Tensions Rise Outside Church In Sydney Where A Christian Leader And Several Worshippers Were Stabbed

Just because Christianity is the largest organized religion by percentage of global adherents doesn't mean that being a Christian is always easy, or safe. In many ways our modern world is defined by a struggle between Christianity and those who oppose it, be they followers of another religious faith or followers of a secular faith. Violent attacks on Christians seem able to happen anywhere, from Nigeria to Germany, there's nowhere where it's entirely safe to practice your Christian faith... not to be too much of a doomer. So it's important to keep in mind that while you may feel safe in a Western nation, where the rules of law and order are supposed to protect those who freely assemble to practice their faith, you may not be as safe as you think you are... a fact that was sadly reenforced this morning in the Sydney, Australia suburb of Wakeley where an Assyrian Orthodox bishop, Mar Mari Emmanuel, was attacked by a man wielding a knife.

Christian leader stabbed multiple times in Sydney's west. The attacker is being reported as having also attacked four members of the church congregation… Four people stabbed at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in a western Sydney suburb. Major police operation underway. Although thankfully it sounds like no one is expected to die from the attack. Bishop Emmanuel is apparently a somewhat controversial (but highly popular as well) figure for many reasons, being the face of a particularly ultra-orthodox branch of the Assyrian Orthodox church who has preached against a lot of things that might spur this kind of attack, so it's hard to guess what led to it happening. Nonetheless it seems that things have gotten tense in the time since the attack.

People are already on edge in Australia about these issues as this isn't even the first major knife attack in Australia this week. Last Saturday a man went into a mall, also in Sydney, and killed 6 people in a knife attack which we have to admit does seem a bit like a pattern forming. How come nobody can stop these knife attacks from happening in Australia?! These are the same people that brag about not having guns in their country. The guy is the definition of a coward. Attacked an unarmed old man preaching with a knife. A mostly peaceful stabbing.

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