Christian persecutions around the World likely to increase in 2014

Christian persecution likely to increase in 2014The persecution of Christians around the world is expected to rise in 2014, according to a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness about Christian persecution and to offer pastoral and practical support to persecuted Christians around the world. Release International has highlighted two challenging areas for Christians in this year, said Andrew Boyd, Spokesperson of Release International.

Two challenging areas for Christians

The first challenging area is continuing rise of Islamist persecution in the form of militant groups that are seeking to change the Governments within their countries and to take power, in particular, in Afghanistan and Nigeria, which are both set for elections this year. The Taliban in Afghanistan will likely increase its attacks as NATO troops pull out by the end of 2014. In Nigeria, the Islamic militant group Boko Haram has already declared war on the Nigerian president and on Christians, said Boyd.
The second challenging area is the communist and post-communist world. He identified North Korea to be the biggest concern and it has headed many organizations’ lists as the worst persecutor of Christians in the world for quite some time now. He also identified a particular dynamic in countries of Central Asia, where majority-Muslim populations and a background culture of communism come together. Though constitutionally secular, in nations where you have a strong Islamic culture and a strong communist culture, there you have really quite a great deal of oppression, Boyd added.
Christians, heeding the words of Jesus, know there will always be persecution, stated Boyd. “But that doesn’t mean that we stay silent about it,” he added. Scripture urges Christians to both remember those who suffer and to speak out against injustice, he continued. “There is a need for advocacy. There is a need to say that this (persecution) is wrong,” he said. “Governments need to be taking action to do something about this. Laws are unjust. They need to be changed.”
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