Myanmar’s Deteriorating Economy Destroys the Lives of Women

Myanmar Population: 58 million Christian: 8 percent Dominant religion: Buddhism Persecution ranking: 13 Myanmar’s economy has never been strong. They have a long history of military rule. Such misrule destroys the economy and the people subjected to it. There was a 10-year period between 2011 and 2021 when Myanmar had civilian rule. The middle class [...]

Political Unrest in Bangladesh Gives Islamicists Opportunity to Persecute Minorities

Bangladesh Population: 166.3 million Dominant religion: Sunni Islam Persecution ranking: 30 2024 has been a traumatic year for Muslim Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina won her fourth consecutive term as prime minister on January 8. Her political party, the Awami League, also won 75 percent of all congressional seats. Their opponents, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) boycotted [...]

Precarious is the Word for Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Population: 6,389,500 Christian Percentage: 6.1 % Primary Religion: Sunni Islam Persecution Ranking: Not Ranked Oxford Languages defines precarious as, “not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.” That is a perfect description of the water situation in Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian nation. Set high in the mountains, Kyrgyzstan has [...]

Criminal Gangs Destroying Nigeria’s Food Independence

Nigeria Population: 181 million Christian Percentage: 50 percent Dominant Religion: Christianity Persecution Ranking: 6 Nigeria is a nation blessed with fertile land, an excellent network of rivers and six seaports on the Atlantic Coast. They also have an aggressive workforce that has the potential to make their nation powerful and prosperous. But they also have [...]

Afghanistan: Where Children Work and Starve

Afghanistan Population: 32,225,560 | Christian percentage: Unknown Dominant religion: Islam | Persecution ranking 10 June 12 was the annual World Day Against Child Labor, which brought scrutiny to every country, especially Afghanistan. Though its percentage of child laborers hasn't changed dramatically in the past couple of years, Afghanistan [...]

Gold Funds Bloodshed in Sudan

Sudan Population: 41.5 million Christian Percentage: 5 percent Dominant Religion: Islam Persecution Ranking: 10 This month marks the beginning of the second year of a war in Sudan that has destroyed the lives of millions. About 6.3 million are displaced, and nearly two million have left Sudan for [...]

Pakistan’s Economic Wild Ride

Pakistan Population: 199 million Christian Percentage: .7 percent Dominant religion: Sunni Islam Persecution Ranking: 7   The 2020s started out promising for Muslim Pakistan's important IT economy. In the last five years, their IT businesses grew by 178 percent. Pakistan's IT exports reached 1.29 billion in 2019. It [...]

Sudan Will Not Have a Happy New Year in 2024

Sudan Population: 41.5 million Christian Percentage: 5 percent Dominant Religion: Islam Persecution Ranking: 10   Last April, fighting resumed between the government’s military, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and rebels from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The fighting shows no sign of stopping, and it’s getting so bad that [...]

The Many Reasons for Starvation in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Population: 32,225,000 Christian Percentage: Unknown Dominant religion: Islam Persecution Ranking: 9 The news has predicted probable famine in Afghanistan for the second winter in a row. As you read this article, there might be as many as 15-20 million people in that South Asian country who lack adequate [...]

In Iran, Mosques Close Where Nobody Goes

Iran: Population: 81,824,000 Christian percentage: .8 percent Dominant Religion: Shia Islam Persecution Ranking: 8 1979, Iran experienced a revolution that ushered in an Islamic theocracy. Iranians believed this would spiritually purify their nation. The 1979 Iranian Revolution was blended with nationalism. They hoped for Iran to become the powerful [...]

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