> impunity and institutional weaknesses: mob violence against christians frequently goes unpunished (ben-meir, 2016; home office, 2016; savage, 2014). extremist groups exploit institutional weaknesses in security and justice to threaten christians (katulis et al., 2015).   305 > christian persecution 'at near genocide levels' > the persecution of christians in parts of the world is at near "genocide" levels, according to a report ordered by foreign secretary jeremy hunt. > the interim report said the main impact of "genocidal acts against christians is exodus" and that christianity faced being "wiped out" from parts of the middle east. > it warned the religion "is at risk of disappearing" in some parts of the world, pointing to figures which claimed christians in palestine represent less than 1.5% of the population, while in iraq they had fallen from 1.5 million before 2003 to less than 120,000. > "evidence shows not only the geographic spread of anti-christian persecution, but also its increasing severity," the bishop wrote.
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