Every 5 Minutes a Christian is Martyred – 105,000 Per Year
Just because this needs to be said over and again:
Every year 105,000 Christians are killed because of their faith.
This shocking figure was disclosed by Italian sociologist Massimo Introvigne, representative of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, at the “International Conference on Inter-religious dialogue between Christians, Jews and Muslims,” sponsored the Hungarian presidency of the European Union (EU) in Gödöllo, near Budapest.
“Every five minutes”, Introvigne said in his speech, “a Christian is killed for his faith.” The figure does not include the victims of civil wars, or wars between nations, but only the people put to death because they are Christians.
“If these figures are not cried out to the world, if this massacre is not stopped,” Introvigne continued; “if it is not recognized that the persecution against Christians is the first worldwide emergency with regard to religious discrimination and violence, dialogue between religions will only produce wonderful symposia but no concrete results.”
Tags: Christian Persecution
June 14th, 2011 at 10:58 am
“How long O Lord . . ”
Revelation 6 verses 9 – 10
June 14th, 2011 at 11:14 am
My thoughts exactly Terry….
June 14th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Every Christian, every church must take action. Support organisations like Open Doors. It is not right that over 100 million Christians face persecution. It is every Christian’s responsibility to pray and walk with them.
June 14th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
These are serious numbers! It is difficult to stand by and just be nonchalant about it all, isn’t it? I agree with the last comment – it is every Christian’s responsibility to care, surely?
June 15th, 2011 at 10:37 am
What is motivating and perpetrating this extermination of christians or would it be islamophobic to name one of the main perpetrators.
I challenge the use of the word martyred this conflates what is in fact the ethnic cleansing of christians with the martyrdom of jihad. Christians do not actively seek or promote martyrdom as a tenet of their religion. Indeed christians have a life affirming obligation to self-preservation and self-defence.
The christian interfaith appeasement of the religion of jihad is an antichrist suicide pact.