"I used the example because it was in the news today."
It is utter crassness to claim "Christian persecution" where there is none.
At best, it is 'special pleading' for a minority of Assad's victims because they happen to be Christians - a slap in the face for the rest, at worst, it undermines the reasonably good relationship Christians appear to have with other religions in Syria.
Such accusations instigate religious persecution in the same way a criminal's plea that "you are only accusing me because I'm black" helps promote race hatred.
And stop blaming somebody else (again) - it was you who put it up on a thread entitled 'Christian Persecution', not some unnamed newspaper editor - think before you put your foot in your mouth, then put it in, as is your wont.
"Hence my cynicism of the agenda behind this thread."
And so say all of us.
Jim Carroll