My latest in PJ Media:
On Wednesday, the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis hosted a webinar entitled “Engaging White Christian Nationalism in Public Spaces.” One panelist was woke academic Jemar Tisby, author of a book entitled The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism. Tisby claimed that “white Christian nationalism advocates for a fusion of Christianity with an American civic belonging that is unapologetically white in identity and politics.” He said that in response to the threat, “hashtag activism” isn’t going to be enough; what is required is “direct action, nonviolent protests and marches and, as we have seen already, people getting arrested.” Tisby may be happy to learn that the Taliban are already taking that direct action: They’re going door to door, hunting down Afghanistan’s Christians.
The day before this webinar, “leaders in the underground Church” in Afghanistan issued a chilling statement: “What we are witnessing right now is the decimation of the country and people of Afghanistan. We are watching twenty years of work and the strengthening of a nation being destroyed in a single day.”
The work they were referring to involved preaching Christianity in this Islamic nation. Now the Afghans who have converted to Christianity are in mortal danger. The statement continued: “The Taliban has a hit list of known Christians they are targeting to pursue and kill. The U.S. Embassy is defunct and there is no longer a safe place for believers to take refuge. All borders to neighboring countries are closed and all flights to and from have been halted, with the exception of private planes. People are fleeing into the mountains looking for asylum. They are fully reliant on God, who is the only One who can and will protect them.”
If they don’t find a place to hide, the consequences could be horrific: “The Taliban are going door-to-door taking women and children. The people must mark their house with an ‘X’ if they have a girl over 12 years old, so that the Taliban can take them. If they find a young girl and the house was not marked they will execute the entire family. If a married woman 25 years or older has been found, the Taliban promptly kill her husband, do whatever they want to her, and then sell her as a sex slave.”
When they find a suspected Christian, Taliban jihadis search his or her phone. Rex Rogers of SAT-7, a Christian media ministry to the Middle East and North Africa, said Tuesday: “We’re hearing from reliable sources that the Taliban demand people’s phones, and if they find a downloaded Bible on your device, they will kill you immediately. It’s incredibly dangerous right now for Afghans to have anything Christian on their phones. The Taliban have spies and informants everywhere.”
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Peacelover says
Christians want to help souls to be saved. Muslims want to kill souls that have been saved.
Simple as that.
Says something doesn’t it?
Peacelover says
I maybe could have written that better but hopefully you get my point.
Joy Brower says
No, you could not have “written that better!” It was direct and, sadly, very much to the point! May God protect ALL Christians in that almost God-forsaken country!
john smith says
You said it all there Peacelover, it is as simple as that.
Shirley Ann says
And we have Americans, who want those Afghanis in America, who have not been vetted & the Left does Not seem to care, whether they’re Terrorists or not! Afghanis live by informing on each other & informing on the American Troops, who had the misfortune to be posted in that horrid land. They should be flown to the nearest MUSLIM COUNTRY, where the Taliban does not rule, but you have no moral right to bring the enemy into America.
Infidel says
Precisely! All of their neighboring countries are muslim countries. Let them go to any of them if they don’t want Taliban rule. If they want to flee to the West or to India, they should declare that they are fleeing religious persecution, and convert to Christianity or Judaism or Buddhism or Hinduism the moment they land in their new country
Wellington says
Proving again how stupid, uninformed and horribly biased the Western Left is—to the point of civilizational suicide.
Just as I consider willful adherence to Islam indicative of a major mental deficiency, so do I consider adherence to Western Leftist concepts (which even include pronouns being sexist so absurd has Western Leftism become) similarly dispositive of a major and important part of “grey matter” being absent—or at least in a highly detrimental, long-term Rip van Winkle somnabulance
Islam or Western Leftism? Which is the greater enemy of Western Civilization? Both are inimical to liberty, arguably both evil, certainly both are stupid in that manner that seemingly wise and beneficial, but actually silly and destructive belief systems, are (another example being the shallow and inept ideology which is Marxism).
The West on the brink. Count on it. We’re here already.
And, so unfortunately, right now the most powerful office in the world is “inhabited” by an utter mediocrity who is not even any longer rising to being a mediocrity because the man is clearly suffering from dementia. Mediocrity is bad enough but mediocrity minus full cognizance is even worse. This is where we are now with Joe Biden, who is a selfish man, whose family is selfish, and whose political party has become so selfish and so destructive to what is best for America that it needs to go the way of the Whig Party—and the Whig Party had far more integrity even though compromised than the present Democratic Party has. Think Pelosi, Schumer, the “Squad,” and a ton of Democratic mayors and governors as partial proof of why the Democratic Party needs to be no longer.
Seems right now like the Roman Empire soon after the Five Good Emperors (96-180 A.D.) were no longer—Commodus, authoritarianism under Septimius Severus and all the rot that thereafter followed in the period of the Barrack Emperors.
Hope I’m wrong. I fear I am not. Ah, Polybius vindicated once again it seems. Meanwhile, the nothing who is Biden is now less than nothing. Much trouble ahead. Much.
mortimer says
Reply to Wellington: very fine historical analysis. If the forensic vote audit in Arizona is as devastating as I believe it will be, it will demonstrate that voter fraud was authorized at the top levels of the Dem Party. At that point, their demise will be sealed.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
You are, unfortunately, correct.
