The Claims of Western Extremists Over Protecting Christians of the East Ended in Support of the Dictatorship
Many did not pay attention to the introduction of the far-right Christian Prime Minister of Italy, Georgia Meloni, of an Arabic letter in her Twitter account username, which is the letter (ن).
It later emerged that her addition of this Arabic letter was related to her pledge to protect Christians in the East since the attacks of the Islamic State against Christians in Iraq and Syria.
It was not only Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party who declared that their role was to protect the Christians of the East, but this was repeated by right-wing extremists in France, Sweden, and elsewhere after their election victory.
The strangest thing is that these Christian extremists praised the rulers of Arab dictators and claimed that they worked to protect the Christians of the East, such as Bashar al-Assad in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran as well, despite the denial of human rights reports.
Arabic letter's Mystery
Meloni put the letter (ن) for the first time in a tweet on her account on October 23, 2014, and expressed at that time her solidarity with the Christians massacred by the armed group ISIS and explained that the letter (ن) stigmatizes the terrorism against the Christians.
Italian newspapers explained that Meloni wanted, by including this letter(ن), to indicate her rejection of the practices of ISIS in Iraq in 2014 with the Christians of Mosul, in solidarity with them.
This letter (ن) became famous later in Europe for signifying solidarity with the Christians of Iraq and the East in general.
In a message posted on the party's official YouTube channel in April 2021, Meloni, a member of parliament since 2006, said that defending Christians wherever they are means defending our identity.
She added that Christians in places like Syria and Iraq are being persecuted because of the truth of their faith. Meloni and her party embrace Catholic Christian family values, as well as strict Catholic positions.
"Yes to the normal Christian family, I am a woman, a mother, and a Christian," she said in June 2022, but she declared her defense of the Orthodox of the East.
She was not satisfied with this, but she previously said to her supporters in October 2019 in Rome that they need to fight the Islamization of Europe to prevent Europe from becoming a Muslim continent. This raises questions about the relationship between her hostility to Islam and the defense of Eastern Christians, most of whom are Orthodox.
On the same truck, Meloni does not mind the emigration of Eastern Christians to Italy and Europe, but she calls on the members of the Muslim communities in Italy to leave her country.
She said in an election speech: "If you feel offended by the cross, this is not where you should live. The world is vast and full of Islamic countries where you will not find a cross because Christians are persecuted there, and churches are demolished. But here, we will defend these symbols, and we will defend our identity. We will defend God and our country, and the family. Make your own decisions," addressing the Muslim communities in Italy.
Nevertheless, when she collides with reality and takes power, Western newspapers see that Meloni will do nothing for Arab Christians and will be satisfied, like other Western politicians, by making hot promises and statements to reach power.
Arab Dictators Supported
Among the positions of Meloni and the European extreme right in general, the issue of their support for Arab dictators arises, as they claim that they protect Arab Christians, while the reality is otherwise.
During an interview with her on December 12, 2018, Meloni praised Bashar al-Assad and his allies (Russia, Iran, and Lebanese Hezbollah) for their role in making Syrian Christians "feel safe" and for saving religious minorities, according to her claim.
However, the American Time magazine confirmed on September 28, 2022, that Assad is responsible for 61 percent of attacks on Christian places of worship, according to what it quoted from a report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights in 2019.
Time quoted the Syrian opposition's Enab Baladi website as confirming that the number of Christians in Syria decreased from 2.2 million before the start of the conflict to 677,000 in 2021, according to the Global Christian Persecution Index published by the NGO Open Door.
The CNBC News website, which specializes in publishing Christian news, also confirmed on September 10, 2019, that the regime targeted places of worship and churches after the departure of ISIS fighters from Christian-majority areas.
Arab Christians Neglected
European extremist Christian parties have been trying to play the Arab Christians card for years in order to interfere in the affairs of the Arab world under the pretext of protecting minorities. Many Arab Christians are aware of this and criticize them.
In his book Who Protects Arab Christians? Victor Sahab, a Lebanese born in Jaffa, proved that Muslims did not persecute Christians and that what was said about Islamic violence against Christians was a lie.
He proved with historical evidence that Arab Christians were persecuted three times in history, and Muslims were not a party to any of them, but their presence was mercy, peace, and salvation for them.
On September 17, 2020, the French website Mediapart revealed a scandal represented in the French organization Save the Christians of the East providing support to the (National Defense) militia that has been fighting for the Syrian regime for 7 years instead of helping Christians in Syria without interfering in the conflict tearing the country apart.
The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office has referred the French organization called SOS Chrétiens d'Orient to an investigation for its involvement in war crimes in Syria, the investigative website Mediapart reported on February 18, 2022.
On June 10, 2021, the American magazine Newlines published an investigation into the evidence condemning this far-right French organization that claims to be a protector of Arab Christians, accusing it of war crimes in Syria.
