Global Persecution of Christians

[Mister D]

Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. A comprehensive Pew Forum study last year found that Christians are persecuted in 131 countries containing 70 percent of the world’s population, out of 197 countries in the world (if Palestine, Taiwan, South Sudan, and the Vatican are included). Best estimates are that about 200 million Christians are in communities where they are persecuted. There is not the slightest question of the scale and barbarity of this persecution, and a little of it is adequately publicized. But this highlights the second half of the atrocity: the passivity and blasé indifference of most of the West’s media and governments.

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http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...rad-black?pg=1

[MMC]

130 some Countries.....there is no way the World of Media is not aware of this.

[Conley]

I'm not surprised by the numbers at all but it is a story worth publicizing. Globally Christians are probably the most persecuted of all simply because Christian nations are more likely to adopt religious freedoms whereas Muslim and Communist countries wouldn't think of it.

[Mister D]

I'm not surprised by the numbers at all but it is a story worth publicizing. Globally Christians are probably the most persecuted of all simply because Christian nations are more likely to adopt religious freedoms whereas Muslim and Communist countries wouldn't think of it.

Good point.

[Mister D]

I think the author does a good job describing the psychology of segments of the Western media.

[Conley]

I think the author does a good job describing the psychology of segments of the Western media.

Yes. Part of it also is that Western media by and large ignores Africa.

[Mister D]

That's true.

[Conley]

Well, I probably shouldn't limit it to Africa but include all of foreign coverage. American media at least is very much focused only on ourselves compared to media in European countries. There are practical reasons for that as well, of course.

[Mister D]

Well, I probably shouldn't limit it to Africa but include all of foreign coverage. American media at least is very much focused only on ourselves compared to media in European countries. There are practical reasons for that as well, of course.

We've been saturated with Mid East coverage for the last decade or so. This kind of thing gets a mentrion here and there but not often enough, IMO.

[Conley]

We've been saturated with Mid East coverage for the last decade or so. This kind of thing gets a mentrion here and there but not often enough, IMO.

Agreed. Off the top of my head, I can only remember two stories of Christians being persecuted over the past year, one in India and one in Egypt. I read a fair amount of world news and it just isn't covered.