Pakistan Christian Leader: American Drone Strikes to Blame for Increased Attacks Against Christians

A  Pakistani bishop has claimed that the United State's drone strike campaign against the Taliban has inflamed the relationship between Islamists and Pakistan's Christians by drawing the minority religious community "into global politics."

Bishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi asserted that in the terrorists' perception, "The whole West — Europe or America — are all Christians."

"The perception is that if they attack the Christians, Americans will stop the drone attacks," Coutts told The National Catholic Register.

Coutts believes that the suicide bombers responsible for the Sept. 22 attack at All Saints Church in Peshawar that killed 122 people were retaliating against the U.S. military's lethal drone strikes in the region.

"Unless the Americans stop the drone attacks…they will continue to attack more churches," said Coutts. Keep reading

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