Sri Lanka and the global war on Christians, a Global perspective
Anons, until researching this tonight I had never heard of this group that is addressing the worldwide global war befalling Christians.
https://www.opendoorsusa.org/
So looking for some additional digging. Having said this, this post includes a 68-page booklet that represents a compilation of their worldwide study for 2019. Pretty sobbering statistics.
Sri Lankan minister Harin Fernando says ‘serious action need[s] to be taken as to why this warning was ignored’.
These weren’t the only alarm bells. The situation for Sri Lanka’s 1.6 million Christians — mostly Catholics — has been perilous for some time now. Open Doors, an American organisation that monitors Christian persecution, compiles an annual watchlist of the 50 worst countries to practice the faith. States are ranked by the intensity of maltreatment — high, very high and extreme — and last year Sri Lanka placed 46th. Open Doors identified ‘religious nationalism’ as the cause of anti-Christian activity and had this to say about the situation……Last year, in Open Doors’ 50 worst countries, 4,136 Christians were killed because of their religion — 11 every day. In the same reporting period, 2,625 Christians were arrested, detained without charge, or imprisoned and 1,266 churches or other Christian buildings were attacked. The number of Christians who experience high levels of persecution has risen 14 per cent in a year, taking the number to a staggering 245 million. Globally, one in every nine Christians is a victim of persecution.
FULL ARTICLE SOURCE
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/sri-lanka-and-the-global-war-on-christians/
https://www.opendoorsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/WWL2019_FullBooklet.pdf