Under Caesar’s Sword: On a Christian Response to Persecution

Last updated on: November 18, 2016 at 7:34 am by Timothy Willard

Under Caesar’s Sword: On a Christian Response to Persecution 2016-11-17T13:34:57-04:00 Timothy Willard

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Some quick facts about Christian persecution:

An average of 10 people are killed daily by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Christians are the victims of 80% of all acts of religious discrimination in the world.
In 2008, violence against Christians in Orissa, India, has resulted in nearly 40 Christians killed and over 10,000 displaced.
In 2013, Christians were harassed in 102 countries.
6% of the world’s population lived in a religiously repressive country.
Before 2003, there were around1.2million Christians in Iraq. Within ten years, they shrunk to around 500 thousand.

Source: University of Notre Dame

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