As a dhimmi you are expected to behave, dress, act, work and live according to Islamic norms. One area of dhimmitude is that you live where they tell you to live. Archbishop Rowan Williams, dhimmi extradinaire and great fan of sharia, sees a problem with Christians in the Middle East, and addressing that problem in Iraq means to him the segregation of Christians from the majority Muslim population. He acknowledges that "extremists" are the source of Christians woes, but makes no mention of the sharia driving this persecution, leaving the reader to guess at the true motives of these extremists.
Dr. Williams cannot bring himself to entertain the idea that Islam, as defined today by it's recognized leaders and practiced by over 100 million Muslims, could possibly the root of the problem. For him, Islam is not the problem, our perception of it is. Dr. Williams is bought and paid for by Islam, doing the job of the good dhimmi. Christians will continue to suffer, and Dr. Williams will continue to look away.
From theBBC June 14
Middle East Christians facing 'extremist atrocities'
Christians protest treatment by Islamists
Dr Rowan Williams told the BBC that the vacuum left by the end of autocratic regimes was being filled by extremists.
He claimed there had been more killings of Christians and burnings of churches in Egypt than people were aware of.
Life was unsustainable for Christians in northern Iraq, and tensions in Syria were nearing breaking point, he added.
The Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity and home to some of the world's most ancient Christian denominations.
There is no agreed figure for the number of Christians in the region, though some experts believe there are as many as 10 million.
'Consistent pattern'
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's The World at One, Dr Williams said he was "guardedly optimistic" that the political upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa would bring greater democracy to the region.
"In the long term, of course, a real participatory democracy in the region is bound to be in the interests of minorities because good democracies look after minorities," he said.
But in the short term, he warned, people were using the chaos it had brought to attack Christian minorities.
"There is no doubt at all that it is a very anxious time for Christian communities. There have been extremist atrocities already, especially in Egypt," he said.
"It is a fairly consistent pattern over a number of months. Although at leadership level in the Muslim community in Egypt there is clear condemnation of this, it's evident that there are other forces at work which of course may not be native Egyptian," he added.
He suggested outside elements had entered Egypt from "more traditional sites of extremism", such as Saudi Arabia and northern Sudan, and did not rule out activity by al-Qaeda.
Dr Williams said violent extremism had made life unsustainable for Christians in northern Iraq, in a way that amounted to ethnic cleansing.
"The level of violence has been extreme," he said.
Extreme violence means extremists. I get it now.
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Dr. Williams cannot bring himself to entertain the idea that Islam, as defined today by it's recognized leaders and practiced by over 100 million Muslims, could possibly the root of the problem. For him, Islam is not the problem, our perception of it is. Dr. Williams is bought and paid for by Islam, doing the job of the good dhimmi. Christians will continue to suffer, and Dr. Williams will continue to look away.
From theBBC June 14
Middle East Christians facing 'extremist atrocities'
Christians protest treatment by Islamists
Dr Rowan Williams told the BBC that the vacuum left by the end of autocratic regimes was being filled by extremists.
He claimed there had been more killings of Christians and burnings of churches in Egypt than people were aware of.
Life was unsustainable for Christians in northern Iraq, and tensions in Syria were nearing breaking point, he added.
The Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity and home to some of the world's most ancient Christian denominations.
There is no agreed figure for the number of Christians in the region, though some experts believe there are as many as 10 million.
'Consistent pattern'
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's The World at One, Dr Williams said he was "guardedly optimistic" that the political upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa would bring greater democracy to the region.
"In the long term, of course, a real participatory democracy in the region is bound to be in the interests of minorities because good democracies look after minorities," he said.
But in the short term, he warned, people were using the chaos it had brought to attack Christian minorities.
"There is no doubt at all that it is a very anxious time for Christian communities. There have been extremist atrocities already, especially in Egypt," he said.
"It is a fairly consistent pattern over a number of months. Although at leadership level in the Muslim community in Egypt there is clear condemnation of this, it's evident that there are other forces at work which of course may not be native Egyptian," he added.
He suggested outside elements had entered Egypt from "more traditional sites of extremism", such as Saudi Arabia and northern Sudan, and did not rule out activity by al-Qaeda.
Dr Williams said violent extremism had made life unsustainable for Christians in northern Iraq, in a way that amounted to ethnic cleansing.
"The level of violence has been extreme," he said.
Extreme violence means extremists. I get it now.
Read it all
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