The persecution of believers living in the Middle East is starting to be noticed, even by the British Royal family.
Prince Charles warned that Christianity is starting to disappear from the region in which it was born, the Middle East, due to a campaign of persecution by Muslims.
“It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants,” he said.
The heir to the British throne spoke to religious leaders Tuesday after visiting with Christians from Egypt, Iraq, and Syria who told him how members of their faith have been subject to intimidation, have been forced from their homes and in some cases have been murdered.
In his impassioned plea, Prince Charles discussed his own Christian faith, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported.
“Christianity was literally born in the Middle East and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ,” he said, referring to the birthplace of Jesus just days before Christmas is celebrated. “Their church communities link us straight back to the early church as I was reminded by hearing Aramaic, our Lord’s own language spoken and sung just a few hours ago.”
“Yet today the Middle East and North Africa has the lowest concentration of Christians in the world – just four per cent of the population and it is clear that the Christian population has dropped dramatically over the last century and is falling still further,” the British royal said according to quotes reported in the Telegraph.
“We all lose something immensely and irreplaceably precious when such a rich tradition dating back 2,000 years begins to disappear,” he added.
The Prince of Wales characterized the campaign against the Middle East’s Christians as using “intimidation, false accusation and organised persecution.”
Scripture predicts a great persecution of the people of God in the last days. It should come as no surprise that Islam would make every effort to dissuade belief in the God of the bible and the keeping of His ways.
Do not think that this is limited to the Middle East, it is only the starting point. Prince Charles has only recently noticed a persecution that has been underway for centuries. The same thing is in the advanced stages in Europe and specifically Great Britain.
