Gayle Williams, Christian Murdered in Kabul

The death of Gayle Williams, a Christian charity worker, in Kabul is terrible news.

Sad to say there are many countries where to be a Christian (native or otherwise) is a dangerous affair.

Just the other week I was reading an account of churches being attacked and trashed in India. Not that this makes the news because Hindus aren't... well they're not Muslims are they? In fact the Hindus are allies of the Neo Cons.

Of course in Saudi Arabia it is illegal for Christians to proselytise. This doesn't get much of an airing either because the Saudis... well they're America's allies aren't they? In fact Al Qaeda and Bin Laden have Saudi links (as well as Bush family links) which brings us back to the CIA front-group scenario.

Then again, it is illegal for Christians to proselytise in Israel too! But don't expect any media to ever cover that little nugget! After all... Israel (we're told) is a democracy blah blah blah. Od course 99.9% of Christians there are Palestinians and we need hardly mention the walling off of their land, the barricading of Bethlehem, the IDF's machine-gunning of churches etc.

Yes Gayle Williams's murder was a terrible event. But it shouldn't blind us to the threats, violence and official sanction used against Christians - even in countruiies our leaders have us allied to.