The news of the new year car bomb attack on a Christian church in Egypt is both sad and discouraging.
Together with the attacks on Christian communities in Iraq, Pakistan and Palestine it demonstrates that there are some elements of contemporary Islam that cannot tolerate Christians as neighbours.
We as Christians need to be aware of this strand of thinking and the murderous consequences. However in western Europe we should demonstrate how people of radically different faiths can live side by side. This may not always be easy but we should see ourselves as a beacon of tolerance.
Meanwhile our prayers should be with these Christians. It reminds us that our faith owes everything to the blood of Our Jesus and much to the blood of our martyrs. Religious tolerance has been brought at a great price.![]()
Together with the attacks on Christian communities in Iraq, Pakistan and Palestine it demonstrates that there are some elements of contemporary Islam that cannot tolerate Christians as neighbours.
We as Christians need to be aware of this strand of thinking and the murderous consequences. However in western Europe we should demonstrate how people of radically different faiths can live side by side. This may not always be easy but we should see ourselves as a beacon of tolerance.
Meanwhile our prayers should be with these Christians. It reminds us that our faith owes everything to the blood of Our Jesus and much to the blood of our martyrs. Religious tolerance has been brought at a great price.
