ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in Muslim-dominated countries continues to increase. Unfortunately, the United Nations, among other organizations, choose to ignore this sad and cruel reality that continues to affect Christians as a minority group.

 10/14/2017 China  (The Catholic Herald) – Christians today face worse persecution than at any time in history, yet the UN and the international community are largely ignoring them, a new report says.

‘Persecuted and Forgotten?’ by the UK office of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) says the persecution of Christians reached a new high between 2015 and 2017, as groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram stepped up attacks.

The report accuses the international community of failing to respond adequately to the violence, stating: “Governments in the West and the UN failed to offer Christians in countries such as Iraq and Syria the emergency help they needed as genocide got underway.

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