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SANTA ANA, CA (Feb. 4, 2008) - This year's No. 1 spot on Open Doors' 2008 World Watch List is no stranger: North Korea has now topped the list for six years in a row.
There is no other country in the world where Christians are being persecuted in such a horrible and relentless way. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia holds a solid No. 2 place, followed closely by Iran. Maldives is No. 4.
New at No. 5 is Bhutan, moving a few places up from No. 7 last year, mainly because Somalia and Yemen saw a decrease in persecution. The No. 6 spot is taken by Yemen, whose position did not change in spite of a slight drop on the persecution scale.
Afghanistan rose from No. 10 to No. 7.
Laos saw little change in religious freedom last year, but it moved up one place, from No. 9 to No. 8. Two new countries entered the Top 10: Uzbekistan at No. 9 and China No. 10. Uzbekistan was No. 11 last year and China No. 12.
Islam is the majority religion in six of the top 10 countries: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Maldives, Afghanistan, Yemen and Uzbekistan. Three countries have communist governments: North Korea, Laos and China. Bhutan is the only Buddhist country.
So it looks like Muslims and Atheists persecute Christians the most? It's interesting how much both groups often accuse Christians of doing dastardly things to them, when in fact it seems to be much more common the other way around...
(HT Joe Carter)
1 comment:
Brian,
Your statement that "it seems to be much more common the other way around" does not at all follow from this data. To make such a claim, you would need: a) data on Christian governments that persecute Muslims; b) to compare the amount of persecution in both directions; and c) to demonstrate that the difference (whichever way it runs) is not due to chance or data anomalies (i.e. is statistically significant). You have performed none of those three steps.
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