Baroness Sayeeda Warsi Demands Protection Of Christians

[Crabtownboy]

First, Baroness Warsi is Her Majesty's Minister for Faith in the current government. So, she is not just some member of the House of Lords mouthing off.

Second as to the question of Palestinian Arab Christians, who are these folks supposed to be protected from? The Israeli Government (which probably just lumps the into the general Arab population) or their fellow Arabs (who can't [peacefully] wrap their minds around the idea of a non-Muslim Arab)?

Currently from the extreme folk who say they are followers of Mohammad, but violate much of what he said in the Koran about peacefully living with and being peaceful with other "people of the Book".

Traditionally Muslims have defined "people of the Book" as followers of the God of Abraham as the one and only god and are told to be peaceful with them. Of course this has not been followed throughout the centuries.

A dhimmī (Arabic: ذمي‎ ḏimmī IPA: [ˈðɪmmiː]), (collectively أهل الذمة ahl al-ḏimmah/dhimmah, "the people of the dhimma") is a historical[1] term referring to non-Muslim citizens of an Islamic state.[1] Dhimma allows rights of residence in return for taxes.[2] According to scholars, dhimmis had their rights fully protected in their communities, but as citizens in the Islamic state, had certain restrictions.[3] They were excused or excluded from specific duties assigned to Muslims, did not enjoy certain political rights reserved to Muslims, and were subject to payment of a special tax (jizyah), but were otherwise equal under the laws of property, contract and obligation.[4]

Under sharia law, dhimmi status was originally afforded to Jews, Christians, and Sabians. The protected religions later came to include Zoroastrians, Mandaeans, Hindus and Buddhists.[5][6] Eventually, the Hanafi, the largest school of Islamic legal thought, applied this term to all non-Muslims living in Islamic lands outside the sacred area surrounding Mecca, in modern-day Saudi Arabia.[7]

As an example of the distinctions between Muslims, dhimmis, and others, sharia law permits the consumption of pork and alcohol by non-Muslims living in Islamic countries, although they may not be openly displayed.[8] These same commodities are expressly forbidden to Muslims.[9] Modern Hanafi scholars do not make any legal distinction between a non-Muslim dhimmi and a Muslim citizen.[10]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhimmi

Traditionally Judaism has defined "people of the Book" as people of the Jewish faith.

To my knowledge, Christians either reject the idea of "people of the book" or have no definition concerning this term.

These Christians and Mohammedans have lived side-by-side peacefully for 1300 years. It is only since WW II that the problems began. But, if pressure by Western governments, and from Christians in the West are not brought to on governments in the Mid-East, then Christianity will disappear where it began.

 

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

You have given your opinion, but given nothing to back it up. In fact, the one time you tried, your proved yourself incorrect.

Strike three. Sit down. That bat ain't go no wood in it. You're the one who hasn't given any proof of his statements, and have ignored those who have asked for it. Not just ignored, but blatantly ignored, as though the question wasn't asked.

Do you believe Arab Christians should be protected? Seems a simply question.

Of course they should be. Dumb question. Now, how about answering all the other questions across the board you've been asked in the last 36 hours and have pretended not to see?

 

[robt.k.fall]

And we do so for good and sufficient reasons. For Biblical Christianity, there is no neutral position. One either holds to the Truth and is saved or one continues in error and is lost. Sacralist Christianity took this and included held those who do not adhere to their state's flavor of Christianity are heretics and are to treated like Jews and Mohammedans. Mind you, Baptists by definition are not sacralists.

SNIP To my knowledge, Christians either reject the idea of "people of the book" or have no definition concerning this term.SNIP