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The World's Most Persecuted Minority: Christians

5-Minute Videos | PragerU

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🗓️ 5 January 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The most persecuted and victimized people in the world today are Christians in the Middle East. The perpetrators of the widespread destruction of that region's Christian community? Islamists. Middle East expert Raymond Ibrahim lays out the grim details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Which is the most persecuted religious group in the world today?

0:03.5

The answer in terms of sheer numbers and sheer horror might surprise you. It's Christians

0:09.2

Specifically Christians living in Muslim majority countries. Countries where Christians often proceeded Muslims by centuries

0:15.2

I'm not talking about war on Christmas type harassment. I'm talking about no your place or we're going to kill you persecution

0:22.3

Estonishingly the Western mainstream media barely acknowledge what is happening

0:26.1

Let's look closer at this issue. It tells us a lot about the world we're living in

0:30.8

100 years ago 20% of North Africa in the Middle East the birthplace of Christianity was Christian today Christians make up 4% of the population

0:38.9

Much of that decline has occurred in the last decade in essence Muslims are rendering North Africa in the Middle East free of Christians

0:46.0

Take Egypt for example my ancestral homeland in just the past two years tens of thousands of Christian cops have left Egypt and

0:53.1

Many others want to leave what they simply cannot afford to

0:56.6

Why they want to leave is no mystery a new year's day

1:00.5

2011 the two Saints Church in Alexandria was bombed leaving 23 cops dead in

1:05.3

97 injured in recent years dozens of coptic churches have been attacked many burned to the ground in August

1:12.0

2013 alone the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters attacked and destroyed some 80 churches

1:17.2

Unfortunately Egypt is more the rule than the exception hundreds of Nigerian churches have been destroyed in recent years

1:23.0

With especially deadly attacks reserved for Christmas and Easter church services leaving dozens dead or mutilated

1:29.5

churches have been bombed or burned in Iraq

1:31.9

Syria and just about every place in the Middle East where churches still exist except Israel

1:37.4

Christian businesses have been torched Christian girls have been kidnapped sold as child brides or slaves and had acid thrown in their faces for not being veiled

1:45.5

Anyone born a Muslim who converts to Christianity faces jail and possibly execution

1:50.8

The list of fresher atrocities by Muslims against Christians grows longer almost every day

1:56.1

Even in Muslim countries often portrayed as moderate Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

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