"Rarely Reported by the Media Anymore": Persecution of Christians, March 2019

In this mailing: - Raymond Ibrahim: "Rarely Reported by the Media Anymore": Persecution of Christians, March 2019 - Peter Baum: President Trump's Visit to Britain and Ireland - Amir Taheri: What Is Bernie Sanders Worried About? [] ["Rarely Reported by the Media Anymore": Persecution of Christians, March 2019]( by Raymond Ibrahim • June 2, 2019 at 5:00 am [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Addthis]( [Send]( [Print]( - In 2018 alone, 1,063 attacks on Christian churches or symbols (crucifixes, icons, statues) were registered in France. - "I went to the police with eight pages full of threats.... The police advised me to delete my picture from my website.... It's strange isn't it: I'm not doing anything wrong, why would I need to hide? I live in a free country." — cruxnow.com. March 14, 2019; The Netherlands. - An Iranian female asylum seeker was sarcastically informed in her rejection letter that "You affirmed in your...[Interview Record] that Jesus is your saviour, but then claimed that He would not be able to save you from the Iranian regime. It is therefore considered that you have no conviction in your faith and your belief in Jesus is half-hearted." — Daily Mail, March 24, 2019; United Kingdom. On Sunday, March 17, arsonists torched the Church of St. Sulpice in Paris soon after midday mass. Such incidences have become prevalent in France, where on average two churches are desecrated every day. Pictured: The Church of St. Sulpice. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) [Continue Reading Article]( [] [President Trump's Visit to Britain and Ireland]( by Peter Baum • June 2, 2019 at 4:30 am [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Addthis]( [Send]( [Print]( - All people who are working to ensure that the free world remains free will welcome President Donald Trump's visit, which is presumably intended to cement even further the exceptional connection between the United Kingdom and the United States. - Given that hundreds of thousands of American troops lost their lives freeing Europe from Nazism, how is it that Ireland finds the audacity to be so contemptuous of the leader of the country of those who paid the ultimate price so that the Irish population could be free to enjoy liberal democracy? - Ireland was one of the first countries to accept the Nazi annexation of Austria during Ireland's sorry history before, during and after the war. All people who are working to ensure that the free world remains free will welcome President Donald Trump's visit, which is presumably intended to cement even further the exceptional connection between the United Kingdom and the United States. Pictured: U.S. President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference on July 13, 2018 in Aylesbury, England. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau-WPA Pool/Getty Images) This week, U.S. President Donald J. Trump will visit the United Kingdom for a state visit and be welcomed by the Queen ahead of the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Many commentators and politicians are not only apoplectic, they are organising various forms of protests. The mainstream media, notably the BBC, are giving continuous coverage to those elements wishing to facilitate, contribute to and participate in the anti-Trump frenzy. The repeated howls of exasperation from these protagonists all center around their perception of Trump's values, which they describe as "racist." Irrespective of his record -- in which Trump has reached out to China and North Korea, and initiated economic policies that resulted in record-low minority unemployment -- many, predominately on the political "left," remain critical. [Continue Reading Article]( [] [What Is Bernie Sanders Worried About?]( by Amir Taheri • June 2, 2019 at 4:00 am [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Addthis]( [Send]( [Print]( - The important point is what war one talks about, when, where and against which adversaries. The bland assertion "I oppose war against X or Y" is a sign of intellectual laziness if not of moral bankruptcy. - Senator Bernie Sanders never tells us which side he would have supported: Saddam Hussein or a majority of the Iraqi people? One may justly infer that he is opposed to wars only where the US is fighting real or imagined enemies. - Sanders is wrong in pretending that Iraq was a "disaster". Since 2003, Iraq has gone through many ordeals, paying a heavy price. And yet, today no one could deny that most Iraqis enjoy freedoms they never thought possible under the dictatorship. Senator Bernie Sanders may have hoped to portray President Donald Trump as another "warmonger" in preparation for the presidential campaign. But Trump seems determined to cast himself as a president of peace, even if that risks sending wrong signals to adversaries. Even Mohammad Javad Zarif, the man who plays the role of Iran's Foreign Minister, has praised Trump as a man of peace. (Photo by Koji Sasahara - Pool/Getty Images) "No war with Iran!" The shop-worn slogan, in circulation for four decades, is back in vogue as self-styled peaceniks in the West seek a fig-leaf to hide their shameless support for a regime rejected by its people. In Britain, the neo-Marxists who control the Labour Party bandy the slogan around on airwaves and meetings of militants. In France, the pro-Putin "France Unbowed" outfit led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon makes similar noises. And in the US, we have Senator Bernie Sanders, currently the front-runner to become the Democrat Party's nominee in the next presidential election, donning the mantle of supreme peacemaker, in effect offering himself as a human shield for the Islamic Republic. [Continue Reading Article]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [RSS]( [Donate]( Copyright © Gatestone Institute, All rights reserved. You are subscribed to this list as {EMAIL} You can change how you receive these emails: [Update your subscription preferences]( or [Unsubscribe from this list]( [Gatestone Institute]( 14 East 60 St., Suite 705, New York, NY 10022