While about 30 percent of the world’s population identifies as Christian, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are directed at Christians.
“Christianity is being wiped out from the very lands in which it was born 2,000 years ago,” said Dr. Anthony Limberakis, National Commander for the Order of St. Andrew. “The conference aims to shed light on this crisis confronting Christians in the Middle East.”
According to Open Doors, each year worldwide more than 3,800 Christians are killed for their faith, over 2,400 Christian churches and properties are destroyed, and over 9,200 forms of violence are committed against Christians. Ten years ago there were nearly one million Christians in Iraq with a large majority in Mosul. Today there are just a few dozen Christians in that city.