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Open Doors Releases Ten Most Violent Countries Toward Christians

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:01 PM PDT

It almost seems inappropriate to label it a “top” ten list. As a believer, you’d never want to see your country come in at number one.

Over a 17-month period, the World Watch List team set out to specifically research which ten countries were most violent toward Christians. Different than the World Watch List–which takes into account political restrictions and social pressures–the new list is  based only on the number of persecution acts. Such incidents include physical abuse, destruction of property, and killings. North Korea, because it was impossible to collect data from the country, is not included. Four continents are represented in their final rankings.

  1. Nigeria
  2. Syria
  3. Egypt
  4. Central African Republic
  5. Mexico
  6. Pakistan
  7. Colombia
  8. India
  9. Kenya
  10. Iraq

For a brief description about the violence in each of these countries, read the full World Watch Top 10 Violence List. If you want to see Open Doors’ analysis of the list, click HERE.

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