{"id":1722,"date":"2006-12-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-18T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/bethlehem-under-islam.html"},"modified":"2006-12-18T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-18T07:00:00","slug":"bethlehem-under-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/bethlehem-under-islam.html","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Under Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/pages\/live\/articles\/news\/news.html?in_article_id=423126&amp;in_page_id=1770\">This<\/a> is what Christianity looks like under Islam.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The town&#8217;s Christian population has dwindled from more than 85 per cent in 1948 to 12 per cent of its 60,000 inhabitants in 2006.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nA mosque on one side of Manger Square stands directly opposite the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, while in the evening the muezzin&#8217;s call to prayer clashes with the peal of church bells.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.persecutionblog.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;float: right;cursor: pointer\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/736\/2127\/320\/vomblogosphe.2.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nShops selling Santa Claus outfits and mother-of-pearl statuettes of the Virgin Mary have their shutters painted a sun-bleached green, the colour of Islam.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nGeorge Rabie, a 22-year-old taxi driver from the Bethlehem suburb of Beit Jala, is proud of his Christianity, even though it puts him in daily danger.<br \/>\nTwo months ago, he was beaten up by a gang of Muslims who were visiting Bethlehem from nearby Hebron and who had spotted the crucifix hanging on his windscreen.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nFive years ago, his two sisters, Rada, 24, and Dunya, 18, were shot dead by Muslim gunmen in their own home.<br \/>\nTheir crime was to be young, attractive Christian women who wore Western clothes and no veil. Rada had been sleeping with a Muslim man in the months before her death.<br \/>\nA terrorist organisation, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, issued a statement claiming responsibility, which said: &#8220;We wanted to clean the Palestinian house of prostitutes.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartchristian.com\/?p=3639\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what Christianity looks like under Islam. The town&#8217;s Christian population has dwindled from more than 85 per cent in 1948 to 12 per cent of its 60,000 inhabitants in 2006. 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