tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post115338158262804962..comments2024-03-18T09:28:08.708-04:00Comments on Maior autem his est caritas: The conflict in Lebanon ...Fr. Gaurav Shroff http://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1153517487032533092006-07-21T17:31:00.000-04:002006-07-21T17:31:00.000-04:00Well, indeed. And our American friends are not acc...Well, indeed. And our American friends are not accepting ANY Christian refugees from Iraq just now, though the deadly backlash against Christians there can reliably be attributed to Mr Bush’s “War on Terror.” Well, they’re not Southern Baptists, I guess. Wogs into the bargain. (Whatever became of Franklin Graham’s plan to mount a campaign to convert Iraqis to his form of Christianity, one wondersassiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1153470500537519282006-07-21T04:28:00.000-04:002006-07-21T04:28:00.000-04:00Oy. Mea culpa ... and yes, Iraq is most definitel...Oy. Mea culpa ... and yes, Iraq is most definitely "West Asia." <BR/><BR/>Maybe as a percentage, Lebanon has the highest number of Christians? Maybe that's what I was wanting to say ...Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1153469923272780762006-07-21T04:18:00.000-04:002006-07-21T04:18:00.000-04:00But actually, a quick check in the CIA factbook di...But actually, a quick check in the CIA factbook discloses that even excluding Egypt Lebanon doesn’t have the largest number of Christians in “West Asia”: <BR/><BR/>Lebanon — pop 3,874,050, 39% Christian = 1,510,879<BR/><BR/>Syria — pop 18,881,361, 10% Christian = 1,888,136<BR/><BR/>Egypt — pop 78,887,007, 10% Christian = 7,888,7001<BR/><BR/>Iraq — pop , 3% Christian = 803,501 (which is a lot of assiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1153466955035536292006-07-21T03:29:00.000-04:002006-07-21T03:29:00.000-04:00Hmm. Wasn't including Egypt, though, I guess it do...Hmm. Wasn't including Egypt, though, I guess it does fall under the rubric of "Middle East." Not sure "West Asia" can include Egypt though ... it <I>is</I> in Africa after all. Ah the categorical joys of taxonomy ... :)Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1153466728937109702006-07-21T03:25:00.000-04:002006-07-21T03:25:00.000-04:00"Lebanon has the largest number of Christians of a..."Lebanon has the largest number of Christians of any country in West Asia." Well, given that Egypt is technically in Africa as opposed to "West Asia," but if we're talking Near East aka Middle East....assiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.com