Brave...even scary words, from an Anglican?

The situation in Nigeria is growing worse, and read this statement from the Christian Association of Nigeria, headed by an Anglican Archbishop.

A couple of things to note: the statement implies that the violence and persecution has been on ongoing problem and has only intensified over the cartoon incident. It is also profoundly brave for this Archbishop and his organization to point out the notion that there is an organized effort to Islamicize Nigeria and that the government is not doing anything about previous and ongoing persecution of Christians. Also note the not terribly veiled threat for a violent backlash that has been brewing for sometime. (And has apparently now come to roost).

Of course, the media will cover this as your run of the mill everyday sectarian violence in which religion in general is to blame for people's inability to live together while ignorantly ignoring (hehehe) what has happend in preceeding months, years, decades, or centuries.

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Anonymous said…
Hey, some of those African Anglicans can be pretty hard-core. Remember when the gay bishop was installed? A lot of the Nigerian church raised hell over that and were seriously going to split from the Anglican communion. Don't know what the current story on that is, though.
1:06 PM
fdj said…
Oh yeah I recall. Well before they brought in the gay bishop they were sending missionary bishops to the ECUSA churches.

But standing up to Islamists who surround you is bravery only seen in future martyrs.
3:41 PM
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