Saturday, April 2, 2011

Persecution of Christians

The recent cases involving the Bahasa Bibles (Malay Bibles)being retained by the authority as well as the ban on the use of the word "Allah" to refer to God has highlighted the plight of Christians in Malaysia. In our case, the persecution may be subtle, like banning the Bahasa Bible as well as use of "Allah", the issue is that all Christians worry that this situation may worsen in the future if nothing is being done. All that Christians in Malaysia is asking is the restoration of our rights as enshrined in the Federal Constitution - nothing more.

A UK Catholic organization did a survey which says of all religious persecution in the world, 75% is against Christians. The survey were done on 33 countries. It was also found that in countries where nationalism is rising, persecutions against Christians increased.

To read more click on the title of this post.

Watch this video, it may be a few years old, persecution against Christians still holds true.

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