{"id":6736,"date":"2014-01-04T17:59:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=6736"},"modified":"2014-01-04T18:03:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T18:03:41","slug":"2014jan04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2014jan04\/","title":{"rendered":"Withhold aid from persecuting nations"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Liam<\/a>
Liam Fox MP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Britain should withhold aid to countries that persecute Christians, a senior Conservative has said<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Liam Fox, former Defence Secretary, said that it was \u201cunacceptable\u201d for taxpayers’ money to go to regimes that do not “represent our values” and refused to tolerate other religions.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people find it increasingly unacceptable as we look round the world and we see persecution of Christians, for example, or persecution of other religious\u00a0minorities. They say, \u2018Why should our money be given to regimes and governments who are extremely intolerant when it comes to other people\u2019s religions?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The Times reported that he singled out Pakistan and Somalia as countries that fell short of British \u201cethical values\u201d.<\/p>\n

A number of MPs have spoken out for Christians in the Middle East after Prince Charles last month warned of a \u201ccrisis\u201d of organised persecution in the region.<\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales said at a reception for Middle Eastern Christian leaders at Clarence House that “Christians in the Middle East are, increasingly, being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Days later the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, in an article in the Sunday Telegraph, accused British politicians of having \u201cforsaken\u201d the cause of Christians in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\"Nigel<\/a>
Nigel Farage MEP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr Fox’s call has been supported by CLAAS<\/a><\/strong>, which helps persecuted Christians in Pakistan, while\u00a0Release International’s UK Director Colin King said: “2014 looks set to be a turbulent year for Christians – especially ahead of elections in Nigeria and Afghanistan”<\/p>\n

At the end of last month,\u00a0UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the UK should offer asylum to Syrian Christians<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After appearing to suggest earlier that the offer should be open to Muslims, he told the Jeremy Vine Show that Syrian Muslims could flee to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

“It’s bad enough for Sunni and Shia. At least there are neighbouring countries that will take them,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Where on Earth are the Christians going to go? Christians are now a seriously persecuted minority.”<\/p>\n

The calls to support persecuted Christians come after a debate on persecution last month in the House of Commons<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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