Religeous Persecution

Religious persecution is a problem that has been going on forever.  In today's media, you see a great deal about the persecution on muslims in the United States, and I do not argue that.  But Christianity is also under attack.  Not only are Christians being forced to by law to operate against the beliefs of their faith and religion, but Christians all over the world are being murdered in droves and it barely makes a peep in our news.  Islamic terrorists are making their voices heard by targeting and slaughtering Christians overseas (http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/world/terrorists-attacks-on-christianity/).  In the Middle East and Africa, peaceful innocent Christians are being targeted and killed simply for their faith (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/opinion/ronald-lauder-who-will-stand-up-for-the-christians.html?_r=0).  Yet despite the great frequency of these attacks, it barely makes a ripple in the United States.  Recently, a large number of Ethiopian Christians were executed on video which was released in February, yet how many people heard about it?  (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/19/isil-ethiopian-christians/26026769/).  They lost their lives simply for not converting to Islam.  Where is the outrage?  While such attacks on Christians is prevalent, our country continues to ignore it.  We also have begun to alienate our ally, Israel and side up to Muslim countries that have sworn Israel as their mortal enemy.  Does this make since to anyone? 

Hillary Clinton was caught on video saying that Christians in America have to change their beliefs on social issues, going so far as to say that they must be forced to changed through the law and political will.  Is this really the country we live in?  A country where our leaders are creating laws to force Christians to go against their faith, laws that go against a constitutional right to the practice of ones faith.  It seems that only applies to faiths that go along with the popular political power at the time.  (http://shoebat.com/2015/04/24/hilary-clinton-christians-in-america-must-deny-their-faith-in-christianity/).

I am not trying to argue that we should not worry about the persecution of Muslims in the world.  Their practice of faith should be protected just as much as Christians.  Racial profiling and confusion among Muslims and extremists is a growing problem that we must address.  I am only arguing that While we seek to protect our Muslim neighbors, let us not forget our Christian neighbors as well and the struggles that they are facing.  Struggles that the news has unfortunately been ignoring.