Thursday, September 19, 2013

From Bad to Worse: Syria's Christian Dilemma - Stan Guthrie

 

Syria’s 2 million Christians face an intolerable dilemma. The bad option is for Bashar al-Assad to retain his brutal grip on power. The worse option — for Chistians, at least — is for Assad’s dictatorship to fall.

As some have predicted, persecution of the country’s Christian minority is escalating as the civil war spreads. Islamists, who now dominate the opposition, have embarked on a bloody campaign of genocide against Christians, who constitute about 10 percent of the population.

From Bad to Worse: Syria's Christian Dilemma - Stan Guthrie

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