What a quandry from Dups Kopp:

The Christians were being taken as slaves (often Muslim moderates are also enslaved) by fundamentalist Arab Muslims waging a civil war (under the guise of a Holy Jihad). Terrible stories of human rights violations abound. Question is did purchasing their freedom from the slave traders encourage and perpetuate the situation? I guess if my family was involved I wouldn't ask. I'd sell everything and try to buy their freedom...