Post by fearnot on Feb 16, 2022 15:03:28 GMT -5
The world cannot hate you,
but it hates Me because I testify of it,
that its deeds are evil
John 7:7
THE IGNORED PANDEMIC:
360 MILLION CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED WORLDWIDE
"The year 2021 “saw the worst persecution of Christians in history”—
with an average of 16 Christians butchered for their faith every single day.
This is according to the World Watch List-2022 (WWL), which was recently published by the international humanitarian organization, Open Doors.
According to the WWL-2022 (covering from Oct. 1, 2020 – Sept. 30, 2021), “over 360 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith—a rise of 20 million from last year.
For this same reporting period, 5,898 Christians were murdered “for their faith,”
a number representing a 24% increase from 2021
(when 'only '4,761 Christians were killed).
Afghanistan is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian.
North Korea (#2),
Somalia (#3),
Libya (#4),
Yemen (#5),
Eritrea (#6),
Nigeria (#7),
Pakistan (#8),
Iran (#9),
India (#10),
and Saudi Arabia (#11).
In these countries, Christians face persecution ranging from being harassed, beat, raped, imprisoned, or slaughtered merely for being identified as Christian or attending church.
...That means 82% of the absolute worst persecution is taking place in the name of Islam
Although Islam continues to have the lions’ share of persecution, religious nationalism in non-Muslim nations is also causing them to rise in the ranks. In Myanmar (#12),
, “COVID-19 gave Chinese authorities (#17) a reason to shut down many churches—and keep them shut.”
Christian women fleeing their homes and seeking safety report sexual assault to be the leading source of persecution, with multiple reports of women and children subjected to rape, sexual slavery, and more, both in camps and while they journey in search of safety
in Europe, at least a quarter, though arguably much more, of all hate crimes registered in Europe in 2020 were anti-Christian—representing a 70% increase in comparison to 2019.
Christianity is, furthermore, the religion most targeted in hate crimes, with Judaism at a close second.
Germany (where anti-Christian hate crimes have more than doubled since 2019)
and France (where two churches are reportedly attacked every single day, some,
as in the Muslim world, with human feces).
www.israel365news.com/266288/the-ignored-pandemic-360-million-christians-persecuted-worldwide-opinion/
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