Thursday, May 24, 2007

Malatya Martyrs: Oaks of Righteousness - World - CBN News

News report, with video, on the Malatya murders and the fallout afterward:

"The media unfortunately has repeatedly depicted missionaries as the fifth column of Western imperialism, and this Western imperialism supposedly tries to carve up Turkey into pieces," said Mustafa Akyol, Turkish Daily News.

And it's not just the media. Turkey's National Security Council has listed missionaries and several evangelical groups as threats to the country.

"They have set us up as a target for someone or whoever wants to make himself a hero," Jerry Mattix, missionary to Turkey, said. "and you know the government and the media are saying that these people are poisoning the minds of individuals and youth. And so anybody, any youth, will get up and say, 'Hey, you know if I kill one of these, then I'll look good.'"
Malatya Martyrs: Oaks of Righteousness - World - CBN News

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