"Arab revolutions" concerned Christians

Church in Kirkuk, was to blow up in August / August (French)
Show Christians in the Middle East concern that the Arab spring turns to winter further by civil war, sectarian violence, expressing the fear that what happened in Iraq, including threatening to include them in the country in which they live.

The Wall Street Journal says that although many Christians support the Arab revolutions, others fear that the overthrow of dictators could spark sectarian violence targeted along with other minorities.
And feel some Christian leaders in the region that their situation better under autocratic rulers and secular regimes such as the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Violence in IraqSectarian violence, which followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein in 2003, it was tough for all Iraqis, including Muslims, Sunni and Shia, but it was a "disastrous" for the Christian communities, in the words of the newspaper.

According to Archbishop Sako said that violence was a drain, warning that Iraq had emptied of Christians.

The latest manifestation of violence, targeting the Church of the Holy Family in Kirkuk in August / August bombing inflicted a number of wounded and inflicted considerable damage to the building.

According to a report issued in conjunction with a gathering of Christians in the Vatican in October / November last, the war in Iraq unleashed the forces of evil in the country and made all the Iraqi victims.

The report added, "including that Christians make up less and the weakest part of Iraqi society, they were the primary victims of violence."

Egypt
In the view of the newspaper that AmericanChristians of Iraq were not the only ones whoare subjected to pressure, adding to the tension between Muslims and Coptic Christians in Egypt.


She says that Copts - who make up 10 percentof Egypt's population (80 million) - are concerned that the arrival of Islamic extremistsAsvonhm rule could undermine what they are getting benefits under the government-dominated army.


And draws the paper that dozens of Christianswere killed in the recent violence that followedthe fall of the regime of Hosni Mubarak.


Syria and Lebanon
In Syria, where Christians make up about 5%of the population, showing minorities from all walks of concern about the stability of the country's sectarian and says, "If PresidentAssad was overthrown, these communitiesmay turn against each other."


As for Lebanon - and the talk of the newspaper- it has suffered 15 years of sectarian fighting in the civil war ended in 1990 landed.


Although some Christian leaders in Lebanonhold hopes on the promises of spring Arabdemocracy, many of whom are still worried about the possible consequences for Christians.


He says the leader of the Maronite CatholicChurch in Lebanon, Patriarch Bishara sponsorit with the Arab spring if the spring is not reallya prelude to the winter of civil war and the suppression of minorities.

Source: Wall Street Journal