Recently, Nina Shea, was interviewed by Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review. Nina is the director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute. She is also co-author of a helpful book detailing the present state of persecution around the world: Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians.
In the interview, Nina Shea points out that Christians are fleeing en masse from Iraq and Syria. And in Nigeria, Egypt, and Syria, Christians are being slaughtered by the thousands. She tells of one incident in which Christians were murdered while attending a Christian funeral. And, in another situation in Egypt, Nadia Mohammad Ali was arrested with her 5 children and sentenced to 15 years in prison for converting to Christianity.
The interview points out that little is being done to aid Christians. While Nina Shea (like her colleague Paul Marshall) pleads for political solutions to come forth from a so-far non-responsive Obama Administration, she is doing a favor for all Christians. All Christians are commanded to remember the persecuted as though in prison with them. My hope in posting this is that Christians will read the interview and get acquainted with the present state of persecution and, even more importantly, will begin praying for those Christians who are suffering in the name of Christ.
Related articles
- Copts Stand to Lose in Egypt Again (nationalreview.com)
- Syrian Christians: ‘Why Is America At War With Us?’ (patdollard.com)
- Putin calls to end Christian persecution, as Obama is ‘silent’ (lynleahz.com)
- Can Christians Persecute Christians? (gregoryccochran.com)
- Persecution of Christians: American Foreign Policy Will Have To Respond (blogs.the-american-interest.com)
Gregory C. Cochran 
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