The Christian Today website reports that International Christian Concern (ICC) -- the persecution watchdog -- this week released its "Hall of Shame" list of the world's worst countries for Christian persecution in 2010.
It used to be that Christians suffered greatest in communist countries, but today Islamic fundamentalism has replaced communism as the number one cause of persecution against Christians, according to the new ICC report.
Entered into the ICC "Hall of Shame" in 2010 were Iraq and Egypt, both of which have seen a substantial increase in anti-Christian violence.
ICC president Jeff King said that while forms of persecution such as harassment, imprisonment, torture, and murder "steadily declined" in 2010 in communist and former communist countries -- with the exception of North Korea and China -- there continued to be a "significant increase" in incidents of persecution in Islamic countries.
King added, "Anti-Christian hatred arising from Islam has flowed into 2011, as seen in the horrific attacks in Egypt, Pakistan, and Iraq already this year."
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