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A Surging ISIS Threat Endangers Africa’s Christians
A Surging ISIS Threat Endangers Africa’s Christians

(ANALYSIS) Tragic reports about the killing of Nigerian Christians have become all too common. And the recent account of a Catholic priest being shot and burned alive in his church just before Christmas was particularly gruesome — in that same incident, 40 worshippers, including children, also lost their lives.

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Analysis, Africa, Christianity, Conflict, Islam, OpinionLela GilbertChristian Broadcasting Network, Morning Star News, Christian Post, Catholic News Agency, Persecution.org, Lela Gilbert, Voice of the Martyrs, Aid to the Church in Need, Open Doors, Africa, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, African Christians, Africa's Christians, Northern Mozambique, Islamic State, ISIS, al Qaeda, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, Allied Democratic Forces, DR Congo, ISWAP, Islamic State West Africa Province, Boko Haram, Nigerai, Nigeria, Genocide Watch, Fr. John Mark Cheitnum, Kafanchan Diocese, Fr. Donatus Cleophas, Fr. Vitus Borogo, Fr. Joseph Akete Bako, Nigerian Christians, The PillarComment
The Persecution Of Christians Keeps Surging Around The World
The Persecution Of Christians Keeps Surging Around The World

(OPINION) The 2022 report from the Open Doors organization says “persecution of Christians has reached the highest levels” since it began accumulating data for its annual “World Watch List” three decades ago. Hostile incidents have increased by 20% since just 2014, and some 360 million Christians, or 14% of the worldwide total, are said to have faced persecution, harassment or discrimination.

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OpinionRichard OstlingGetReligion, Richard Ostling, The Religion Guy, Christian persecution, Religious Freedom, Open Doors, Countries of Particular Concern, Freedom of religion, World Watch List, Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Aid to the Church in Need, U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom, ChristianityComment