Murder of a New Jersey Christian Family
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... Of particular significance is the way in which they were murdered. ... Sylvia appears to have suffered the worst, at the hands of the family’s murderers. ...
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Author: Sher Zieve
Bio: Sher Zieve
Date: January 17, 2005
The jihad against Christianity has now entered our homes.
On Sunday, the butchered bodies of the Armanious family were found in their home--bound, gagged and stabbed to death. Included were the father, Hossam, his wife Amal Garas and their daughters; fifteen year old Sylvia and eight year old Monica. Of particular significance is the way in which they were murdered. As well as multiple stab wounds in all of the bodies, each had his and her throats slit; in accordance with ritualistic Quranic law. Sylvia appears to have suffered the worst, at the hands of the family’s murderers. An additional stab wound was inflicted on her wrist, the wrist upon which a tattoo of the Coptic Christian cross appeared, and Sylvia sustained a long gash to her chest. Fred Ayed, a deacon from the family’s church, dispelled rumors that the family’s deaths were attributed to a robbery. Ayed said: "This is not a robbery. "We found all of the jewelry in the house. They didn't take anything."
What was the reason for the slaughter of the Armanious family? Almost immediately, one came to light. Hossam Armanious was outspoken about both his strong Christian faith and his disagreements with the tenets of Islam. He engaged in “heated debates” with Muslims on the web blog paltalk.com. During one of those chatroom sessions, Armanious was sent a response message that read: "You'd better stop this bull**** or we are going to track you down like a chicken and kill you!" It now appears that Armanious’ nemesis followed through on the threat. Armanious and his entire family are now dead.
Unfortunately and unconscionably, as of this writing only one news channel (Fox) is reporting this story in any depth. In fact, neither the alphabet soup networks nor the other cable channels have even bothered to include it in their online news sites. Although the deaths of Muslims around the world are reported as front page news by the mainstream media, apparently the death of Christians (ostensibly at the hands of Muslims) isn’t worth mentioning. And, of note, none of our ‘moderate’ Muslim friends have said anything. In this case, both groups’ silence says a mouthful.
One of the real concerns, as expressed by friends, is whether or not this may be a test case (designed by Islamo-fascists) to determine what the U.S. reaction would be, in regards to the killing of U.S. Christian citizens. Thus far it appears, with the blatant lack of concern by the mainstream press, that the terrorists may have their answer. The MSM doesn’t seem to care, one way or the other. Last night, the Golden Globe ceremonies were more important. Except for Fox, the killings weren’t even mentioned by the other major news sources. As the leftist-controlled MSM has been fighting Christianity for years, perhaps they see this as an answer to their Christian problem? I don’t know. However, I do know that if the massacre of the Armanious family is not strongly addressed and the perpetrators tracked down and brought swiftly to justice, all Christians will need to be fearful; fearful that our justice system won’t effectively deal with the situation and will [instead] sweep it under the rug. Will Christians, ultimately, be forced into hiding; or worse, denying their faith? If we don’t resolutely deal with this, now, there won’t be a later. It’s up to each Christian to determine what efforts he or she will make toward correcting this abomination. If we do nothing, our fates will have already been sealed. The jihad against Christianity has now entered our homes.
Sher Zieve
About the Author: Sher Zieve is a conservative political commentator who firmly believes that if Leftists ran the country (left to their own devices), it would be the end of the United States as a sovereign nation. Sher’s articles also appear in Men’s News Daily, ACLU Exposed, US-News.net and other Internet sites. Ms. Zieve welcomes your comments.
sKally
