Libya is 97% Muslim, there are two main Catholic churches in Tripoli and Benghazi. Currently, just 25 priests serve the approximate 80,000 Roman Catholics there.
In 2006, a small group of Muslim fundamentalist ransacked the Franciscan Church of the Immaculate Conception and adjacent friary. http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/uncertain-future-for-christians-in-libya/
Libya Tortures Four Christian Converts from Islam
http://www.persecution.org/2009/03/09/libya-tortures-four-christian-converts-from-islam/
The Tuesday attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt could have severe consequences for already marginalized Christians in the Middle East and northern Africa.An estimated 100 million Christians worldwide suffer interrogation, arrest and even death for their faith in Christ, with millions more facing discrimination and alienation. Open Doors supports and strengthens believers in the world's most difficult areas through Bible and Christian literature distribution, leadership training and assistance, Christian community development, prayer and presence ministry and advocacy on behalf of suffering believerLibya's feared intelligence service has "detained and tortured" four Christians for converting from Islam, as part of a wider crackdown on people embracing Christianity, human rights group said in comments monitored by Worthy News
U.S.-based International Christian Concern (ICC) said the believers, whose names were not identified, were imprisoned for the past seven weeks in Tripoli, Libya's capital.
"Libya's External Security Organization is believed to be behind the detention and torture of the Christians" ICC said, citing local sources.
The security agents have reportedly barred families from visiting the detained converts and ICC said they "are putting severe physical and psychological pressure on the Christians in order to force them to reveal the names of other converts."
"Fearing for their lives, converts from Islam are on the run,s.
In 2006, a small group of Muslim fundamentalist ransacked the Franciscan Church of the Immaculate Conception and adjacent friary. http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/uncertain-future-for-christians-in-libya/
Libya Tortures Four Christian Converts from Islam
http://www.persecution.org/2009/03/09/libya-tortures-four-christian-converts-from-islam/
The Tuesday attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt could have severe consequences for already marginalized Christians in the Middle East and northern Africa.An estimated 100 million Christians worldwide suffer interrogation, arrest and even death for their faith in Christ, with millions more facing discrimination and alienation. Open Doors supports and strengthens believers in the world's most difficult areas through Bible and Christian literature distribution, leadership training and assistance, Christian community development, prayer and presence ministry and advocacy on behalf of suffering believerLibya's feared intelligence service has "detained and tortured" four Christians for converting from Islam, as part of a wider crackdown on people embracing Christianity, human rights group said in comments monitored by Worthy News
Burning Buliding Anti christian movement libya
Injured By mob
Building can be burned bur faith cant be burned
U.S.-based International Christian Concern (ICC) said the believers, whose names were not identified, were imprisoned for the past seven weeks in Tripoli, Libya's capital.
"Libya's External Security Organization is believed to be behind the detention and torture of the Christians" ICC said, citing local sources.
The security agents have reportedly barred families from visiting the detained converts and ICC said they "are putting severe physical and psychological pressure on the Christians in order to force them to reveal the names of other converts."
"Fearing for their lives, converts from Islam are on the run,s.
Islamist provoking crowd to attack and kill
Collection of Arms Seized from Pro Islamist Militants
Christian Women Hit and dead
Small Church at remote place in libya Burned to Ashes
US ambassador in hand of his mudrers
Distroyed Church
Peaceful Christian Demonstrators
Religious holidays have long been a venue for terrorist attacks against all religious groups in the Middle East and North Africa. These holidays provide not only a meaningful day to make a statement but also see large concentrations of worshipers in one area.
Ruined Cemetry
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