DAR AL ISLAM - AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE & LATEST NEWS ON THE S. KOREAN CHRISTIAN HOSTAGES (REAL MARTYRS IF THEY ARE KILLED) HELD BY THE TALIBAN

Doctors Deliver Medicine to Korean Hostages in Afghanistan

Afghan doctors delivered medicines on Sunday for 21 South Koreans kidnapped by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan more than two weeks ago.

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Taliban Weigh Hostage Fate

Taliban leaders are deciding what to do with 21 Korean hostages after Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. President George Bush ruled out making any concessions to free them, one of the kidnappers said on Tuesday.

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The DHIMMI reactions of Western Churches when it comes to the killings of Christians, in particular to the killings of these South Korean Christians:


Killing Korean Christians
By Mark Tooley
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“As negotiations between the Taliban and the South Korean government continue, we pray for the immediate release of those being held, for their reunion with their families and for true peace in Afghanistan. We pray also for the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, that through his help, negotiations may be strengthened.“

The WCC pronouncement is tepid and refers to the “negotiations” between the Taliban killers and the South Korean government almost as though it were a labor contract at issue. When Christians are being brutalized specifically because of their faith in Jesus Christ, might not church officials, even those based in Geneva, be a little more spiritually expressive?

After two millennia of martyrs and persecution, the Christian Church is not inexperienced as a victim of targeted brutality. These latest outrages by Islamist fanatics in Afghanistan might merit at least a Scripture citation and some bold words of divinely-inspired encouragement. Instead, the WCC spoke like a low level U.S. State Department official who is working the night shift.

Islamist murder, especially of Christians, is an uncomfortable topic for many Western church officials, who have invested decades in interfaith dialogue and apologies for Western and Christian misdeeds from centuries past. In truth, the WCC and other left church groups probably agree with the Taliban that South Korea should withdraw from cooperation with U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Of course, they do not condone the Taliban’s “violence.” But neither are they willing morally to differentiate between the Taliban’s violence and the actions of U.S. and other Western forces in Afghanistan that are attempting to subdue the Taliban.

The mercurial politics and convoluted theology of Western church officials contrasts with the simple faith that transported the Korean Christians to Afghanistan. Their suffering may not deeply touch politically correct hearts in the West. But their suffering is heard in far more important quarters, on earth, and above.



Pertinent Links:

1) Doctors Deliver Medicine to Korean Hostages in Afghanistan

2) Taliban Weigh Hostage Fate

3) Killing Korean Christians