By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”John 13:35
As Christians continue to be displaced, tormented, tortured, and killed throughout the Middle East, especially in regions controlled by radical Islamists under the influence of ISIS, Al Qaeda franchisees, and fundamentalists bent on religious purification and/or global Caliphate, it is tempting (and right) to summarily denounce the lack of concern by the West in general, and the current Administration specifically for inaction, and ignoring the ethnic cleansing of Christians from their legitimate homes throughout the Gulf region, as well as Africa, and parts of Asia. Our anger, frustration, sorrow and concern can be magnified recognizing the destruction of historically important churches, and disruption of Christian communities is based upon the crime of prayer and faith, and is largely unprovoked, unless one considers worshipping by conscience in a tradition different from the majority as provocative.