Christian persecution
Religious believer targeting
Christian persecution refers to the hostile treatment, discrimination, or violence directed against Christians because of their religious beliefs.
This can range from social marginalization and legal restrictions to imprisonment, torture, and execution.
The term appears in two distinct contexts: historically, it describes the persecution of early Christians by the Roman Empire and other powers; in contemporary discourse, it refers to ongoing oppression of Christians in various countries.
Reports of Christian persecution in the region prompted international concern.
- North KoreaIsolated East Asian state
- secret policeClandestine state security apparatus
- NeroTyrannical first-century ruler
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
- ChinaEast Asian superpower
underground church · house church · Saudi Arabia · Eritrea · Soviet Union · Afghanistan · Iran · Catacombs · Coptic · Nigeria · Inquisition · Exile · Pakistan · religious minority · Reformation · India · Apologetics · Ottoman Empire
- NeroAgrippina, Seneca, Octavia, matricide
- Apostle PaulPaul, Saul, Romans, Galatians, Corinthians
- Korean Christianityfasting prayer, dawn prayer
- KyushuFukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, tonkotsu
- Seyfomassacres, death marches, ethnic cleansing, victims, deportations
- Syriac ChristiansAssyrians, Chaldeans, Aramaic, Jacobites, patriarchs
Christian persecutionreligious freedom
Right to practice faith
religious tolerance · freedom of worship · religious pluralism · religious liberty · freedom of conscience
Christian persecutionreligious tolerance
Acceptance of differing faiths
religious pluralism · ecumenism · interfaith dialogue · secularism · religious equality
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