{"id":3574,"date":"2017-02-13T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2017-02-13T15:03:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T15:03:24","slug":"the-church-of-syria-believers-betrayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/the-church-of-syria-believers-betrayed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church of Syria: Believers betrayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Tom Brennan,<\/p>\n

After the followers of \u201cThe Way\u201d sadly left Jerusalem, after the Disciples were ordered not to teach in the Temple, Antioch became the leading church of the followers. The revolt that led to the slaughter of countless Jews and the destruction of the Temple, but spared the believers for a time. The church of Syria is one of the oldest Christian churches, and today it has been decimated by the war.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Church in flames in Syria<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the few compliments paid to President Assad has been made by the Christians, \u201che left us alone\u201d. The Jihadists and their Iranian opponents and the more than 97 separate militia groups have made eliminating Christians one of their goals. Outright genocide and religious persecution are evident, yet the Obama Administration refused to give these believers priority access to immigration. The latest betrayal comes from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/a> who protested the new Trump Administration\u2019s temporary ban on immigration from seven Islamic majority nations. These nations have no functioning governments, no way to verify documents, no driver\u2019s licenses, no way to \u201cvet\u201d, just the testimony of the refugee.<\/p>\n

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