Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Egypt Persecutes People Dissenting from Islam

Egyptian government denies the right to freedom of conscience, religion and speech. The authorities have arrested and are prosecuting a blogger who dared to criticize Islam in his posting.

View the article here.

This case adds to the evidence that a government that embraces a religion ends up being an oppressive government. Especially if the values of the ideology the government adopts are oppressive and intolerant of the fundamental human right to hold an opinion, even if wrong.
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This site has some links, news, and comments regarding freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. These are all inter-related. My concern is especially with the violation of Christian freedom to speak about the collapsed morality of this world and its inability to uphold what is right, true, honorable and godly. This is not an evangelistic site per se, I do not discuss the ultimate goal of one's life - to find salvation and relationship with God in Jesus Christ. It is rather a place to get a perspective on the clash of religious views, and civilizational values in today's world. The Bible is clear in its teaching that followers of Christ will be persecuted for his name's sake (Matthew 5, Jonn 15, 1 Timothy 2), and I am not trying to change that. However, it is worthwile pointing it out, so that people who love the truth can find out more about it, and make up their own minds.

A word on "anonymous" web sites: some withhold their names for safety, some for not wanting to be responsible for their postings, others for not wanting attention drawn to their personality and wanting to avoid the vanity of attention. It's up to you to make your call why my profile in this blog is stripped down to the bare minimum.