Christians Are Threatened Across the Globe

When President Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday that Christianity is “the most persecuted religion on the planet,” he put blunt words to a grim reality known to millions across the world. The president was correct to highlight the state of Christian persecution worldwide, from criminalization for basic Christian expression in liberal democracies to imprisonment and threat of death under hostile regimes.

While we must be careful not to conflate the plight of Christians in the West with those facing the regular threat of death in other parts of the world, the facts are clear: Christian persecution is a universal phenomenon.

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Elyssa Koren

Elyssa Koren is an international human rights lawyer and the director of legal communications for ADF International.

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When President Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday that Christianity is “the most persecuted religion on the planet,” he put blunt words to a grim reality known to millions across the world. The president was correct to highlight the state of Christian persecution worldwide, from criminalization for basic Christian expression in liberal democracies to imprisonment and threat of death under hostile regimes.

While we must be careful not to conflate the plight of Christians in the West with those facing the regular threat of death in other parts of the world, the facts are clear: Christian persecution is a universal phenomenon.