Living in Belfast, the cultural response to a Sudanese suspect who allegedly stabbed a white person in June’s evening daylight was predictable: streets, buses and houses were ablaze in full technicolour hatred in time for the ten o'clock news, the self-justified expression of pent-up aggression against migrants.
One Pastor in North Belfast, Jack McKee, made the local news for speaking out against the violence and standing up for his parishioners: “They’re good Christian people and they’re getting put out just because they’re black... I’m doing my best to help them, it’s as simple as that". [1]
Christians across Northern Ireland are praying for the badly hurt victim of this attempted murder; they are praying for migrant families who watched their homes burn down in plumes of smoke; and they are praying for those carrying out the violence.
Everyone has faith – what makes ours different?
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