We’ve talked in the past about the tragic joke that is Durban, the United Nations World Conferences Against Racism. Given that the three Durban conferences held over the past ten years have been marked by rampant anti-Semitism, it might seem strange that CAMERA’s Dexter Van Zile is calling for another Durban conference.

But what he wants, he writes, is “a human rights conference worthy of the name.” Here are a few of the issues he’d like to see addressed:

We need a conference where Iraqi Christians, who numbered 1.5 million in 2003 and now number less than 500,000, can explain why they are leaving the country of their birth. They need a chance to make their case for an autonomous province in Iraq where religious and ethnic minorities can gather together against Islamists intent on making them disappear.

We need a conference where Coptic Christians can describe the church bombings, the abductions, the rapes and forced conversions they endure at the hands of Islamist in Egypt.

We need a conference where Christians, whose churches have been destroyed in Nigeria and Ethiopia, can describe the attacks they’ve endured at the hands of Islamists.

We need a conference where women who have endured beatings at the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan can tell their story.

We need a conference where women who have been set on fire or have been splashed with acid by their relatives can tell their story.

If Dexter ever gets his wish, sign us up.
Author: Stand for Israel | January 18, 2012
Posted in: Anti-semitism, Christians in the Middle East