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4 Christian leaders react to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Twitter

Shane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne talks about the Lynchburg Revival, April 4, 2018.
Shane Claiborne talks about the Lynchburg Revival, April 4, 2018. | (Photo: Screengrab, Red Letter Christians YouTube channel)

Shane Claiborne, progressive Christian author and activist, was critical of the reaction to the death of the Islamic State leader.

Claiborne took to his Twitter to quote a 2012 tweet from Donald Trump, in which Trump criticized then President Barack Obama for allegedly taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden.

“We should never rejoice in death,” tweeted Claiborne in a different post, quoting verses from the Old Testament about not celebrating the “death of the wicked” or “when your enemy falls.”

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