Miranda Devine: Sri Lanka attacks prove Christians are most persecuted in the world
It’s tragic news that Christians attending Easter Sunday services in Sri Lanka have been murdered by suicide bombers. But it should come as no surprise. Christians are the most persecuted of any faith around the world, writes Miranda Devine.
It’s tragic news that Christians attending Easter Sunday services in Sri Lanka have been murdered by suicide bombers.
But it should come as no surprise. Christians are the most persecuted of any faith around the world, and in Sri Lanka, where they are minority, the warning signs have come thick and fast this year.
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In yesterday’s attack at least 207 people were killed and more than 500 injured in explosions at three churches and three five-star hotels. The blasts occurred as Easter Sunday services were under way.
No one yet has claimed responsibility but “returning Islamic State terrorists” have been reported as posing a threat. Earlier this year authorities seized a large cache of explosives at an IS training camp.
But anti-Christian feeling has been running high in Sri Lanka all year, with reports that almost every Sunday there has been some sort of disruption at a Christian worship service, whether people causing disruption, shouting obscenities, or assault, death threats and damage to property.
On Palm Sunday, for instance, Christians attending a prayer meeting at Koombichchankulam Methodist Centre for the disabled in Anuradhapura were pelted with stones and burning firecrackers by an abusive anti-Christian mob.
Sadly, we live in a world in which 11 Christians are killed each day for practising a peaceful religion which commands them to love their neighbour. Sri Lankans are the latest martyrs for their faith.
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