Persecution of Christians

A girl from a Christian family was burned by Hindu nationalists during violence in Orissa, India in 2008.

Persecution of Christians is treating Christians unfairly based on their religion. This can mean using violence against them or putting them in prison. Persecution of Christians exists in many countries which include India, Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Burma, Lebanon, Syria, Sri Lanka etc. In China it is illegal to be a member of a Christian church that is not approved by the government.

Persecution Of Christians Media

A Christian Dirce, by Henryk Siemiradzki (1897, National Museum, Warsaw) A Christian woman is martyred under Nero in this re-enactment of the myth of Dirce
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1863–1883, Walters Art Museum). A fanciful scene of damnatio ad bestias in ancient Rome's Circus Maximus beneath the Palatine Hill.
The execution of the patriarch Peter of Alexandria under the emperor Maximinus Daia, depicted in the Menologion of Basil II
The execution of the martyrs Luke the Deacon, Mocius the Reader, and Silvanus, bishop of Emesa [fr; it; sw], reputed to have been killed under the emperor Maximinus Daia, depicted in the Menologion of Basil II

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