Re: Christians persecuted in Iraq by Muslim extremists
dhj786- truth hurts. Although many Muslims you'll talk to deny the cow in front of their noses, the Takfiri groups within the Muslim communities is an ugly reality. Even though they are a minority, they are illiterate to an extent that they do not spare innocent women and children nor even the worshipers in the mosque, let alone the Christians/Hindus (whom they probably see destined for hell anyway).
We as Muslims need to walk the talk on this very important humanitarian issue or the future will be even darker for us. Thankfully we do have some great personalities like in Iraq there is Seyyed Ali Al Sistani who has earned respect from all the political and religious factions of the Iraqi society for his absolute humanist, broad-minded, and rational approach in the most difficult of circumstances- under Saddam as well as post American occupation. We do not want to be in the situation where our choices are either to be with Bush or go with Osama (different ends of the same stick). We reject both equally and deserve better class of people to represent us.