Victims of Radical Islam and Political Correctness
By
Christian Post Guest Columnist
Mon, Jun. 11 2007 05:23 PM ET
For years radical Islamists in the Philippines have been attacking Christians. In late April seven Christians were murdered on the southern Philippine island of Jolo.
Regular BreakPoint listeners know that, unfortunately, this isn’t unusual. Around the world, Christians are suffering and even dying, because they are Christians. They know also that the victimizers more often than not are Islamist militants.
But even by the standards of this tragic history, what happened on Jolo was an outrage.
The seven, who were working road construction, were kidnapped by the group Abu Sayyaf, an al Qaeda affiliate.
The group demanded more than $100,000 in ransom from the Christian community.
When it wasn’t immediately paid, the seven, two of whom were teenagers working to help support their impoverished families, were beheaded