All over the Middle East, writes religious affairs scholar Robert Spencer, Christians are finding it increasingly difficult to locate a safe haven.

?Christian communities that date back to the dawn of Christianity have been steadily decreasing in numbers,? he writes; ?now the faith is on the verge of disappearing from the area altogether.?

Since the beginning of the current Iraq war four years ago, more than half of that nation's 700,000 Christians have fled, many of them to Syria and many others out of the region altogether. The US-led invasion has led to the installation in Iraq of a radical Islamic regime akin to that ruling Iran.
This was an entirely predictable outcome of the war, as is the increasing militancy of Middle Eastern Muslims. Should the war spread to Iran, and possibly to Syria, the region where the faith was born may soon be effectively rid of it.
Our suffering middle eastern brothers and sisters in Christ deserve an interest in our prayers. Both they and we deserve a more rational foreign policy from Washington.

Let us stand in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.