It's a hellish curve.
It has increased dramatically in 2021. Christians emerge as the most persecuted religious group in the world: in 2021, 5,898 Christians were killed for their faith, 24% more than in 2020. Nigeria, where Boko Haram and the Islamic State engage in a kind of morbid competition, has a sad record, with 4,650 victims.
In addition, 5,110 Christian places of worship were targeted, destroyed or closed, ie 14% more than the previous year.
59% of these sealed churches were in China.
Finally, 6175 Christians are in prison for their belief, 44% more than in 2020!
On the prison level, India comes first, followed by Pakistan and China.
These three countries lock up half of the Christians arrested for their faith in the world...
bloodthirsty violence
Terrible but trustworthy figures since they are published, like every January for three decades, by an evangelical Protestant association, Portes Ouvertes, renowned for…
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