Christians are being murdered for their faith… and the media’s staying silent

4/19/19
 
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from Faith & Freedom Coalition,
4/17/19:

Christians are being murdered, tortured, and persecuted for their faith across the world–and the mainstream media in our country is staying silent.

Recent studies show that 215 million Christians in more than 50 countries currently experience extreme levels of persecution–simply because they believe in Jesus Christ:

  • In the Middle East, some Christian communities in Syria and Iraq had existed for nearly 2,000 years–but, in the past decade, they’ve been wiped out.
  • More than a million Syrian Christians have been killed, forcibly converted, or chased out of their own country by Islamic extremist groups, like ISIS.And Iraq, which was home to 1.5 million Christians, has just 200,000 Christians are left after years of violence.
  • In Iran, Christians face imprisonment, torture, and execution for their faith–including one man who, just earlier this month, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for being a Christian missionary.
    In North Korea, a recent defector described a “life of hell” for her nation’s Christian population–all of whom have to worship in private, under constant fear of torture, imprisonment, and death.
  • And anti-Christian persecution is spreading throughout Asia–with Christians in Bangladesh, Laos, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka reporting dramatically worsening conditions.
  • In Nigeria, the killing of Christians because of their faith shot up by more than 62 percent from 2016 to 2017. And it’s a problem now spreading to other nearby countries, like Sudan.
  • The list goes on and on—in 50 countries all across the world. In countries like China, Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, and Indonesia.

Even countries that are U.S. allies–like Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and India–are seeing dramatic increases in the number of Christians killed for their faith in Jesus Christ.

Congress have the power to put pressure on world leaders to take action–and defend the rights, liberties, and lives of Christians in their countries.

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