Christian exodus from the Islamic world.

A recent news article described, “A mass exodus of Christians is currently underway. Millions of Christians are being displaced from one end of the Islamic world to the other. We are reliving the true history of how the Islamic world, much of which prior to the Islamic conquests was almost entirely Christian, came into being” (Fox News, May 7, 2013).

Professing Christians are leaving Islamic nations in droves. In Iraq, churches have been bombed and those who profess Christ have been tortured and killed and even crucified and beheaded.  More than 100,000 members of the Coptic church have departed Egypt since the Arab Spring began (ibid.). Crackdowns on those who profess Christ are occurring in Mali, Iraq, Syria, and even Bosnia, from where some 400,000 have fled since the war in the 1990’s (ibid.). In the Sudan, Muslim government forces are interrogating and tracking the movement of professing Christians (Frontpage Magazine, May 13, 2013).

When Jesus was asked what “signs” would mark the end of the age, He predicted,  “they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake” (Matthew 24:9). Although typically applied to true Christians, these verses reveal a time when all those who profess Christ will come under additional scrutiny and persecution!

For more insights into this developing story, be sure to read our informative article, “An Islamic Wind?”