2006-09-13 09:46:19 · 8 answers · asked by Free 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No organized Christian religions there as they do not tolerate any other religious view. Christians therefore would be "underground" as they would be imprisoned or executed.
On the other hand I am sure there are many claiming to Christian in the US military.
2006-09-13 09:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by icyuryy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Islamic countries, all non-Islamic religions are suppressed, usually at the point of the sword (or gun these days). Christianity in Iraq experiences persecution on all sides:
-- Before the regime change, there were laws against proselytism (evangelism) of any non-Islamic faith, all punishable by death. There was a recent high-profile media case involving this law and its freedom of religion violations in neighboring Iran. From Answers.com:
"According to some Muslims, one of the important doctrines of Islam is "la ikraha fiddeen" (Qur'an, 2:256), meaning "no compulsion (or coercion) in religion". They believe that this verse implies that no nation can coerce another nation or individuals to change their religion."
Apparently this isn't true in Iran.
While the laws have been removed with American-enforced "democracy" (i.e. majority rule), the old habits die hard.
--Families are encouraged (and most do) to abandon and shun their newly-converted Christian relatives.
--Churches are almost non-existent, but those that do operate in much the same method as in China--through "house churches."
--The conversion rate from Islam to Christianity is extremely low (1 in over 100,000, from voiceofthemartyrs).
2006-09-13 09:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will only say that I have missionary friends "in the sandbox." Things are going badly there. The murders are getting closer to home. The Sunni vs Shia stuff is horrible with many Iraqi's dead at the hands of these two sects.
These people carry grudges due to their honor system which is far different than that of the Western world.
Pray for the missionaries. Pray for Arabic people to learn to end the violence. It is a mindset that only God can change.
2006-09-13 09:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Cosmo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saddam's Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, is a born again Christian so it is obvious Christians in Iraq are far worse off now than they were before the US began terrorizing Iraq.
2006-09-13 09:51:33 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My Iraqi friend had several Christian friends and schoolmates while growing up. In REAL Iraq, Christians are not persecuted, and Sunni and Shia do not fight and kill each other. The sectarianism was introduced by Wahabis, and perpetuated by ignorance and fear.
2006-09-13 09:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by Smiley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luke 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
2006-09-13 09:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same thing as everyone else, uncertainty, trigger happy soldiers, death squads, road side bombs, and scarcity of the basic necessities of life.
2006-09-13 09:51:17 · answer #7 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They face dying for what they believe in.
2006-09-13 09:48:43 · answer #8 · answered by j.tech_77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