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    Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...ng-killed.html


    Christian persecution: How many are being killed, where they are being killed
    By Georeen Tanner Published April 14, 2017 FoxNews.com

    This past Palm Sunday was a dark day in Egypt. Suicide bombings at two Coptic Christian churches, one in Alexandria and the other in Tanta left 45 people dead and many more wounded. Although there has been an uptick in violence against Christians in the region, Egypt is hardly alone in a long list of countries -- many in the Middle East -- that are violently hostile towards Christians.

    A list generated by Open Doors USA, a nonprofit organization focused on serving persecuted Christians, shows the Middle East accounts for a majority of countries ranked in the top 10 for extreme persecution of Christians. In order, the countries are as follows:

    1. North Korea

    2. Somalia

    3. Afghanistan

    4. Pakistan

    5. Sudan

    6. Syria

    7. Iraq

    8. Iran

    9. Yemen

    10. Eritrea

    Egypt ranks No. 21. According to the Christian advocacy group, one in 12 Christians today experiences high, very high or extreme persecution for their faith. Nearly 215 million Christians face high persecution, with 100 million of those living in Asia.

    The Center for the Study of Global Christianity, an academic research center that monitors worldwide demographic trends in Christianity, estimates that between the years 2005 and 2015, 900,000 Christians were martyred ? an average of 90,000 Christians each year...


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    Are there really 100,000 new Christian martyrs every year?
    By Ruth Alexander
    BBC News
    12 November 2013
    ...
    The number comes originally from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in the US state of Massachusetts, which publishes such a figure each year in its Status of Global Mission (see line 28).
    Its researchers started by estimating the number of Christians who died as martyrs between 2000 and 2010 - about one million by their reckoning - and divided that number by 10 to get an annual number, 100,000.
    But how do they reach that figure of one million?
    When you dig down, you see that the majority died in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    DR Congo civil war
    More than four million are estimated to have been killed in that war between 2000 and 2010, and CSGC counts 900,000 of them - or 20% - as martyrs.
    Over 10 years, that averages out at 90,000 per year.

    So when you hear that 100,000 Christians are dying for their faith, you need to keep in mind that the vast majority - 90,000 - are people who were killed in DR Congo.
    ...
    In earlier estimates of martyrs, CSGC included killings that occurred in the Rwandan genocide. Again this is puzzling. It was not a conflict about religion - it was a case of Hutus killing Tutsis, and both sides were Christian.
    ...

    It's often claimed that 100,000 Christians are killed every year because of their faith. Earlier this year, the Vatican called it a credible number. But is it?


    The number of Christian martyrs has tripled in two years.

    Washington D.C., Jan 15, 2016 / 04:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In 2013, there were some 2,100 Christians killed for faith-related reasons across the globe. Last year, that number rose to at least 7,100, according to a recent report from an advocacy group.

    ?The persecution of Christians is getting worse ? in every region in which we work ? and it?s getting worse fast,? Lisa Pearce, CEO of Open Doors UK and Ireland, said in the group?s 2016 report.
    ...
    The latest report found that anti-Christian persecution reached a new peak in 2015, with thousands more people killed for faith-related reasons. About 4,000 Christians were killed in Nigeria, over 1,200 in the Central African and over 700 in Chad throughout 2015.
    ...
    In 2013, there were some 2,100 Christians killed for faith-related reasons across the globe. Last year, that number rose to at least 7,100, according to a recent report from an advocacy group.


    Link for Open Doors World Watch list: https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christi...ld-watch-list/
    Twitter: @RonanKelly13
    The views expressed are mine alone and do not represent the views of my employer or any other person or organization.

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