The President and Islam
June 9, 2009 – 8:47 amAs a postlude to the President’s speech in Cairo on America and Islam, Todd Nettleton shares his thoughts on the speech and worldwide persecution of Christians at his On My Mind blog.
Obama pointed to the Indonesia of his childhood. I wonder if he knows that Indonesia has lost ground on religious freedom since then as radical Muslims have burnt churches, and government courts have thrown Sunday School teachers into jail. Today, discriminatory Sharia laws are on the books in half of Indonesia’s provinces.
Dialogue is important and proper. But dialogue based on a fantasy instead of reality will never bring about real and lasting change.
The President’s words were pretty, yes; even inspiring.
But were they based on reality and truth? Quite simply: no, they were not.
Read Todd’s entire post.
Todd Nettleton is Director of Media Development for The Voice of the Martyrs, working with the media to tell the stories of persecuted Christians to people in the United States. Todd has done more than 1,000 media interviews sharing the stories of the persecuted church. In his role with VOM, he has met with Christians who face persecution in many countries, including Sudan, China, Egypt, Turkey, Vietnam, Pakistan, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma) and Azerbaijan.
