Newly-arrived immigrants at Ellis Island in 1921 (shutterstock.com)Persecution, True and False
If “persecution” of Christians can be used with any kind of sincerity in our context, it is the feeling of general impotency which comes from decadence.
A desecrated church in Qaraqosh (a.k.a. Bakhdida, Al-Hamdaniya), the Christian city occupied by ISIS in 2016 (Cosimo Attanasio - Redline / Shutterstock.com).Iran’s Revolution Reconsidered
In response to: Islam, Blasphemy, and the East-West Divide
The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran in 1979 (alamy.com).More Responses
Khomeini and the Islamic Republic took the lead in trying to regain Islam’s lost honor and glory, which meant eradicating insults to the faith.
Where should freedom of speech begin and end? Should anything be held as sacred? All emerging democracies struggle with these questions.
A Muslim Enlightenment might take root in the West more than anywhere else.
Aerial view of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty (iofoto/shutterstock.com).
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March in support of Iranian protesters, January 6, 2018. livethemoment / Shutterstock.com