Obama’s Christian Problem
White House overlooks Christian persecution while pandering to Islam
The Obama administration has been obsessed with Muslim outreach and recently tried to mend fences with the Jewish community.
Given the state of the world, however, the White House ought to be focused on helping the world’s oppressed Christians.
The United States has been wary to intervene in matters affecting Christians in the Middle East for fear of validating terrorist narratives that the West is engaged in a new crusade against Islam.
The result of this passive policy has been to allow Islamic extremists increasingly to dominate the debate, often with tragic consequences.
Domestically, Mr. Obama faces a skeptical Christian majority going into the 2012 election.
According to Gallup, the president is lauded by the Islamic-American community, with 80 percent approval, but Muslims are a fraction of a percent of the population and an insignificant electoral base. Among major Christian groups, …More