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Whoever wins in Syria, its Christians will lose

Persecution of Christians is on the rise across the Middle East

31 August 2013

9:00 AM

31 August 2013

9:00 AM

David Cameron will almost certainly get his Syrian war. Who will fight it, let alone who will win it, remains unclear. But who will lose it is already known — the Christians.

The relentless persecution of Christ’s followers is foretold in the Gospels. Suffering is portrayed as the pathway to triumph.

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Robin Harris was director of the Conservative Research Department from 1985 to 1988, and is the author of Not for Turning: the Life of Margaret Thatcher.

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