Wanting them to die.

Some words about people who are in desperate need of what the bible calls “Neighbors”.

Have you ever met people that are so unloved that a whole nation wants them to die? You, know, kind of like the Jews during WWII.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to belong to a people group that is despised, unloved and systematically oppressed? What would it be like to tell your child that she or he are not allowed to go to school because they government has decided that people with their skin color and religion do not belong in their country, and therefore, they have no right to education. What would that feel like if you knew that your people has faithfully served and lived in the nation for several hundred years?

I recently spent days with thousands of such people. The Rohingya of Arakan State, Burma. I have never seen such poverty. I have never seen such despair. I have never seen…

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