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The persecution of Christians has increased in the modern era. [9] According to a 2019 review chaired by the Church of England's Bishop of Truro, Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world. [10]
The descriptive use of the term religious persecution is rather difficult. Religious persecution has occurred in different historical, geographical and social contexts since at least antiquity. Until the 18th century, some groups were nearly universally persecuted for their religious views, such as atheists, [37] Jews [38] and Zoroastrians. [39]
Most of the victims are civilians, [20] [21] including over 25,000 women and children [22] [23] and 167 journalists. [24] Thousands more dead bodies are under the rubble of destroyed buildings. [25] [26] [27] By March 2024, 374 healthcare workers in Gaza had been killed. [28] More than 10,000 presumed dead under rubble [29]
Jul. 27—Sixty-one of the world's 196 nations actively persecute Christians who, ostracized, imprisoned, beaten, tortured, raped and murdered, stay just as determined to hold onto to their faith ...
Ten Poor Clares nuns in Belorado, Spain, were excommunicated in June 2024 by the archbishop of Burgos following a property dispute with the Archbishop of Burgos (Mario Iceta). [153] On July 4, 2024, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Vatican's former apostolic ambassador to the United States, was excommunicated for schism. The Vatican ...
Christians remain the most persecuted religious group in the Middle East, and Christians in Iraq are “close to extinction”. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] According to estimates by the US State Department , the number of Christians in Iraq has fallen from 1.2 million 2011 to 120,000 in 2024, and the number in Syria from 1.5 million to 300,000, falls ...
All the religions of the world contain narratives, symbols, and metaphors of violence and war. [2] Religious violence is violence that is motivated by, or in reaction to, religious precepts, texts, or the doctrines of a target or an attacker. It includes violence against religious institutions, people, objects, or events. Religious violence ...
Known as the world’s biggest refugee camp, more than a million Rohingya Muslims are sheltering in makeshift tents near the town of Cox’s Bazar – most of whom fled there in August 2017, after ...