The uncertainty in Syria over the fall and ouster of Bashar al-Assad and his government is having a ripple effect across the Christian community.
As Rusty Reno, editor of First Things Magazine says: “The track record of Islamist militants is not good.”
Just look to Afghanistan as recent evidence.
After the Joe Biden administration botched the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Taliban terrorists were free to take over — and take over they did, vowing in the meanwhile to respect the rights of women, to uphold freedoms and to pretty much forgive all trespasses against their radical organization. That didn’t happen. Promises made; promises broken.
Now comes the new Islamic regime in Syria telling Christians not to worry.
“I can’t imagine living in Aleppo as a Syrian Christian and not thinking woah, this could turn out very badly for us,” Rusty says.
“So the state of Christians in Syria is they’re on edge and justifiably so,” Rusty says.
Quite right.
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