There have been many stories recently regarding various forms of Christian persecution throughout the world, especially in Indonesia. Here is a recent story:
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Assailants stabbed a Christian worshipper in the stomach and pounded a minister in the head with a wooden plank as they headed to morning prayers Sunday outside Indonesia's capital.
Neither of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.
No one claimed responsibility for the attacks. But suspicion immediately fell on Islamic hard-liners who have repeatedly warned members of the Batak Christian Protestant Church against worshipping on a field housing their now-shuttered church.
In recent months, they have thrown shoes and water bottles at the church members, interrupted sermons with chants of "Infidels!" and "Leave Now!" and dumped piles of feces on the land.
Local police Chief Imam Sugianto said Asia Sihombing, a worshipper, was on his way to the field when assailants jumped off a motorcycle and stabbed him in the stomach.
- The Rev. Luspida Simanjuntak was smashed in the head as she tried to come to his aid.
Indonesia, a secular country of 237 million people, has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years.
Leading the charge against the Batak Christians has been the Islamic Defenders Front, which is pushing for the implementation of Islamic-based laws in Bekasi and other parts of the nation.
Perpetrators are rarely punished or even questioned by police.
Would you be willing to fight back if your family, your faith were being persecuted? Would you fight back if your neighbors family were being persecuted? How many of us would just stand by watch / complain about this and do nothing? Are events that persecute our faiths happen here at home? What do you do about it?
(ORIGINAL LINK) FOXNews.com - Christians Stabbed, Beaten With Plank Near Indonesia's Capital
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