The Islamic Inquisition

Two weeks back, Somali Muslims kidnapped and murdered hundreds of student at Garissa University in Kenya:

A small group of militants, most likely between four and 10, roved from dorm to dorm, separating Christian from Muslim students and killing the Christians, the authorities said.

This is not the first time Muslims have separated Christians from Muslims and then proceeded to slaughter all the Christians.

Here are some other specific examples:

•December 2, 2014: Al Shabaab gunmen launched an early morning raid on quarry workers sleeping in their worksite tents near the city of Mandera, along the Somali border. Christians and Muslims were separated before the Christians, thirty-six of them, were beheaded or shot dead. 

•November 22, 2014: Al Shabaab attacked a bus and massacred 28 of its Christian passengers. Again, Muslim passengers were separated and left unharmed. 

•August 24, 2014: Al Shabaab abducted a group of traders near the island of Lamu. The militants eventually released three of them, because they were Muslims, but beheaded the fourth, a Christian. 

•June 15, 2014: Approximately 50 militants from Al Shabaab went on a killing spree in Mpeketoni, a predominantly Christian town on Kenya’s coast. They chanted “Allahu Akbar,” killed whoever could not recite verses from the Koran, and went door-to-door asking residents their religion, killing those who answered “Christian.” More than 57 people were killed, including six children of church pastors.

The other evening I attended a Celtic music concert, led by a young Harp player who fancied herself a  Pagan. Her music was enjoyable, but in between songs, we were treated to stories of the oppression and murder of Pagans.

The climax of the evening was the story of one particular woman who refused to renounce her Paganism, and went to her death telling her murderers they would suffer for the rest of eternity for what they did to her.

However, all the examples of such oppression and murder happened hundreds of years ago.

It seemed bitterly ironic that I was sitting and listening to this passionate young lady recount evil deeds done to unwilling martyrs of her religion so long ago, when members of my religion are constantly being murdered for their beliefs, all over the world, today, yesterday, and tomorrow.

CONSTANTLY!

Wikipedia says between 1540-1700 AD, approximately 3000 people were murdered by the Catholic Church for the "crime" of not being Christian.

In 2014, 3190 Christians were murdered for the "crime" of not being Muslim.

I believe it is likely many more Christians were murdered in Yemen, Libya, Syria, and Egypt, but I don't think there is any way to keep those numbers. Fact remains, the percentage of these populations that are Christian falling dramatically.

Those Christians had to go somewhere, right?