Feature Commentary
"Why the President Should Speak Out Against Religious Persecution"
From the Desk of Dr. John Eibner, CSI-USA CEO
A student beaten to death for wearing a cross necklace. A pastor sentenced to death for the “crime” of leaving Islam. Peaceful Christian protestors run over by tanks. This is the reality for Christians in North Africa and the Middle East today. Christians are under attack from radical Islamist groups and, in some cases, their own governments.
CSI has issued a Genocide Warning for Christians and other religious minorities in the Islamic Middle East. Violence against Christians in the region is gaining momentum, and the conditions are present for the eradication of the world’s oldest Christian communities.
CSI is committed to stand in solidarity with the Christians of the Middle East. We have launched an urgent petition to President Obama, asking him to announce a policy for preventing the eradication of Christians and other non-Muslim communities.
Please take a moment to sign this petition here. You can learn about the threat to Middle East Christians here.
You can also make a difference by helping CSI to Free, Feed and Heal the Captives. Your financial gifts no matter the size are so helpful in meeting the urgent needs of the victims of religious persecution.
Please pray and act, remembering the victims "as if we ourselves were suffering" (Hebrews 13:3).
Sincerely,
Dr. John Eibner, CEO
Christian Solidarity International, USA
Freedom Walks
A group of determined young abolitionists in Texas has raised over $7,500 to free people from slavery in Sudan! For the past ten years, the youth of St. Peter's United Methodist Church in Katy, Texas have held annual Freedom Walks to raise funds for CSI's slave liberation program. Their most recent walk, held on Sunday, April 29, was their most successful ever! Their efforts bring freedom to those still praying and dreaming of freedom in North Sudan. http://youtu.be/crha4Z1uSow
Another Freedom Walk will be held in Denver, CO, on June 23. This one is organized by a young teenager named Becca, whom the freed slaves of Sudan have nicknamed "Freedom Bringer!" Last year, Becca' first Freedom Walk in Colorado led to the freedom of 140 slaves in Sudan. Check out freeforfifty.com to get the details of this year's walk.
CSI Lecture Series
Daniel Pipes speaking on Christian Persecution in the Middle East
Bern, Switzerland - March 7, 2012
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