Mayors, Editors & Radio Station Letters
P O Box xxx.
xxx. N.S.W. 2xx.
Telephone xxxx
E/mail xxxxx
File: News-M11-X
16th October 2016.
Cr xxxxi- Mayor.
xxxx City Council.
Request for Council’s support in opposing the Genocide of Christians in the Middle East.
Dear Cr xxx,
Please find attached a pdf file on an article I have forwarded to local newspapers in xxxx Council area. It is hoped that publication of this article will generate community discussion leading to action to rescue Christians stuck in various Middle Eastern countries. From my research I see the present genocide in the Middle East as being a repeat of the Armenian Genocide which occurred there almost a 100 years ago, whereby one and a half million Christians were killed.
I am appalled that Australia, a Christian-heritage country, by its support of a flawed refugee system, is in effect ignoring the genocide of Christians in the Middle East.
I have written this article because the facts concerning discrimination against Christians are largely unknown to the Australian public. They certainly are not being made known by the Government, for fear of offending Islam.
I hope Council will support the subject request, so that history will record that in Australia this genocide of Christians was not ignored by Council and its residents.
Yours faithfully,
Diego Colina.
Supporter of the Barnabas Fund Charity.
Copies to – General Manager and all Councillors.
P O Box XXX8.
xxx. N.S.W. 2xxx.
Telephone xxxx
E/mail xxxx
File: News-M5A-X
23rd October 2016.
Councillor xxxx – Mayor.
xxxx Council.
Your reply to my correspondence seeking support in opposing the Genocide of Christians in the Middle East.
Dear Cr xxxx,
Thank you for your reply to my subject correspondence.
We have met and I know that you have a love of literature. I would therefore like to request you to review Council’s policy, in the light of the seventeenth century writer, John Donne’s poem – “For whom the bell tolls.” Ernest Hemmingway’s novel of the same name was based on this poem.
For me, the suffering of the Syrian Christians is personal, as they are family.
I believe there would be many Christian residents in xxxx who if they knew of the circumstances facing Christians in this region would want to assist them. There would also be many residents who solely because of the human rights abuses would want to provide assistance.
If after you have independently examined the issues, you were to issue a Mayor Minute endorsing the work of the Barnabas Fund in this region and recommending a donation be made to this fund, this would certainly provide strong leadership for its residents to also consider the issues and hopefully to take similar action.
Should you like to read further on this subject, please refer to the websites cited in my article. The following sources may also be of assistance –
A search on the internet will confirm that the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, has raised the same concerns with Britain’s refugee acceptance system for the way it discriminates against Christians. He is also a strong supporter of the Barnabas Fund’s work.
In 2016 the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane at its Synod, passed a motion calling on its members to pray for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East and to provide support for the Barnabas Fund’s work in this region.
The Synod also signed the Barnabas Fund partition, which requested the Government to implement changes in its refugee selection policy
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Conclusion.
Thank you for taking the time to review this decision. Some years ago when I attended a Local Government and Shires Conference in Tamworth, one of the speakers advocated that local government councilors needed to think globally and to act locally.
My request to you accords with this advice and that decisions should be ethical and not simply politically expedient.
Yours faithfully,
Diego Colina.
Supporter of the Barnabas Fund Charity.
PO Box xxxx.
xxxx. N.S.W. 2xxx.
Telephone xxxx
E/mail xxxx
File: News-M20-X
The Manager.
Bathurst Christian Broadcasters Inc.
Life FM 100.1.
19th November, 2016
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to ascertain if your station would be interested in communicating the enclosed article which seeks widespread community involvement to rescue Christians from the Genocide being committed against them in the Middle East.
If this fits within the policies of your organization, I would be interested in being a sponsor of this radio presentation, with a short advertisement being provided for our firm’s services.
Please contact me if this is possible together with advertisement costs.
Should you wish to read further on this subject, please refer to the websites cited in the article.
The following sources may also be of assistance –
A search on the internet will confirm that the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, has raised the same concerns with Britain’s refugee acceptance system for the way it discriminates against Christians. He is also a strong supporter of the Barnabas Fund’s work.
In 2016 the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane at its Synod, passed a motion calling on its members to pray for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East and to provide support for the Barnabas Fund’s work in this region.
The Synod also signed the Barnabas Fund partition, which requested the Government to implement changes in its refugee selection policy
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Conclusion.
The above facts are the reasons why I believe Christian Radio should be a communicator of the issues facing Christians in the Middle East and a facilitator for change.
Yours faithfully,
Diego Colina.
PO Box xxx
xxxx. N.S.W. 2xxx.
Telephone 0499 637753
E/mail paracleteBC@hotmail.com
File: News-M22-X
XXXXX.
Chairman of Family Radio Limited.
Director – Christian Media and Arts Australia Limited.
XXXX.
XXXX.
16th January, 2016
Dear Mr. XXXX,
I have forwarded this letter to you at the above address by express post, for the following reasons –
The attached letter to the CEO of Hope 103.2 was sent by express mail on 23/12/2016 and tracking information confirmed that it was received on 29/12/2016. To date no reply has been received.
However your copy of this letter was unfortunately lost by Australia Post.
As this has been put upon my heart to make you aware of this situation, the enclosed letter has been forwarded to you.
How you respond to this information is entirely up to you. My hope is that your response will be similar to that of William Wilberforce, who said – “Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.” Like Wilberforce, you also have been a politician who has advocated Christian causes.
Yours faithfully,
Diego Colina.
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