German lawmakers from across the political spectrum have denounced the ‘global trend’ of violence against Christians following the Islamic terror attacks in Sri Lanka which killed over 300 people.
“Members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens all expressed their concern about what they saw as growing violence against Christians,” reports Deutsche Welle.
Germany’s commissioner for religious freedom, Markus Grübel, warned that the Sri Lanka atrocity was part of a “global trend,” remarking, “Christians are the target of radical Muslims worldwide.”
However, he added that this was “incomprehensible,” a conclusion that many people who have studied Islam would challenge.
Former CDU parliamentary leader Volker Kauder also told Bild that there is “growing persecution of Christians in the entire Asian region” and that “nationalist movements of Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims are becoming more and more militant here.”
