
Islamophobia’s Rise in Texas: ‘I Won’t Rest Until Every Muslim Is Gone’ (Gift Article)
In many of my interactions Christians will point out how they are persecuted and mistreated abroad. And yes it is wrong, but it really rings hollow. As I know many in my community ultimately lament that they are not the ones wielding the boot. I don't imagine many of the posters here or true christian subreddit are going to be up in arms about this injustice the way they do with articles about Nigeria or Middle East.
Christians are working very hard to get into bed with far right politicians. These will often mean being xenophobic and anti women. Not only does this undermine our civil liberties, but the Christian faith as well. I don't really see the Christian love in the places where the faith has the most influence.
I largely see the faith being used as a tool and many of the faithful being okay with it or apathetic tho strongly sympathizing with those who weaponize the faith. Often in these discussions about how Christianity is being leveraged politically I ask Christians why they suppose the xenophobic positions they often tie to their faith. Romans 13:1 gets tossed around. Well we have freedom of religion in the US, yet we are challenging that here in the linked article. The verse is used very passively to excuse poor behavior from parties that use Jesus branding to promote bad fruit, which is largely what people will know the religion for.