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PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS:
Persecutions and Martyrdom
Open Doors 2021 report revealed two important persecution trends in 2020.
The number of Christians killed has increased by 60% this year, mostly because
of Islamic violence against Nigerian Christians. In Nigeria, over 2,200 Christians
were murdered by radical Islamists. This number makes up slightly less than half
of the 4,761 Christians killed for their faith worldwide, according to Open Doors
statistics.
Other persecution hotspots around the globe include China and India. In
China, the Communist Party has cracked down on Christians by using
surveillance technology. In the last year, it has integrated its social credit and
video security system, enabling it to track its people and punish them for
attending church.
In India, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has encouraged
persecution of Christians by sanctioning Hindu extremism. The party has told its
nation that only Hindus are truly Indian. Political leaders have discouraged police
from responding to attacks on Christians.
Christians face the most persecution worldwide because they are the largest
minority faith in many countries.
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