Years of civil war in Syria have taken a heavy toll on different ethnic and religious groups across Syria. But while the fighting has mostly focused on a Sunni Islamist rebellion and an Alawite-dominated government, it is the smaller religious minorities that have seen the worst of it.
In comments to the BBC today, Melkite Patriarch Gregorios III Laham said that 450,000 members of the Christian community in Syria have been displaced from their homes, either internally or forced to flee abroad.
That’s about one third of the ancient community’s overall population, and while the patriarch insisted he is confident Syrian Christendom will survive the war, it’s looking pretty bad.
Islamist rebels have repeatedly targeted Christian towns in and around their territory, accusing them of being sympathetic to the Assad government. While most of the Christians have tried to avoid taking sides in the increasingly ugly war, it is impossible for them to not notice the trend, and if al-Qaeda indeed ended up winning the war, the Christians would not be welcome to stay.
In the grand scheme of things, Christians are supose to show what it means to devote all your wealth and life to helping those of a lower class; Muslims are to show how to never use force to overcome evil; and Jews are to show how to be the least of all men and the humblest slaves among men.
So, do as they say but never do as they do,
that's what I always say.
I wonder what the Israel Uber Alles Christian-Zionist idiots in flyover America have to say about that?