When somebody recently said that Christians were the most persecuted faith in the world, I was reminded of the old saying that I wouldn’t be paranoid if people didn’t keep getting at me.
Curiosity aroused, however, I did some research and evidence suggests that this is indeed the case.
Recent events in Sudan and Nigeria are particularly disturbing. In Sudan, approximately 150,000 Christians have been slaughtered this year and the remaining two million strong Christian population has been told to renounce its faith or face starvation.
In Nigeria, circa 50,000 Christians (in addition to other minority faiths) have similarly been mercilessly slaughtered.
The outcry from world leaders has been all but non-existent with two notable exceptions, Pope Leo XIV and Donald Trump, two names not commonly found together in the same sentence.
Then apparently, according to one major news outlet, Christianity in the UK is now somehow in the thrall of the Far Right and, therefore, by implication rather odious.
Apparently at the recent Unite the Kingdom rally in London, people were heard to recite the Lord’s Prayer and seen to be carrying wooden crosses. Proof indeed that these Christians were nothing better than Right Wing Extremists. Really?
As Alice Cooper famously said….“being a Christian, that’s a tough call.” Now that’s an understatement.
David Harper is a Berwick resident who runs his own planning, property and environmental consultancy. When he is not working or spending time with his wife Colette and their two boys and their families, he can be found restoring old cars and motorbikes.
