Robin Harris

Whoever wins in Syria, its Christians will lose

Persecution of Christians is on the rise across the Middle East

Photo credit should read ZAC BAILLIE/AFP/Getty Images 
issue 31 August 2013

David Cameron will almost certainly get his Syrian war. Who will fight it, let alone who will win it, remains unclear. But who will lose it is already known — the Christians.

The relentless persecution of Christ’s followers is foretold in the Gospels. Suffering is portrayed as the pathway to triumph.

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