Am Pressing Hamas for Justice for Christians

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/07/africa/ME-GEN-Palestinians-Gaza-Christian-Killed.php

The killing of a prominent Palestinian Christian activist on Sunday sent a shudder of fear through the Gaza Strip's tiny Christian community, which is feeling increasingly insecure since the Islamic Hamas seized control there last summer.
The body of Rami Khader Ayyad, the 32-year-old director of Gaza's only Christian bookstore, was found on a Gaza City street early Sunday. The body bore a visible gunshot wound to the head, and an official at Gaza's Shifa Hospital said he was also stabbed numerous times. Ayyad had been missing since Saturday afternoon.
Ayyad's store, the Teacher's Bookshop, is associated with a Christian group called the Palestinian Bible Society. Ayyad regularly received anonymous death threats from people angry about his perceived missionary work, a rarity among Gaza's Christians, and in April, the bookstore was firebombed.

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I am embarrassed and disappointed that Hamas has not only NOT kept their promise to remedy harm done to the persons and property of Christians during the Hamas - Fatah conflict, now they have allowed murder of this Baptist Christian to take place.

How can Hamas govern with honor if you do not keep your promises of safety and remediation?

I recognize that you have severe economic problems with your relationship with Israel but this does not mean that Christians, who do only good in your situation, should be harmed. I do not like to think of my reconsidering my position of support for Palestinian rights.