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A new report out of Europe shows that Christians were the largest target of religiously-inspired hate crimes in 2020. The below article from the conservative German blog, Journalisten Watch, is translated by Fousesquawk. Note that the article also quotes a posting by Raymond Ibrahim of Frontpage Magazine, which also contains much of the same translated information-separately done. Our translation is of the Journalisten Watch article itself.
https://journalistenwatch.com/2021/12/11/hassverbrechen-christen-europa/
Hate crimes against Christians in Europe hit all-time highs
11 December 2021
Hate crimes against Christianity and its followers have reached an all-time high in Europe, once and for centuries the custodian and disseminator of the teachings of Christ. At least a quarter of registered hate crimes in the last year (2020) was directed against Christianity. An increase of 70% compared to 2019. Judaism is now in second place.
According to the report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSZE) dated 16 November 2021, in 2020, 980 hate crimes against Christianity were reported. The number of unreported cases is likely higher.
Altogether, 24 countries are eagerly endeavoring to gather data on the theme of hate crimes on grounds of racism or hostility to foreigners, against LGBT groups and Muslims, but only 11 of them collect corresponding data on hate crimes against Christians, which clearly skews the statistics.
Of the 136 civil society organizations that provide corresponding data, only 8 organizations (!) continuously reported incidents against Christians, reported Frontpage Magazine.
Of the 4,008 described cases in the OSZE report (from 2020), 980 hate crimes were directed against Christians, almost 25% more than any other religious group.
While 980 were hate crimes of an anti-Christian nature, 850 were anti-Semitic, and only 254 anti-Islamic. But as the report explains, the true numbers are probably much higher because while most of the racist, anti-Islamic, or anti-homosexual attacks are reported as such, this is not the case in many anti-Christian attacks. Despite this and despite this discrepancy, the attacks on Christians are still greater than against every other religious group.
As to these results, Madeleine Enzlberger, head of the Intolerance and Discrimination of Christians in Europe, says, "The media and politicians don't see the increasing hate against Christians in Europe as a growing social problem. The OSZE report only shows a part of this problem, but sends a very clear signal against indifference and the almost fashionable bashing of Christians."
The OSZE's formal definition of "hate crimes" includes, "an offense against a certain group or a prejudice against a certain group, which serves as a motive, to commit certain crimes against these groups."
This can be the destruction of Christian buildings, such as churches or schools, but also Christian symbols, such as a Crucifix or statue of the Virgin Mary. It can also be a violent crime against Christians, such as the attack on the Orthodox priest Nikolas Kakavelakis in the French city of Lyon and the murder of Sir David Amess, a conservative Roman Catholic member of the British Parliament. Amess was murdered (by a Muslim youth) during a public talk with his followers. The conclusion is that in Europe, there are more and more anti-Christian hate crimes, (but) the exact state of affairs is unknown since not all are reported to the responsible authorities.
The growing hate against Christians is also annually registered by the Open Doors organization, which annually lists the 50 nations in which Christians are most persecuted for their belief. Also here the numbers increase. According to the statistics for 2021, "more than 340 million" Christians experience, "a high level of persecution and discrimination due to their belief". This is an increase of 31% over 2020 when only "260 million Christians experienced a high level of persecution" and an increase of 6% over 2019. In other words: Between 2018 and 2021, persecution of Christians worldwide increased almost 60%.
Along with many groups linked to the so-called "left"-Antifa and BLM- the lion's share of attacks against Christianity are traced back to Islam. Every year in succession, 40 of the 50 nations in which Christians are persecuted belong to Islam.
While up to now, European nations seldom if ever make it into the top 50, it is expected that, with the steadily growing Muslim population in Europe, its portion will become larger. Phenomena, which are peculiar to the Islamic world, from attacks on churches and crosses to rapes and forced conversions of Christian women, will inevitably also increase in Europe.
European regions with large Muslim migration populations already are experiencing today a simultaneous increase in attacks on churches and Christian symbols. Germany, where according to the latest OSZE report, the number of anti-Christian hate crimes has more than doubled since 2019, (and) one of the largest Muslim populations in West Europe is living, has recorded an exponential growth in the last few years.
After the Merkel invitation in 2015 directed to "refugees from the whole world", one year later in North Rhine-Westphalen, where more than one million Muslim migrants live, in the Christmas season, some 50 public statues of Jesus and other Christian figures have been beheaded and Crucifixes broken.
In neighboring France, also blessed with a large Muslim population, during the same time, two churches a day reportedly have to deal with various attacks.
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