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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Christians under attack worldwide at a rapidly rising rate

Violence against Christians — like the bomb attacks that killed at least 311 people in Catholic churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday — has been escalating steadily over the past few years, international observers say.

In just the past few weeks, stark reminders of the danger Christians face around the world abound: an underground priest is dragged from his pickup truck in Xuanhua Diocese in China, a Christian couple in India are beaten by a father accusing them of trying to convert his son, 17 Christians are killed during a child dedication service in Nigeria.

Open Doors USA, a mission for persecuted Christians, estimates that violent attacks on the faithful doubled from 2017 to 2018, with approximately 11 Christians dying every day for their faith.

“There’s a specific pattern of violence around Christian holy days, such as Easter and Christmas,” said Sarah Cunningham, senior director of communications for Open Doors USA.

Nearly 50 worshippers were killed on Palm Sunday 2017 by bombers who targeted Coptic Christians in Cairo. That same year, at Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta, Pakistan, nine Christians were killed a week before Christmas by suicide bombers linked to the Islamic State.

Whereas international organizers tracking attacks against Christians a generation ago concentrated on the officially atheistic Soviet Union, today the focus is on militant and extremist Muslim factions.

“Militant Islamic camps are definitely one of the primary sources of Christian persecution in these countries,” said Ms. Cunningham, noting that Christians are being targeted beyond the former borders of the now-scattered Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is what soros and the dems want and the media are crickets WORLD ISLAM DOMONATION,

Anonymous said...

Agreed! This is getting to be the norm and it's disgraceful!

DEATH TO ISLAM said...

WE need a Second Crusades movement

Anonymous said...

demons allowed to dictate, its not even close to WWJD but hey thats how luciferians roll. Their hatred for GOD and His SON is apparent. the truth burns their ears and cold black hearts

Anonymous said...

Psst in case you missed it, your guy is Commander in Chief and your guys have controlled Congress for some time now

Anonymous said...

God will be coming back soon, if this is the case... per the bible...

Anonymous said...

Psst in case you missed it, it doesn’t matter if they’re republican or Democrat. Corruption isn’t just part of one party🤷‍♀️ Why do you think they hate Trump so much? He’s not part of “them”. He threatens they’re way of life. He threatens expose their corruption to the American people. So in the end it doesn’t matter whether republicans or democrats control congress because corruption votes with corruption. But you knew that didn’t you?