Also see the GCC Post of Raymond Ibraham’s A Pandemic You Rarely Hear About: 360 Millon Christians Persecuted Worldwide
From Open Doors US World Watch Report for 2023
Over
the 30 years of the Open Doors World Watch List reporting, the global
phenomenon of Christian persecution has grown exponentially. Today, more than 360 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith. In 1993, Christians faced high to extreme levels of persecution in 40 countries. This number has nearly doubled to 76 countries in 2023.
For this reporting period, in the top 50 countries alone, 312 million
Christians now face very high or extreme levels. Worldwide, 1 in 7
Christians now experience at least “high” levels of persecution or
discrimination; with 1 in 5 in Africa, 2 in 5 in Asia, and 1 in 15 in
Latin America.
NORTH KOREA
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is unique because there is not even an appearance of religious freedom. As the regime cracks down on what it sees as foreign influences, if Christians are discovered, they and their families are deported to labor camps as political prisoners or executed. For Christians, gathering together is almost impossible and is only attempted in absolute secrecy with minimal numbers.
SOMALIA
Christians in Somalia face extreme persecution. They are explicitly targeted by the terrorist Islamist group al-Shabaab and are frequently killed immediately upon discovery. Even being suspected of having converted to Christianity can greatly endanger one’s life. Anyone found in possession of any Christian materials, including the Bible, is executed, often with the blessing of their family and community
In
the midst of war and strife, Christians in Yemen are increasingly
facing violent attacks and lengthy incarceration. Converts to
Christianity are even more vulnerable to physical and mental abuse,
sexual assault, rape, forced marriage, and honor killings.
ERITREA
LIBYA
NIGERIA
Nigerian Christians face violence from Fulani Militants in the Middle Belt, Boko Haram and ISWAP in the north and bandits throughout the border regions. This year, terrorist attacks happened as far south as Ondo State, with 41 Christians murdered in one church on Pentecost Sunday.
PAKISTAN
Apart from Nigeria, Pakistan is the only country awarded the maximum violence score by the Open Doors World Watch List. Christian women and girls are still regularly targeted for abduction, rape and forced conversion. The country’s infamous blasphemy laws remain a constant threat to Pakistan’s beleaguered Christian community. All Christians suffer institutional discrimination.
Violent attacks and abductions targeted at Iranian Christians have increased this year. Converts face extreme hostility from their families and communities, and pastors are regularly arrested, prosecuted and given lengthy prison sentences for “crimes against national security.”
Afghanistan remains a brutal place for Christians to live. It has dropped significantly in the World Watch List ranking solely due to the fact that many Christians were forced to flee in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover last year. Christian converts remain in grave danger in Afghanistan and their mere existence requires they live in deep hiding.
SUDAN
Last year, Sudan dropped in the World Watch List after the fall of the al-Bashir government and some positive legislative changes. Current authorities are now, however, forcibly closing churches and arresting pastors, and it is clear that extremist rule has returned. In addition, the integration of local community police forces and the continued presence of armed militia and terrorist groups mean that Christians remain under the constant threat of violence.
READ THE REST OF THE REPORT HERE.
Um who cares
ReplyDeletewhy should white people
care about blacks too begin with blacks don't care
about whites so why do white's have to care about blacks
killing each other let alone why should any race and or ethnicity
in this planet care about them in the first place their is no law, protocols
regulations, guide lines, rules that says all races an ethnicity's got, have, need
an its their obligation to take care of black people when this is the same race
that openly admits how much they hate white people & yellow people at the
same time are committing crimes against both white people and yellow people
so how they way I see it
black people need to pay white people with their lives by the size of an oil tanker
an the truth of the matter is no one really gives a crap about black people any way
do white guilt liberals think the whole world cares about them in truth no body does if black people disappeared tomorrow no body will bat an eye over them in fact a lot and or quite a lot of myriad of people would be dancing on the streets rejoicing that they are all gone except for white guilt liberals. but with white people that would be a different narrative because without them who would create ( invent ) new tech for any one an everybody.