{"id":13032,"date":"2017-01-17T19:33:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13032"},"modified":"2017-01-17T19:33:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:33:55","slug":"nigeria-among-12-countries-in-the-hall-of-shame-for-prosecuting-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13032","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Among 12 Countries in the &#8220;Hall of Shame&#8221; for Prosecuting Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><a href=\"https:\/\/btclab.io\/?ref=Omafume\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/btclab.io\/banners\/320x100.gif\" width=\"582\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Persecution watchdog and aid organization International Christian Concern (ICC) recently released its annual \u201cHall of Shame\u201d report for 2016, highlighting the world\u2019s 12 countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bomb-church.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13033\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bomb-church-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Bomb church\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bomb-church-300x161.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bomb-church-768x412.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bomb-church-1024x550.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bomb-church.jpg 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPublished by Religion News Service, the report divides countries into three categories \u2013 \u201cWorst of the Worst,\u201d \u201cCore Countries\u201d and \u201cNew and Noteworthy,\u201d which includes the United States, as well as Russia and Mexico. This is the first time the Washington D.C.-based organization, which has assisted persecuted Christians since 1995, has included the United States in its annual \u201cHall of Shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ICC\u2019s 15-page report also highlights conditions for Christians in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, North Korea, Egypt, and Pakistan, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Featured prominently in the report, Saudi Arabia takes the \u201clead place\u201d in the \u201ccore of the Hall of Shame\u201d largely due to its decades-long funding of radical Islamic movements globally. According to the report, Saudi textbooks \u201ccan be found in schools across the Muslim world\u201d and \u201cteach discrimination against Christians and Jews while encouraging the spread of Islam through jihad as a religious duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=12035&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>According to ICC, that ranked Nigeria &#8216;Worst of the Worst&#8217; Countries persecuting Christians, Christians in central and northern Nigeria face brutal persecution from two armed Islamic militias. Boko Haram terrorizes northern and central Nigeria while Fulani militants wipe Christian farming villages off the map in central Nigeria. Christians are murdered, their churches burned, and their daughters are abducted, raped, and forced to convert to Islam. Over 30,000 Christians were killed in the last 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>According to ICC President, Jeff King,\u201cThe amount of violence, imprisonment and discrimination against Christians being reported to us by our networks around the world is simply catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p>The report calls out and shames governments who allow rampant attacks on believers to take place or are directly involved in prosecuting Christians for their faith. It also warns of countries where religious freedom is deteriorating rapidly and serves as a wake-up call for churches around the world, regardless of denomination, to come to the aid of our brothers and sisters who suffer so much for the cause of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, the list include:<br \/>\nNigeria,<br \/>\nUnited States,<br \/>\nMexico,<br \/>\nIraq and Syria,<br \/>\nEgypt,<br \/>\nRussia,<br \/>\nIndia,<br \/>\nNorth Korea,<br \/>\nChina,<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia,<br \/>\nPakistan. 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