Do We Understand Christian Persecution in Iraq?
What everyone gets wrong about the persecution of Christians in Iraq
http://theweek.com/articles/548138/w...hristians-iraq
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The Assyrian homeland may be forever lost if persecution persists, and this should be feared and fought against. But it need not mean the end of the Christian faith and tradition in the region.
Herein lies the rub: We can't have it both ways. We can't give money to upstart American "charities" that send weapons and vigilantes to fight alongside the NPU and Dwekh Nawsha and pretend that the "Christianity" we're seeking to save is anything other than a deeply complex and entrenched ethnic, political, legal, geographic, and religious battle for land and all the meaning that comes with it.
These may be the last Christians of the Middle East – unless we help
One of the UK's better journalists Jane Corbin has written this column in The Guardian, to accompany a documentary tonight on BBC 2 and her reports are from Iraq, Lebanon and Syria:http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...ution-iraq-war
Link to TV programme:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rcr7n
Moderator's Note
I have moved this thread to the Middle East arena from the Operation Iraqi Freedom, as the issue affects the region and OIF arena is largely closed (ends).
Nationalist policy? With a present
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Originally Posted by
Bill Moore
David,
Can an American file a complaint with BBC's nationalist policy? Don't they realize we live in a globalized world, and that we allow British citizens to see our Frontline documentaries, among others? I sense that BBC still thinks they're part of a global empire :D
Can I watch downloaded BBC iPlayer programmes outside the UK?
Bill,
This obstacle does happen and it is not only the BBC who have this policy. In the last week I tried to view a PBS documentary and got a rejection. Sometimes such documentaries migrate onto YouTube.
By all means complain to the BBC, the more who say why the better the chance of change.
After a few clicks as a present to Bill and others beyond the BBC's reach, the documentary is on:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmm_OiVhqmk
Hurrah!:)