Faith leaders from across the world pray for a Trump victory and for peace

The promise of peace expanded Donald Trump’s appeal among faith leaders beyond the United States as they prayed for his victory.

“Peace through strength” proved more than just a tagline for the former president who often reminded that he was the only president in recent times under which no new wars were started.

Ahead of Election Day, as millions of Americans cast their ballots equally concerned about Marxist doctrines preventing them from freely following their religious beliefs, a Christian priest in Iraq and a Hindu priest in India were among those praying for the MAGA movement to restore order to the world.

“This day, November 4th…the eve of the U.S. elections for the president, I pray to the Lord for the peace in the world, especially in the Middle East where most of countries here are suffering from war and from violence,” said Father Behnam Benoka in a video posted to social media.

The Syriac Catholic priest outside Mosul, Iraq continued, “I pray to the Lord to send us leaders which can lead all the world — especially here in the Middle East and everywhere the Christians are persecuted — to the peace. We pray for you, Mr. Trump, to the Lord, to send you to be president for the U.S., for the good not just for the U.S., but also for the world. May God bless you and bless the U.S.”

Meanwhile, Reuters reported that Christian children had gathered with Hindu priests in India chanting “Make the world great again, vote for Donald Trump.”

“Donald Trump is the only leader who can bring world peace,” said priest Swami Vedmurtinand Saraswati who had previously held a ceremony on behalf of the GOP leader after the Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt.

Saraswati noted that his support for Trump came in part because the president “has vowed to protect Indians living in the U.S. and Hindus all over the world.”

Previously, the Republican candidate had received backing from other faith leaders, including Muslims in Michigan.

Trump’s impact abroad, particularly in Iraq, was recognized by English priest Father Benedict Kiely who wrote for The European Conservative late last week as he harkened back to a 2016 trip, “For the Christians in Iraq and Syria, there was one man they hoped would win: Donald Trump. I still remember a priest from Mosul in one of the camps. ISIS had used his Church as a torture center: he repeated three times to me, ‘I love Drump.'”

“They felt abandoned by the Obama administration and believed that Trump would help them. Every time we asked who they prayed would be the next president, the answer was the same, and it was never Obama,” he added.

To Kiely’s point, in 2017 Iraqi Christians had been able to celebrate their first Christmas in Mosul in years after the defeat of ISIS during the Trump administration.

“Fast forward to January 2021 and almost the first decision of the new Biden/Harris administration was to cut off all support for persecuted Christians, not only in Iraq but across the globe, including Nigeria, where Christians are being slaughtered at a genocidal rate,” said the founder of Nasarean.org.

Domestically, on Tuesday, Kansas City Chiefs kicker and devout Catholic Harrison Butker shared his own final message encouraging Christians to get out and “Vote to keep God in America. Vote President Trump.” He shared an ad asserting attacks on Churches in the United States during the Biden-Harris administration went unaddressed while faith was openly mocked by Harris and her supporters.

Kevin Haggerty

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