Our need to placate Muslim nations wears me out. After all, wherever one finds a Muslim-controlled state, one invariably finds religious repression and possibly even persecution, especially of Christians. A brief article in
The National Review Online today gives but one small example, describing an interview with the-then minister of tourism of Jordan:
. All was serene until he was asked why Muslims were not allowed to change their religion in Jordan. Muslims could convert to Christianity, he said smoothly, but they must expect to suffer, if not die for their new faith. After all, he added, Christ died for them.
One could almost hear jaws drop around the room. He was quite cold about it.
And Jordan is considered one of the more friendly countries toward its Christian minority; in fact, only Lebanon is said to be freer.