Why don’t more people care about Christian persecution?

While Judaism is proportionately the most persecuted global faith, Christianity is by far the most oppressed numerically. One in seven Christians worldwide – around 300 million people – are under threat, including one in five in Africa. Yet we hear all too little about this rising tide of ‘Christianophobia’.

Christians are even at risk in the West. Over 850 churches and Christian cemeteries were attacked across France in 2021. A Catholic priest, Father Olivier Maire, died tragically in the same year. He was fatally bludgeoned by Emmanuel Abayisenga, on bail awaiting trial for an arson attack on Nantes cathedral. Several months after Maire’s death, Catholics taking part in a procession in Nanterre were denounced in the street as ‘Kafirs’ or infidels by Islamist demonstrators. One mob member cried ‘Wallah [I swear] on the Qur’an I will cut your throat.’