who ask difficult questions that could be interpreted as criticism.
It's hard to imagine, that in this day and age, Islamic scholars agree that those who criticize Islam or choose to stop being Muslim should be executed. Sadly, while talk of an Islamic reformation is common and even assumed by many in the West, such murmurings in the Middle East are silenced through intimidation.
While Westerners are accustomed to an increase in religious tolerance over time, Darwish explains how petro dollars are being used to grow an extremely intolerant form of political Islam in her native Egypt and elsewhere.
In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the President by themselves! Rest assured they will do so... You can look at how they have taken over several towns in the USA ... Dearborn , Michigan is one... and there are others...
I think everyone in the U.S. should be required to read this, but with the ACLU, there is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!
It is too bad that so many are disillusioned with life and Christianity to accept Muslims as peaceful... some may be but they have an army that is willing to shed blood in the name of Islam. The peaceful support the warriors with their finances and own kind of patriotism to their religion. While America is getting rid of Christianity from all public sites and erasing God from the lives of children, the Muslims are planning a great jihad on America .
This is your chance to make a difference...! Pass it on to your e-mail list or at least those you think will listen..
Published 8/18/11 altgroup multiply
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