TURKEY: DOCUMENT REVEALS PASTOR BRUNSON'S REAL "CRIME" IS "CHRISTIANIZATION"
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/09/turkey-document-reveals-pastor-brunsons-real-crime-is-christianization; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
An American citizen, Pastor Andrew Brunson, is facing up to 35 years in a Turkish prison on fake “terrorism and espionage related charges.” Brunson’s witnesses were not even listened to, amid “wild conspiracies, tortured logic, and secret witnesses, but no real evidence to speak of.” Most recently, Mehmet Erdoğan, a deputy for the Turkish ruling party, accused Brunson of being “a former U.S. marine in charge of looting Iraqi gold during the 2003 U.S. invasion.”
The truth, long suspected, has now emerged. The real “crime” of Brunson was “Christianization”:
The pastor’s daughter Jacqueline Furnari declared….Turkey finally charged him when they handed down an indictment….In this indictment, my father’s crime is named as ‘Christianization,’ essentially equating it to terrorism and espionage and it is, for the most part, based on secret witnesses’ testimony.”
Religious freedom does not exist in Turkey, or in any other majority-Muslim country, for that matter. In addition, Turkey has no place in NATO, as it is an oppressive regime. Its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has dreams of a revived Ottoman Empire. Earlier in the year, Erdogan declared bloody jihad on the Kurds, and dispatched thousands of Turkish soldiers with tanks and artillery to “decimate” them. Right before this, 90,000 mosques prayed Qur’anic conquest prayers, calling on Muslims to be “ruthless against unbelievers” and for victory against the Kurds. Still, Erdogan insists that it is “Islamophobic” to equate Islam with violence.
Note that astute Westerners oppose “Islamization” because of the human rights abuses committed in the name of Islam. Now compare and contrast this with Turkey’s use of the word “Christianization” as an indictment against Brunson. Brunson’s daughter responds to the charges in this way: “I’ve really come to realize that God is in complete control and he has a plan and this is all for his word. He is worth everything that my family has gone through.”
Two months ago, President Trump threatened to impose “large sanctions” against Turkey in response to Pastor Brunson’s imprisonment. The Trump administration continues to push for Brunson’s release.
“Daughter: U.S. Pastor Imprisoned in Turkey for Terrorism by ‘Christianization’”, by Edwin Mora, Breitbart, September 21, 2018:
U.S. NATO ally Turkey’s indictment against American pastor Andrew Brunson deems “Christianization” as his terrorism-related crime, the preacher’s daughter declared during a religious liberty panel discussion at the 2018 Values Voter Summit on Friday.The pastor’s daughter Jacqueline Furnari declared, “A year and a half after his initial detention [in October 2016], Turkey finally charged him when they handed down an indictment — 62 pages. In this indictment, my father’s crime is named as ‘Christianization,’ essentially equating it to terrorism and espionage and it is, for the most part, based on secret witnesses’ testimony.”Brunson, charged with terrorism and espionage in connection to the failed coup attempt in July 2016, is facing 35 years in Turkish custody.In July of this year, Turkish authorities released him from jail and placed him on house arrest after he served two years behind bars.Turkey detained Brunson in October 2016 in the wake of the failed attempt to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime. Ankara accused the pastor of helping individuals who allegedly participated in the insurrection.At the time of his arrest, North Carolina-native Brunson was running the Resurrection Church in the Turkish city of Izmir.Furnari noted that there is no physical evidence against her father. She stressed that her family’s faith in God remains strong despite her father’s ordeal in Turkey.“I’ve really come to realize that God is in complete control and he has a plan and this is all for his word. He is worth everything that my family has gone through,” she said, adding, “The entire last two years has really shown that these are just baseless charges. It’s a sham trial, and my dad is being used as a bargaining chip and suffering for Jesus Christ.”…..