Tackling Persecution Of Believers.

By Katherine Weber , Christian Post Reporter

April 26, 2012|5:00 pm.

In response to the persecution faced by Christians around the world, Dr. Carl Moeller, president and CEO of human rights watchdog Open Doors USA, will join a panel discussion in May to address the issues faced by Christians in religiously intolerant countries, as well as seek possible solutions.

Members of the panel, which will be held at the National Press Club on May 3 in Washington, D.C., include Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

"The Christians in the Middle East have become the new Jews of our times. We call on all people of faith, and all Americans, to speak up for the embattled Christians in the Middle East and Africa, and against the disturbing pattern of violence against other faiths and places of worship," Alderstein said in a press release issued by Open Doors USA.