Anyone who watched to Pope and the mixed reactions he recieved from Jews and Muslims, is probably wondering how many Christians are left in Palestine. What is the future of Christians in the Middle East?

The influence of national poltical parties is shrinking, and movements like the Muslim brotherhood and others are gaining power. As the Middle East has turned against the influence of Western-based culture and politics, more and more Christians have turned to immigration as a solution. Christians have left Palestine, out and away from the Israeli occupation, but also in other countries they feel diminished, and are struggling with their identity, which was a National-Patriot based identity and not religion based. The green flag waving over many demonstrations and meetings in the Middle East begs the question if, as a minority, are they really welcome? See the mass slaughter of Pigs in Egypt which followed the Swine Flu. The Copts in Egypt are a tiny minority tolerated as garbage collectors. The slaughter of the pigs cleary did not happen for medical reasons.

For me, the question is what do Muslims in the Arab world know about Christianity? What are the similarites between Christian ignorance about Islam in the West and ignorance about other religions in the Middle East?