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March 1 2015
The Unfinished War against Christians
WASHINGTON, DC - During a rousing talk at the DuPont Circle Hotel,
sponsored by the Woman's National Democratic Club (WNDC), Joe David,
author of The Infidels, took a sell-out crowd of WNDC members and
their guests on a journey to the beginning of Christianity over two
thousand years ago.
"With little more than a Bible, a cross and some bread," David said,
"the early Assyrian Christian missionaries followed the trade route
(known generally as the Silk Route) to China and spread the gospel,
according to Jesus to world. By the 12tth Century, The Assyrian Church
of the East became the largest church in the world with over 80
million followers, larger than the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox
Churches combined."
Unfortunately, these peaceful and cultured Assyrians who build the
first Christian nation on the ruins of the ancient Assyrian empire
faced a major threat in 630 AD. "With the fall of the Eastern Roman
Empire in 1453, Christianity in the Middle East was boldly reduced to
ashes, leaving behind only a few sparks of life here and there. The
cause: the rise of radical Islam which left its imprint on the area by
brutally slaughtering millions of Christians."
By revisiting the past, David identified the uninterrupted pattern of
genocide, perpetrated by radical Muslims against Christians that began
in the 7th Century. "I worry," he said, "that if we don't acknowledge
the lessons taught to us by history and end today's terrorism, we may
soon see a holocaust like none before it."
The Infidels is David's sixth book. It is about one aspect of the
often overlooked war in Middle East, when the Muslim Turks, with the
blessings of the Germans, began to savagely massacre nearly two
million Christians during a jihad, declared to cleanse the Ottoman
Empire of racial impurities, exactly 100 years ago. The book is a
novelization of his mother's experience in Persia during World War I.
The Book Only London's Thames River Press Was Brave Enough To Publish
The Infidels
by Joe David
A terrifying story about a religious war Led by the Muslim Turks
against the Christians
Joe David's latest book is in the great tradition of novels like Forty
Days of Musa Dagh and histories like the Rape of Nanking. It reveals
the scars of brutality and inhumanity as history intersects with the
ordinary lives of innocent people.
Editor George Thomas Kurian
The World Christian Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press, 2001)
The Nelson New Christian Dictionary (Thomas Nelson, 2002)
I found Joe David's version of a rarely discussed genocide, the
plotted murder of the Assyrians by the Kurds and the Turks during
World War I, to be thoroughly engrossing. In writing his novel, David
not only demonstrates a significant knowledge of the customs and
history of the times, but he also vividly brings to life the past in
an exciting and meaningful way.
Anahit Khosroeva, PhD
Senior Researcher, Institute of History
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
The Great War began with two shots: one aimed at the Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg throne, and the other aimed at his
wife, Sophie. What many thought would be just another Balkan squabble
quickly escalated into a major war felt around the world.
As Europe burst into flames and millions of soldiers began battling
the forces of nationalism, the Ottoman Turks joined arms with the
Germans and extended the conflict to their longtime enemies, the
Russians and the Christians. Incited by secular leaders in
Constantinople, northwestern Persia became a warzone in which radical
religious tribes invaded Christian villages and systematically
martyred hundreds of thousands of 'infidels" who dared to resist
conversion.
On a small slice of ancient, isolated land owned by a wealthy Assyrian
family, a young Christian girl awakens to the brutal massacre of her
race in a war that she is too young to understand. Stripped of her
privileged and comfortable existence, pursued by a Muslim governor - a
symbol of the rising new world order - and surrounded by hostility and
greed, deep-sated hatred and unspeakable horrors, she must somehow
come to terms with the nightmare that her life has become.
Visit the past to grasp the present - and the terror facing us in the future
Author: Joe David's first book, The Fire Within, because of its
successful dramatization of important issues in education, made the
reading list at two universities and received national public
attention in the 1980s. For nearly nine years, he was a frequent radio
and television talk show guest in major U.S. cities, where he candidly
discussed issues in education.
Over the years, he has written for professional journals, newspapers,
magazines, newsletters, and books, including the Annenberg/CPB Math
and Science Project, NPR Radio (The Best of Our Knowledge), The Forum
(University of West Florida), U.S. Airways, Basic Education (Council
for Basic Education), Christian Science Monitor, and much more. He is
the author of six books.
