Author Topic: Rambo 2008 - Stallone's character saved persecuted Christians in Myanmar/Burma  (Read 794 times)

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It wasn’t only Open Doors who took notice of the treatment of Burmese religious minorities. Persecution of Burmese Christians was the subject of, believe it or not, the 2008 movie “Rambo” starring Sylvester Stallone. While Rambo was able to save one group of fictional Burmese Christians, for our brethren in the real world what the United States Conference on International Religious Freedom calls the “Hidden Plight [of] Christian Minorities in Burma,” continues largely unabated.

That plight includes “discrimination, forced conversions, violence and desecration of churches and Christian communities.” While Burma’s persecuted Christian minority are, on paper at least, citizens, and, thus, entitled to reside in the country, the Rohingya are not. So, the Burmese government is taking drastic measures to make them leave.


Read more at: http://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/breakpoint/genocide-in-burma-why-a-persecuted-muslim-minority-should-matter-to-christians.html


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Thought this article might be of interest to some.