{"id":31862,"date":"2017-10-30T21:22:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T01:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31862"},"modified":"2017-10-30T21:22:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T01:22:49","slug":"a-positive-step-toward-protecting-persecuted-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31862","title":{"rendered":"A Positive Step Toward Protecting Persecuted Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Iran\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.6833333333,51.4166666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=35.6833333333,51.4166666667 (Iran)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener\">Iran<\/a> has become more powerful in the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Middle East\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=29.0,41.0&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=29.0,41.0 (Middle%20East)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener\">Middle East<\/a>, the persecution of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christian\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">Christians<\/a> has increased. Unfortunately, the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">Islamic religion<\/a> does not include tolerance for those who do not practice Islam. In the past, our efforts to provide relief for <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Persecution of Christians\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persecution_of_Christians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">persecuted Christians<\/a> has been filtered through the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United Nations\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">United Nations<\/a>, an organization that has tended to look the other way when Christians were persecuted. One of the major <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Voting bloc\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting_bloc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">voting blocs<\/a> in the United Nations is the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Organisation of Islamic Cooperation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)<\/a>. That organization believes that <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christianity\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christianity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">Christianity<\/a> is blasphemy against Islam and that Christians should be persecuted. The OIC is actually a major player in deciding how and where money for <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Humanitarian aid\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humanitarian_aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener\">humanitarian aid<\/a> to refugees and persecuted people should be spent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/trump-administration-bypassing-u-n-on-aiding-persecuted-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One America News<\/a> is reporting today that the Trump administration is changing the way humanitarian aid to persecuted Christians is handled.<\/p>\n<p>The following video explains:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TWyduSyTuho\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this change will mean the persecuted Christians receive the necessary aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Iran has become more powerful in the Middle East, the persecution of Christians has increased. Unfortunately, the Islamic religion does not include tolerance for those who do not practice Islam. 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