The only way that this can get turned around – at least to some extent – is for the massively fraudulent 2020 US Presidential Election to be pulled down – soon – and have Pres. Trump returned to the White House.
At the rate we’re going, United States will become unrecognizable – way before 2024…
CogitoErgoSum says
So they believe Isa (the Muslim Jesus) has already returned and abolished the Jizya? When was that?
CogitoErgoSum says
Oh wait. These Christians are considered Apostate Muslims. Now I see.
Walter Sieruk says
The last paragraph of this jihadwatch article for the most part reads “That the Taliban demand people’s phones, and if they find a downloaded Bible, they then kill them immediately.’
This shows that the Bible when compared to and contrasted to the Quran is the better and superior of those two books. So much so that the Taliban in fear of the information revealed in the Bible with expose the many false doctrines taught a “divine truth” in the Quran.
The “reason” that the Taliban engage in those despicable murderous affronts is because
the entire foundation of the existence of the Taliban and their ruthless brutal rule by Sharia law is based on the Quran. So the Taliban will go to vicious and deadly lengths to eliminate the Bible from Afghanistan which likewise means murdering Christians to do so.
The Taliban are glad to engage in that homicide of Christians
Walter Sieruk says
The Taliban despite Christians so much that they put forth much effort the find then and murder them .
Those violent and vicious Muslims who are the Taliban in Afghanistan in their murderous persecution of Christians aren’t really going to get away with their destruction of Christians. As the apostle Paul had written each individual Christian is actually, in the View of God, a temple of God. For to Christians, it is written in the Bible “Don’t you know that that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s Temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.” First Corinthians 3:16,17. [N.I.V.] As in “A man reaps what he sows.” Galatians 6:7.
Kenneth J Johnson says
Hunting Christiansto kill them, kidnalpping gifls and yooung women.¡¡¡ Foreign Aid??
Can these imbeciles be serious???
Ken
Daniel Triplett says
The Taliban are flawless Muslims, perfectly administering Islam as Muhammad directed. If anyone is “misinterpreting” Islam, it’s not the Taliban, but rather all Muslims aberrant to the Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al Shabab, Boko Haram, etc, etc.
In my view, this is a big reason the Taliban is facing no real resistance from Afghan Muslims; because the Afghan Muslims know the Taliban are emulating Muhammad and the Sunnah perfectly. They’re doing nothing wrong, and are in fact behaving as all Muslims should be.
Any of those Muslims clamoring onto US jets to escape “perfect” Islam should therefore be willing and cooperative to renounce Allah, Muhammad, and Islam with formal declaratory recorded apostasy the moment the step off the jet in Dar al-Harb territory.
Certainly, apostasy must be a requirement for any Muslim refugee resettlement in the West.
Wellington says
“Flawless Muslims.” A good way of putting things respecting the Taliban. Would that the vast majority of Western elites in politics, the media and academia put it, and understand it, as well as you have.
Alas, this will not happen for whatever bad or stupid reason. And which is why Islam still is ascendant in the West because we are living though the stupidest time in Western history—Hell, I’d take the Dark Ages of early medieval Europe over this era. And said Dark Ages (which weren’t as dark as traditionally presented) at least knew an enemy when it saw one.
No longer. Damn.
mortimer says
D.T. says, ““Flawless Muslims”. Yes, they are … excellent.
James Lincoln says
Daniel Triplett says,
“Certainly, apostasy must be a requirement for any Muslim refugee resettlement in the West.”
Agree, but it must be triple verified by thoughts, words, and deeds.
And if they “revert” back to islam, they must be deported immediately.
somehistory says
This is a sickening and horrific situation. But Jesus Christ made it easy to understand:
“The world hates you because it has hated me.” “You will be objects of hatred by the nations on account of my Name.”
“They hate you because of my Name.” “When they persecute you in one city, flee to the next.”
“You will be haled before kings and governors for my sake. Do not rehearse what you are to say in that day, for what you are to say will be given to you.”
The part that is difficult to understand: Why do they hate Jesus Christ and wish to “do the desires of their father, the devil”? I am thankful that this is the hard part. I cannot walk in the shoes of those who hate our Lord and lust after satan.
Johnny B says
It’s a terrible situation and difficult to say what to do, really. On one hand I think most of us would like to just get them all out of there asap. But is that the right way? I don’t know, maybe for some, but not for all. The other day there was a video with an Afghan Christian who was devastated because of the situation and dangerous situation, but he also said they wanted to stay and keep fighting the good fight. As Christians we can be sure the world hates us regardless – some even want to kill us – but we also know where we’re going. Yes, we need to help each other out, but we need to do it the right way. There’s not a quick and easy solution to all this. May God bless and protect our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan, Iran, China, North Korea and many parts of Africa and the Middle East.
Del says
The Taliban have the same attitude towards Christians as the Canadian Liberals and NDP do. Over 60 churches were destroyed and they say it is understandable. They likely privately approve.
Is it considered hate speech to say I hate J. Trudeau as much as I hate Muslim terrorists?