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Over 2,400 anti-Christian hate crimes recorded across Europe in 2023

Source: Christian Today

November 19, 2024

There were 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes across 35 European countries last year, with the UK among the highest, a new report has found.

Most of the incidents were acts of vandalism against churches (62%), followed by the desecration of Christian sites (24%), arson (10%), threats (8%), and physical violence (7%).

The report by the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) highlighted a knife attack in Spain in which a priest died, a car-ramming attack on a Corpus Christi procession in Poland, and the attempted murder of a Muslim convert to Christianity in the UK.

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11/19/2024

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