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Islamophobia is a Muslim Problem
By Richard Butrick
American Thinker
Posted 2016-10-13 16:24 GMT
Consider the plight of Christians in Iraq
As documented by the U.S. State Department, Christians have been threatened with violence if they do not leave their homes, accosted on the streets and even assassinated, and their churches have been bombed or destroyed. Some Iraqi Christian leaders go so far as to describe the plight of Christians in Iraq as ethnic cleansing.
But the same is true for other religious minorities;
Reports indicate that their situation is equally bad or even worse for other religious minorities. One thing the Christian community has going for it is that it is connected to international communities that can advocate for it, as the pope has done. But that is not the case with some of the other groups, such as the Yazidis, who are considered heretical by many Muslims because they have a syncretistic blend of Islam and other religions. There is neither an international Yazidi community
Another targeted group, the Sabian Mandaeans, have been in Iraq for many, many centuries. The Mandaean religion is independent of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, but it follows the teachings of John the Baptist, with baptism being a central ritual. Sabian Mandaeans in Iraq numbered about 60,000 in 2003; today there may only be about 5,000 left in Iraq, meaning that more than 90 percent have left the country or been killed.
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That's pretty amazing above, to anyone who reads this, there is a religion that is based on the teachings of John The Baptist.
Sad that these people are persecuted. Genocide.
