WWL 2022: Afghanistan most dangerous country for Christians
from Evangelical Focus:
Afghanistan is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian, according to figures released today in the 2022 World Watch List (WWL).
The WWL, which records levels of persecution and discrimination across the globe, found that over 360 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith – a rise of 20 million from last year. The number represents one in seven Christians worldwide.
This year records the highest levels of persecution since the first list was published 29 years ago, and in recent years has plotted a steady increase.
Afghanistan: the brutal reality
The report paints a shocking picture of life for Afghanistan’s small, deeply hidden, Christian population, suggesting that:
– Christian men are facing almost certain death if their faith is discovered.
– Women and girls may escape death but may be married to young Taliban fighters who want “spoils of war”. When women and girls are raped, they will be trafficked.
– The incoming Taliban government gained access to recordings and reports that helped to identify Christians who were often detained, in order to identify networks of Christians, before being killed.
– Taliban fighters are actively tracking down Christians from existing intelligence, even going door-to-door to find them.
– Much of the Christian population has fled to rural regions or refugee camps in neighboring nations – all of which feature in the WWL as countries hostile to Christians.
See also: items on West Africa
“Don’t forget us!” As Open Doors warns of the “Talibanisation” of West Africa, Christian Today speaks to the organisation’s senior analyst
Responding to Religious Persecution in Nigeria after Its Official Denial, by Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism
Indifference to a Christian Genocide, by Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute (more on the US State Department removing Nigeria from the list of Countries of Particular Concern.)
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