The Pew Research Center recently released results of a study finding that Christians are the most persecuted religious group world-wide. The study found that Christians were being harassed for their faith in 110 countries, and "[m]ore than 5.3 billion people (76 percent of the world's population) live in countries with a high or very high level of restrictions on religion, up from 74 percent in 2011 and 68 percent as of mid-2007."
This news might come as a surprise to many of us here in the United States, who feel that we live (relatively) free and unrestricted lives when it comes to practicing our religion. However, as documented by Pew and reported in multiple news outlets, the world-wide oppression and targeting of fellow Christians, and those of various other faiths, is alive and well.
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