Our church has an active and growing mission in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. People who have visited invariably comment on their warm reception as Americans in a part of the world (think Iran) not known for warm hospitality toward U.S. citizens. Interestingly this welcoming attitude extends to Israel, which Kurds see as another minority like themselves persecuted by Arabs in the Middle East. Cliff May's article sheds some light on this and makes the interesting point that: "The ongoing religious and ethnic cleansing of the "Muslim world" may be the biggest story journalists are not telling, political leaders are not highlighting and human right activists are not protesting." Neither the Bush or Obama administrations has been very concerned about protecting these minorities. Before the world has another Darfur on its hands, maybe they should.
townhall.com/columnists/CliffMay/2010/05/27/kurdistan_the_second_israel
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