Secular threat against Christians is getting stronger in Europe

08-12-2021

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Secular threat against Christians is getting stronger in Europe

Intolerance against Christians in Europe is rising. It is primarily the secular threat that is growing. That is documented in a new report published on Tuesday.

The statue of het Danish-Norwegian evangelist Hans Egede was smeared in June 2020. Churches in Europe suffer from a growing vandalism. Photo AFP, Liselotte Sabroe

Sharp rise in hate crimes against Christians in 2020

The number of hate crimes against Christians in Europe increased sharply in 2020. This emerges from the annual report of the Human Rights Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

The Evangelical Frauenkirche in the German Nordhausen was attacked last week. Photo Wikimedia, Falk2

New attack on churches in Germany and Norway

Both in Germany and Sweden, churches were attacked in the past few days.

Midwives Ellinor Grimmark (left) and Linda Steen. Photo Dagen, Jacob Zetterman

European Court does not rule on midwives’ participation in abortion

The two Christian midwives who tried the right to freedom of conscience in Sweden will not have their case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. That is reported in Swedish media.

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