Carol Platt Liebau: Ignoring the Violence on Palm Sunday
Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
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Summary
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the holiest week in the Christian calendar. But for Christians in Syria and Nigeria, it was a day marked by bloodshed and tragedy.
In Syria, sectarian attacks in a Christian town damaged homes, shops and cars—as men on motorcycles from a nearby Sunni Muslim town terrorized the community into the early morning hours.
In Nigeria, the violence was even more horrific. Muslim gunmen attacked a university community, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more.
Yet coverage of this violence was scant. Instead, there was widespread media outrage when Israel briefly paused public prayer gatherings due to Iranian missile threats—before quickly reversing course.
There’s a very clear double standard. And it raises serious questions about whether Western media outlets are intimidated by Islamism.
They certainly have not shown courage.
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| 0:00.0 | In times like these, we all need a word of encouragement. From pastor and best-selling author Max |
| 0:04.3 | Lukato comes the Max Lucato encouraging Word podcast with over 40 years of ministry and more than |
| 0:09.4 | 145 million books sold in 50 languages. Max shares the greatest story ever told, the living |
| 0:15.3 | savior who brings hope for a lifetime through rich, biblical insight, heartfelt storytelling. |
| 0:20.1 | You'll be reminded that God |
| 0:21.3 | is always near, always for you, and always in you. Listen to the Max Lucato encouraging word podcast, |
| 0:27.1 | where hope meets your day. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcast. This is Carol Platt |
| 0:32.5 | Libel for Townhall.com. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the holiest week in the Christian calendar. But for Christians in Syria, |
| 0:40.7 | it was a day marked by bloodshed and tragedy. In Syria, sectarian attacks in a Christian town damaged homes, |
| 0:47.9 | shops and cars, as men on motorcycles from a nearby Sunni Muslim town terrorized the community into the early morning hours. |
| 0:55.8 | In Nigeria, the violence was even more horrific. |
| 0:59.0 | Muslim gunmen attacked a university community, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more. |
| 1:04.9 | Yet coverage of this violence was scant. |
| 1:07.2 | Instead, there was widespread media outrage when Israel briefly paused public prayer gatherings |
| 1:12.7 | due to Iranian missile threats before quickly reversing course. |
| 1:16.7 | There's a very clear double standard, and it raises serious questions about whether Western |
| 1:21.5 | media outlets are intimidated by Islamism. |
| 1:24.5 | They certainly haven't shown courage. |
| 1:26.9 | I'm Carol Platt Liebauer. In times like these, we all need |
| 1:31.4 | a word of encouragement. From pastor and bestselling author Max Lucato comes the Max Lucato encouraging Word |
| 1:36.6 | podcast with over 40 years of ministry and more than 145 million books sold in 50 languages. Max |
| 1:43.0 | shares the greatest story ever told, |
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