Jordan Deports Christians

From Mental Mayhem, (hat tip Michael)

Here is a quick update to my last post. Compass Direct, which broke the story about the ongoing deportations of Christians in Jordan, ran a follow-up today that I personally found extremely heart-wrenching. Here is a highlight from the article:

More Deportations

While it was unclear what the government considered false in the report, the fact of deportations of Christians was further verified as authorities on February 10 expelled an Egyptian pastor with the Assemblies of God church in Madaba –- one of five evangelical denominations registered with the government.

Married to a Jordanian citizen and the father of two children, Sadeq Abdel Nour was handcuffed and blindfolded and taken to the port city of Aqaba. There he was placed on a ferry to Egypt. The previous week an Egyptian pastor from a Baptist church in Zarqa was arrested, held for three days and also returned to Egypt by ship from the port city of Aqaba. The pastor, 43, is married to a Jordanian woman and the father of three children.

If these pastors were working for legally registered churches why would you deport them in such a humiliating manner? The response of Acting Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh to the initial Compass Direct article was: "The authorities have deported a number of people who entered the country under the pretext of performing voluntary work but were spotted carrying out missionary activities."

Was this really the case in the issue of Sadeq Abdel Nour? I wonder.  (continue reading)

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Comments

[Katie]

And the PA has been forcing Christians out of Bethlehem for years now. The MSM blames Israel for that. The Muslims will force every Christian out of their lands and the West does nothing.

[Debbie]

For readers, Italian translation of Eugenio Cavaliere's comment, and my response:

"I was surprised a little reading your site, is beautiful your passion for politics, if you care so much you hope to make career in politics Greetings from Italy, Eugenio (pollicino)"

My reply to Eugenio:

Italian:
Eugenio: La ringrazio per le gentili parole. Sì io sono appassionato di politica, il mio paese, ma non ho alcun desiderio di essere parte di addetti ai politici a Washington o anche a livello locale. Credo che posso fare più di una buona diffusione di notizie qui. Thank you so much.

English: Eugenio: Thank you for the kind words. Yes I am passionate about politics, my country, but I have no desire to be part of the political insiders in Washington or even locally. I feel I can do more good by spreading news here. Thank you so much.

[Eugenio Cavaliere]

Ho avuto una sorpresa leggendo un po il tuo sito ,è bella la tua passione per la politica,se ti interessa tanto ti auguro di fare carriera in politica Un saluto dall'Italia,Eugenio (pollicino)