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Heads roll as the religion of “turn the other cheek,” meets the religion of “peace”

Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 05:19 PM

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The latest casualty in the war against Christianity, is a Tanzanian pastor who lost his head to an outraged Muslim mob. The incensed mob was demanding all non-halal butcher shops and especially pork butchery, be forbidden

A spokesman said a group of youths believed to be Muslim, assaulted several Christians, including a butcher shop owner, using sticks and machetes. During the confrontation Pastor Mathayo Kachili, of the local Assembly of God Church, was beheaded.

Besides the Pastors beheading, several other people were injured critically during the incident and taken to the local hospital in Buseresere for treatment. See this and other stories excerpted from link: Tanzanian News

Christians in a small village in southern Egypt are rebuilding their lives and homes after hundreds of Muslims rampaged through their community firebombing houses and businesses, over rumors of a romantic relationship between a Christian and a Muslim.

In Nigeria, Boko Haram, a group seeking to impose Islamic law on the country, picked out Christians in a small village, gathered them in a group before massacring them. 15 people died in the attack; many had had their throats slit.

These are not isolated incidents as Muslim extremists attack other religions wherever the two meet, but Christianity seems to be singled out.

Pastor Mathayo Kachili

According to a report named Christiana-phobia, by the think tank Civitas: The “lion’s share” of persecution faced by Christians arises in countries where Islam is the dominant faith. Between half and two-thirds of Christians in the Middle East have left the region or have been killed in the past century.

“There is now a serious risk that Christianity will disappear from its biblical heartlands,” it claims.

Violent oppression of Christians has become the norm in Muslim-majority nations, especially in Africa and the Middle East. In some countries it is government sanctioned violence that burns down churches and imprison parishioners.

In others countries, groups and vigilantes take matters into their hands by murdering Christians and driving them out of regions they have called home for centuries.

One Christian pastor in an affected country described the situation this way: “On the Christian side, strong emphasis is placed on the teaching of Christian love, patience, mercy and forbearance. But in such a situation one wonders what the future of Christianity and of the nation as a whole can be.”

“Muslims believe that if they die in the course of a Holy War (or Jihad) they will go directly to heaven. We are dealing with a religious philosophy where war is a must! The whole weight of the challenge is now on our shoulders. Who can tell how successfully we will respond?”

It seems, the Christian philosophy of turning the other cheek, is on the road to running out of cheeks to turn, in Muslim dominated countries. It seems when it comes to tolerating other religions, the religion of “peace” isn’t so peaceful.

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Monsoonman | Feb 18, 2013, 01:17 AM EST

Perhaps it would be better if everyone was armed in Tanzania. I think the wounds and maiming injuries caused by machetes/sticks are worse than a good clean bullet wound. What say you?

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michaelidaho | Feb 17, 2013, 07:33 PM EST

Christians in the Middle East and Africa were treated far more humanely under the imperialists, communists and more recently the dictators (i.e. Gadaffi, the Shah, Saddam Hussein, Mubarak). Democratic elections in the Middle East (except Israel), only brings Islamic fanatics to power (e.g. Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, etc.). The next two countries in the trend will be Afghanistan and Syria. Bush's democratic crusade Arab Spring = Islamic fanaticism and Persecution of Religious Minorities (especially Christians).

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Daniel509 | Feb 17, 2013, 01:44 PM EST

In the name of God or Allah? Allah is not the God l grew up with is not there Allah, plus who in there right mind would follow and worship a pedofile, it's beyond me....

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AbeBird | Feb 17, 2013, 12:31 PM EST

Hey, keep safe your other cheek and just blame the Jews again, then peace will come to our world...... kidding .... just heard that Ireland is the most Anti-Semitic state in Europe and i guess that the 2 problems always go together.

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Stephie91326 | Feb 17, 2013, 08:36 AM EST

English: I think it's time we took measures to rid the world of those murdering Islamists. Galician: Eu creo que é hora de tomar medidas para librar o mundo do islamitas assisinos.

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