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作者：玛丽亚·茨韦特科娃
2026年4月5日 晚上10:42 UTC 更新于1小时前
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- 内容摘要
- 批评人士称特朗普模糊了信仰与政策的界限
- 相关言论遭玛丽·泰勒·格林与穆斯林倡导团体批评
- 民主党议员敦促调查以宗教言论为伊朗战争正名的行为
纽约，4月5日（路透社）——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普及其他美国官员将在伊朗营救一名美国空军士兵的行动称为“复活节奇迹”，并以宗教视角将这场战争描绘为正义事业且得到神的祝福。
过往政府通常只会发布明信片式的复活节问候，而批评人士表示，此次官员们的信息模糊了信仰与政策的界限，借宗教名义为战争正名，并影响军方行动。
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“这次救援是复活节奇迹，”特朗普在接受NBC《与媒体见面》节目采访时表示，多名内阁成员随后也发表了类似言论。
特朗普在另一条以不同方式援引宗教的言论中，在社交媒体上威胁将打击发电厂和桥梁，敦促德黑兰开放霍尔木兹海峡，否则“你们这些疯子”将“生活在地狱之中”，并以“赞美真主”收尾。
在一条社交媒体帖文中，财政部长斯科特·贝森特借助复活节的象征意义——耶稣复活的日子。
“复活节奇迹被认为是历史上最伟大的胜利，”贝森特在X平台上写道，“因此，在这个最神圣的基督教节日里，一名勇敢的美国战士在敌后被救出，这是军事历史上最伟大的搜救行动之一，实在恰如其分。”
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国防部长皮特·赫格斯在周日的X平台私人账号上写道“上帝是良善的”，并转发了特朗普关于伊朗救援行动成功的社交媒体帖子。
据Axios援引对共和党人特朗普以及一位不愿透露姓名的美国国防官员的采访报道，获救飞行员在弹射逃生后通过无线电说出的正是这句话。
信仰与政策的关联引发批评
特朗普在2025年就职典礼上表示，是上帝让他在2024年大选期间的暗杀企图中幸存下来。“我当时就觉得，而且现在更加确信，我的生命被拯救自有其目的。我被上帝拯救，是为了让美国再次伟大，”他当时说道。
但他将宗教表述与军事威胁相结合的做法在周日引发了一些批评。
共和党前众议员玛丽·泰勒·格林在X平台上发帖指责特朗普背叛了基督教价值观。她表示，政府中的基督徒应该“追求和平”而非“升级战争”，并指出耶稣的教义强调宽恕与爱，包括对敌人的爱。
美国伊斯兰关系理事会也谴责了特朗普的言论，在一份声明中称其“嘲弄伊斯兰教以及威胁攻击民用基础设施”的行为鲁莽且危险。
该理事会表示，在暴力威胁的语境下随意使用“赞美真主”，反映出其愿意将宗教语言武器化，同时对穆斯林及其信仰表现出轻蔑。
上个月，30名民主党美国议员致信国防部监察长普拉特·莫林，要求调查美国军方内部有人试图以“圣经末日预言”为伊朗战争正名的相关报道。
“在特朗普政府在伊朗发动一场可选战争之际，数十亿美元的资金和无数生命悬于一线，严格维持政教分离、保护我们部队的宗教自由尤为关键，”这封致监察长的信中写道。
“我们必须确保军事行动以事实和法律为指引，而非末日预言和极端宗教信仰，”信中说道。
伊朗的政治制度基于什叶派伊斯兰教义，认为宗教权威源自穆罕默德先知后裔的伊玛目血脉，该国一贯将美国称为“大撒旦”，并在军事宣传中使用宗教语言，将阵亡战士称为殉道者。
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Trump invokes religious rhetoric in praise of Iran rescue, drawing criticism
2026-04-05 22:42:39 UTC / Reuters
By Maria Tsvetkova
April 5, 2026 10:42 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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- Critics say Trump blurs line between faith and policy
- Language draws criticism from Marjorie Taylor Greene and Muslim advocacy groups
- Democratic lawmakers urge probe into use of religious rhetoric to justify Iran war
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials cast the rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran as an “Easter miracle” on Sunday, framing the operation in religious terms that portrayed the war as a just cause and divinely blessed.
In the past, administrations typically issued postcard-style Easter greetings, and critics said officials’ messages this time had blurred the line between faith and policy by invoking religion to justify the war and shape the military’s conduct.
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“The rescue was an Easter Miracle,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and some cabinet members followed with messages of their own.
In a separate message that invoked religion in another way, Trump threatened on social media to strike power plants and bridges, urged Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz, “you crazy bastards” or face “living in Hell,” and signed off with the phrase “Praise be to Allah.”
In a social media message, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent drew on the symbolism of Easter, the day Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
“The Easter miracle is considered the greatest victory in history,” Bessent said on X. “And so, it (is) fitting on this holiest of Christian days that a brave American warrior was rescued from behind enemy lines in one of the greatest search and rescue missions in military history.”
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote “God is good” on his private account on X on Sunday, reposting a social media post by Trump about the success of the rescue mission in Iran.
Axios, citing an interview with the Republican Trump and an unnamed U.S. defense official, reported that was the phrase uttered by the rescued officer over the radio after he ejected from his aircraft.
FAITH AND POLICY LINKS DRAW CRITICISM
Trump said at his inauguration in 2025 that God enabled him to survive an assassination attempt during the 2024 election campaign. “I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again,” he said then.
But his blending of religious references with threats of military action drew some criticism on Sunday.
Republican former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, writing on X, accused Trump of betraying Christian values. She said Christians in the administration should be “pursuing peace” rather than “escalating war” and argued that Jesus’ teachings emphasized forgiveness and love, including toward enemies.
The Council on American‑Islamic Relations also condemned Trump’s language, saying in a statement that his “mocking of Islam and his threats to attack civilian infrastructure” were reckless and dangerous.
CAIR said the casual use of “Praise be to Allah” in the context of violent threats reflected a willingness to weaponize religious language while showing contempt for Muslims and their beliefs.
Last month, a group of 30 Democratic U.S. lawmakers asked Defense Department Inspector General Platte Moring to investigate reports that some within the U.S. military had sought to justify the war in Iran by invoking “biblical end-time prophecies.”
“At a time when billions of dollars and untold numbers of lives hang in the balance while the Trump administration wages a war of choice in Iran, the imperative of maintaining strict separation of church and state and protecting the religious freedom of our troops is especially critical,” the letter to the inspector general said.
“We must ensure that military operations are guided by facts and the law, not end-times prophecy and extreme religious beliefs,” the letter said.
Iran, whose political system is based on the Shia Islamic belief that religious authority derives from the line of imams descended from the Prophet Mohammad, routinely portrays the United States as “the Great Satan” and uses religious language in military propaganda, describing fallen fighters as martyrs.
Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Howard Goller
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