Christians are under siege in the Middle East, and the Obama administration is not doing enough to stop religious persecution by its allies, according to a new report from a bipartisan federal commission.
The report, from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, faulted usual suspects Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, as well as North Korea, and noted that the number of Christians in the Middle East has plunged to just 10 percent of the overall population from more than 25 percent in 2011. The commission, which monitors religious freedoms and makes policy recommendations to the Executive and Legislative branches, faulted the Obama administration for not tying human rights issues to ongoing negotiations and diplomatic ties to several of the countries, especially Iran.States should not be confronting such a scenario in the first place."
"While the Obama administration should continue to shine a spotlight on abuses through public statements, it also should impose targeted sanctions to demonstrate that there are consequences, too," Dwight Bashir, the commission's deputy director of policy and research, told FoxNews.com. "By not utilizing an existing legislative tool, the United States risks sending the message that it prefers a nuclear deal to standing up for the rights of the Iranian people. The United States should not be confronting such a scenario in the first place."
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