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The Religious Silence on Christian Persecution
(Wall Street Journal) Ben Cohen and Keith Roderick - This month Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani marked his 1,000th day of incarceration in Lakan prison in northern Iran. We can help Christian leaders in Muslim countries who are concerned with surviving from one day to the next not by engaging in bland dialogues but by compelling those who rule them to respect their right to worship. At their annual convention this month, Presbyterians in America approved a divestment campaign targeting Jewish communities in the West Bank. Pastor Nadarkhani wasn't even mentioned. At the Episcopalian convention days later, resolutions about Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process were tabled, but the imprisoned Iranian pastor was similarly absent. As for the bombings of churches in Africa and Asia, it's as if they never even happened.