When Roman governor Pontius Pilate asked the assembled masses to choose between two prisoners, the majority ruled that Barabbas be released and Jesus be crucified.
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By Joseph Wakim | July 9, 2013
Christian minorities are facing unprecedented fear and exodus in the Middle East. Churches and clergy are being attacked as they become casualties of the Arab Spring and anti-Western sentiment, writes Joseph Wakim.
Emerging democracies in the 'Arab Spring' may have claimed an innocent casualty: Christian minorities.
If the crudest consequence of elections is 'majority rules', then minorities need protection. Westerners who laud the 'Arab Spring' cannot have it both ways, waving the carrot of democracy with one hand while waving a big stick with the other hand if Islamic values prevail. While a constitution may enshrine safeguards, this depends on who constitutes the majority.
As protestor Dalia Youssef declared from Tahrir Square after the recent en masse toppling of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, "the voice of the majority of people in any country is democracy."
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