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October 5, 2019
Somalia: Young Mother Loses Children and Everything Else to Follow Christ
This is not, unfortunately, the only such story of Christian persecution in Somalia. Here at ChristianPersecution.com we reported on a quite similar...
August 21, 2019
Somalia: Christian mother divorced and beaten for her faith in Christ
This is a common theme in the accounts of the Holy Martyrs. Throughout history, governing authorities from the Romans to the Arabs to the Turks to...

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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