Monday, May 30, 2011

Europe's 'Muslim leader' swells with hatred for Christians

FAITH UNDER FIRE

Europe's 'Muslim leader' swells with hatred for Christians

Activists warn Islamic beheading of Catholic bishop only the beginning

Posted: May 28, 2011
12:15 am Eastern
Michael Carl
© 2011 WND

Murdered Catholic Bishop Luigi Padovese

The director of a Christian human rights organization believes the recent killing of a Catholic bishop in Turkey clearly points to one thing: the nation positioning itself to be "the leader of Europe's Muslims" actively oppresses its Christian minority.
Christian Solidarity International-USA CEO John Eibner says both the government and the primarily Islamic culture are driving the persecution.
"The Christians in Turkey are small in number, but they continue to face pressure from the government, but also prejudice in society," Eibner observed. "So there's social discrimination and official discrimination.
"From time to time, acts of horrific violence such as the beheading of Bishop Padovese and the ritual killing of missionaries and church workers … intimidate the Christian community," he said.
Almost one year ago to the day, Bishop Luigi Padovesi, the Vatican's representative to eastern Turkey, was found with his throat slit at his home in the Mediterranean port city of Iskenderun. His driver, a Muslim man named Murat Altun, later confessed to the crime.
Most Christians don't have a clue what it means to be the confessing church – you'll know after reading "Malatya," the story of Turkey's 1st modern Christian martyrs.
Though the crime was originally reported as a stabbing by a man suffering from extreme depression, witnesses later came forward and described the killing as an attempted beheading resembling Islamic ritual slaughter, the murderer shouting victory and praising Allah.
At a Mass for the slain prelate, Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi said the murder of Bishop Padovese is a reminder of the dangers facing Christians in Turkey and elsewhere in Europe.
Eibner said that the Turkish government rarely offers an explanation for the violent acts, and justice is often long in coming.

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