If al-Qaeda followers turn to Yemen to pursue the work of Osama bin Laden's network, they will be in for a surprise. The people of Yemen have long since divorced themselves from bin Laden's ideology.

It is less and less disputable that we are in the presence of what can actually and accurately be termed mass persecution. Hard to imagine, since we are dealing with a religion that has long been dominant.

No community today is so targeted by violent thugs for no reason other than sheer bigotry as are the Christians of Iraq.

Palestinian Christians are perhaps angriest with a radical but effective group of Christians who try to give Biblical support and legitimacy for the Israeli aggression against Palestinians.