# 58 Christians Murdered in Iraq:Reaction? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-christians-murdered-in-iraq-reaction/560792 "2010-11-15T22:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-christians-murdered-in-iraq-reaction/560792/1 "2010-11-15T22:27:20Z")
I read of a horrible incident in Iraq-muslim terrorists broke in to a Catholic church in Baghdad-and murdered 58 people-two of them RC priests. I have yet to see any reaction to this violence. At any rate, why the violence against Christians? I thought that Islam treated Christians and Jews as “people of the book”-and were not to be harmed. What does Islam have to say about this-is the murder of people of the book proscribed? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-christians-murdered-in-iraq-reaction/560792/2 "2010-11-15T22:43:45Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I read of a horrible incident in Iraq-muslim terrorists broke in to a Catholic church in Baghdad-and murdered 58 people-two of them RC priests. > I have yet to see any reaction to this violence. > At any rate, why the violence against Christians? I thought that Islam treated Christians and Jews as “people of the book”-and were not to be harmed. > What does Islam have to say about this-is the murder of people of the book proscribed? I’ve heard of mosques and muslims blown up and killed in Iraq as well with very little reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-christians-murdered-in-iraq-reaction/560792/3 "2010-11-15T23:54:59Z")
As you would expect, there’s a [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Baghdad_church_attack) that describes the event and the international reaction. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-christians-murdered-in-iraq-reaction/560792/4 "2010-11-16T01:22:07Z")
It’s been happening since before the invasion, nothing new, And a whole lot of Shiite mosques get blown up by Sunnis and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-christians-murdered-in-iraq-reaction/560792/5 "2010-11-16T02:24:00Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I read of a horrible incident in Iraq-muslim terrorists broke in to a Catholic church in Baghdad-and murdered 58 people-two of them RC priests. > I have yet to see any reaction to this violence. > At any rate, why the violence against Christians? I thought that Islam treated Christians and Jews as “people of the book”-and were not to be harmed. > What does Islam have to say about this-is the murder of people of the book proscribed? Why does Islam have to say anything about this? I don’t see what makes this any different than any other Iraqi of any other faith being killed.