OPINION:
The Muslim Brotherhood had a saying: “First the Saturday people (Jews), then the Sunday people (Christians).” They planned to annihilate both. They still do.
The proximity of Passover and Easter should come as no surprise. Christian scholars believe the Last Supper was a Passover seder. Jesus lived his life as a Jew.
Now more than ever before, Christians and Jews need each other.
While missiles rain down on Israel, there is the knowledge that even if Iran is defeated, international terrorism will still be very much a reality.
Everywhere, Jews will still be a target, as they were when a man drove his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue last month and in the December attack on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, where 15 died. Hamas refuses to disarm, and its sympathizers still march in U.S. cities.
In Africa and the Middle East, Christians are the most persecuted religious group. According to Open Doors International, worldwide in 2025, 388 million Christians faced high levels of persecution or discrimination. In Nigeria, each year, thousands of Christians are killed or displaced by Muslim terrorists, an outrage President Trump has condemned.
In Europe, which was once called Christendom, Christians are a growing minority because of unrestrained Muslim immigration. According to Christianity Today, 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes occurred in Western Europe last year, ranging from verbal abuse to murder.
There are bound to be conflicts and misunderstandings between the two Abrahamic faiths, such as the recent action by Israeli police limiting access to Jerusalem’s Church of the Sepulcher during Holy Week, over fear of a terrorist attack and difficulty reaching victims in the narrow streets of the Old City.
We shouldn’t allow such incidents to distract us from the need to unite for our mutual defense. The people who were led out of Egypt by Moses and those who follow the cross are both threatened by radical Islam.
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