INN : On June 22, Muslims murdered 25 Christians — mostly women and children — and wounded nearly 100 more inside a church in Syria.

According to eyewitnesses, one or two armed men entered the Mar Elyas Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus during mass, when it was packed with some 350 worshippers, and indiscriminately opened fire before detonating an explosive belt inside the sanctuary.

“When we got to the church, we found the doorway filled with body parts,” said a relief helper who arrived soon after the attack. Photos showed charred and blood-splattered floors, with shrapnel peppering the church walls.

While much can be said about this latest Islamic terror attack on a Christian church, my question today is simple and straightforward: Why is this not enough to prompt the United Nations and other international bodies to take notice and speak up the way they do whenever Muslims are the victims of non-Muslims?

One Act of Violence

For example, two years ago, the United Nations declared March 15 to be the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia.” What prompted this assertive move? Simple: On March 15, 2019, an armed Australian man entered two mosques in New Zealand and opened fire, killing 51 and injuring 40 Muslim worshippers.

If one attack on a mosque was enough for the UN to institutionalize a special day to speak up for Islam, what about the countless, often worse, Muslim attacks on non-Muslim places of worship? Why have they not elicited a similar response from the UN and other governmental bodies?

In case you think that June 22nd horrific attack on a Syrian church is some kind of aberration, here is a brief list of other fatal Muslim attacks on Christian churches in recent times, ordered by number of casualties.