Beschreibung:
Religious oppression, up to and including genocide, remains a real and under-reported reality for many people in Asia, Africa, Europe and even North America today. This book documents that reality and recommends specific measures to report and alleviate it.
This book documents the history of religious persecution, especially focusing on early Jewish and Christian experiences and the culmination of horrors in the Nazi era, in which six million Jews, over a million Catholics, and many others were put to death for their beliefs. The book then focuses on the many types of religious intolerance in the world today, particularly the genocide against Christians in the Middle East and Africa, and resurgent Anti-Semitism in the Middle East, Europe and even the United States. The book concludes by discussing how we work together to preserve the ancient civilizations that provided roots for both Christians and Jews so that their populace and historical artifacts are safe from destruction and their cultural and religious heritage are preserved.
1. Preface: Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York
2.Introduction by James P. MacGuire
3.Keynote: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of IRFA by Representative Frank Wolf
4.Remarks by Ambassador Sam Brownback
5.The Great Persecution that Dares Not Speak Its Name by Lord Alton
6.The Lesson of the Asia Bibi Case by Nina Shea
7.The Extremely High Stakes of the China-Vatican Deal by Paul Mariani, S.J.
8.The Vatican’s Agreement with China Looks Even Worse Now
by Nina Shea
9.Exodus Redux by Mitchell D. Silber and Raymond W. Kelly
10.Keep Religious Tests Out of the Senate by Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin
11.Is There a Rise of Antisemitism and, If So, Who is Behind It? by Rabbia Aryeh Spero
12.The New New Antisemitism by Victor Davis Hanson
13. Actions Taken by the Hungarian State in the Protection of Persecuted Christian Communities by Tristan Azbej
14.The New Threat to Iraqi Christians by Fr. Benedict Kiely
15.USAID and Knights of Columbus in Agreement to Help Mid East Christians by CNA
16.What Is the Religious Freedom We Defend Today? by Marcella Symanski
17.The Politics of Persecuted Minorities by Philip Jenkins
18.Nathan Phillips Lied; The Media Bought It by Kyle Smith
19.Epilogue by Amanda Bowman