(November 3, 2010 at 3:22 pm)Existentialist Wrote: Thoughout the Pakistan floods my support has been for Islamic Relief mainly because it made sense to me that an islamic charity would be effective in an islamic country. Islamic relief are part of the Disasters Emergency Committee which not set up on any religious basis even though it includes several religiously-labelled charities.The problem is that Christian flood victims are being discriminated against in the distribution of aid.
http://www.opendoorsusa.org/media-center...christians
Quote:Many of the suffering Christian families in the region are being denied any assistance because they are Christians. For some, the sole place of refuge is a local mosque, where extremist strongholds are strongest and Christians are, in fact, most vulnerable.
For Muslim Background Believers who have been in hiding, the situation is particularly dire as they are now more exposed than ever. News sources have reported increasing extremist violence against Christians, including demands to either vacate the region or convert to Islam.
His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 ESV
Romans 1:20 ESV