ICC Note: According to a new study released by Center for Studies on New Religions, Christians were once again the most persecuted group in the world in 2016. The findings determined that 90,000 Christians were killed in 2016 for their faith, one-third of those killings at the hands of ISIS and another 600 million Christians were prevented from practicing their faith. These numbers are not surprising but quantifying everything we already knew about persecution in 2016.

01/09/2017 (Fox News): Christians continued to be the most persecuted group across the globe in 2016, according to a study.

The upcoming report from Italian-based Center for Studies on New Religions, determined that 90,000 Christians were killed for their beliefs worldwide last year and nearly a third were at the hands of Islamic extremists like ISIS. Others were killed by state and non-state persecution, including in places like North Korea.

“U.S. policy has not had a strategy for specifically addressing the persecution of Christians,” Ryan Mauro, national security analyst for the Clarion Project, told FoxNews.com “For example, very few people are even aware that Iraqi Christians began organizing to defend themselves and needed our help.”

The study also found that as many as 600 million Christians were prevented from practicing their faith in 2016.

The findings continue a disturbing trend from the previous year in which Christians around the world endured horrific acts of persecution, including imprisonment and beheadings.

“These numbers underscore what we already know,” Robert Nicholson of the Philos Project said to Foxnews.com.”There are many places on earth where being a Christian is the most dangerous thing you can be.

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