Author Joe David's national TV interview
with Connie Martinson can be viewed on YouTube.
http://www.gilmermirror.com/view/full_story/26497219/article-The-Unfinished-War-against-Christians---?instance=news_special_coverage_right_column
March 1 2015
The Unfinished War against Christians
WASHINGTON, DC - During a rousing talk at the DuPont Circle Hotel,
sponsored by the Woman's National Democratic Club (WNDC), Joe David,
author of The Infidels, took a sell-out crowd of WNDC members and
their guests on a journey to the beginning of Christianity over two
thousand years ago.
"With little more than a Bible, a cross and some bread," David said,
"the early Assyrian Christian missionaries followed the trade route
(known generally as the Silk Route) to China and spread the gospel,
according to Jesus to world. By the 12tth Century, The Assyrian Church
of the East became the largest church in the world with over 80
million followers, larger than the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox
Churches combined."
Unfortunately, these peaceful and cultured Assyrians who build the
first Christian nation on the ruins of the ancient Assyrian empire
faced a major threat in 630 AD. "With the fall of the Eastern Roman
Empire in 1453, Christianity in the Middle East was boldly reduced to
ashes, leaving behind only a few sparks of life here and there. The
cause: the rise of radical Islam which left its imprint on the area by
brutally slaughtering millions of Christians."
By revisiting the past, David identified the uninterrupted pattern of
genocide, perpetrated by radical Muslims against Christians that began
in the 7th Century. "I worry," he said, "that if we don't acknowledge
the lessons taught to us by history and end today's terrorism, we may
soon see a holocaust like none before it."
The Infidels is David's sixth book. It is about one aspect of the
often overlooked war in Middle East, when the Muslim Turks, with the
blessings of the Germans, began to savagely massacre nearly two
million Christians during a jihad, declared to cleanse the Ottoman
Empire of racial impurities, exactly 100 years ago. The book is a
novelization of his mother's experience in Persia during World War I.
The Book Only London's Thames River Press Was Brave Enough To Publish
The Infidels
by Joe David
A terrifying story about a religious war Led by the Muslim Turks
against the Christians
Joe David's latest book is in the great tradition of novels like Forty
Days of Musa Dagh and histories like the Rape of Nanking. It reveals
the scars of brutality and inhumanity as history intersects with the
ordinary lives of innocent people.
Editor George Thomas Kurian
The World Christian Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press, 2001)
The Nelson New Christian Dictionary (Thomas Nelson, 2002)
I found Joe David's version of a rarely discussed genocide, the
plotted murder of the Assyrians by the Kurds and the Turks during
World War I, to be thoroughly engrossing. In writing his novel, David
not only demonstrates a significant knowledge of the customs and
history of the times, but he also vividly brings to life the past in
an exciting and meaningful way.
Anahit Khosroeva, PhD
Senior Researcher, Institute of History
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
The Great War began with two shots: one aimed at the Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg throne, and the other aimed at his
wife, Sophie. What many thought would be just another Balkan squabble
quickly escalated into a major war felt around the world.
As Europe burst into flames and millions of soldiers began battling
the forces of nationalism, the Ottoman Turks joined arms with the
Germans and extended the conflict to their longtime enemies, the
Russians and the Christians. Incited by secular leaders in
Constantinople, northwestern Persia became a warzone in which radical
religious tribes invaded Christian villages and systematically
martyred hundreds of thousands of 'infidels" who dared to resist
conversion.
On a small slice of ancient, isolated land owned by a wealthy Assyrian
family, a young Christian girl awakens to the brutal massacre of her
race in a war that she is too young to understand. Stripped of her
privileged and comfortable existence, pursued by a Muslim governor - a
symbol of the rising new world order - and surrounded by hostility and
greed, deep-sated hatred and unspeakable horrors, she must somehow
come to terms with the nightmare that her life has become.
Visit the past to grasp the present - and the terror facing us in the future
Author: Joe David's first book, The Fire Within, because of its
successful dramatization of important issues in education, made the
reading list at two universities and received national public
attention in the 1980s. For nearly nine years, he was a frequent radio
and television talk show guest in major U.S. cities, where he candidly
discussed issues in education.
Over the years, he has written for professional journals, newspapers,
magazines, newsletters, and books, including the Annenberg/CPB Math
and Science Project, NPR Radio (The Best of Our Knowledge), The Forum
(University of West Florida), U.S. Airways, Basic Education (Council
for Basic Education), Christian Science Monitor, and much more. He is
the author of six books.
Author Joe David's national TV interview
with Connie Martinson can be viewed on YouTube.
http://www.gilmermirror.com/view/full_story/26497219/article-The-Unfinished-War-against-Christians---?instance=news_special_coverage_right_column