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October 29, 2020
France knife attack: Man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ beheads woman, kills 2 others outside church in Nice
This attack is likely a response to the recent beheading of a teacher in France who showed his class a cartoon of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, and...
March 23, 2019
France: Catholic churches vandalized, set on fire & smeared with excrement
Nations with a Christian heritage are not immune to the persecution and harassment of Christians. As all this vandalism against churches is going on,...
March 7, 2019
France investigates claims Algeria persecuting Christians
The Order applauds this investigation. The persecution of Christians should be a focus of governments all across the world that have commitments to...
February 19, 2019
Religious rights group deplores ‘anti-Christian hostility’ in France
Nations with a Christian heritage are not immune to the persecution and harassment of Christians. Note that “in the first 10 days of...

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Quick facts

  • While about 30 percent of the world’s population identifies as Christian, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are directed at Christians.

    Source: International Society for Human Rights

  • Christians face persecution in more than 60 Countries.

    Source: U.S. State Department

  • Millions of Christians face interrogation, arrest, torture, and/or death because of their religious convictions and cultural/ethnic identification.

    Source: Open Doors USA

  • Between 2007 and 2014, Christians have been targeted for harassment in more countries than any other religious group.

    Source: Pew Research

  • Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism.

    Source: Under Caesar’s Sword