Back اضطهاد تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية (داعش) للمسيحيين Arabic Persecución a cristianos por el Estado Islámico Spanish آزار آشوریان بهدست داعش Persian Persécution des chrétiens par l'État islamique French רצח נוצרים על ידי המדינה האסלאמית HE ISIL-ovi progoni kršćana Croatian Ասորիների հետապնդումը «Իսլամական պետության» կողմից Armenian Genosida umat Kristen oleh Negara Islam Irak dan Syam ID Преследование ассирийцев «Исламским государством» Russian Irak ve Şam İslam Devleti tarafından Hristiyanlara uygulanan kırım Turkish
| Persecution of Christians by the Islamic State | |
|---|---|
| Part of Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017) Sinai insurgency Terrorism in Egypt | |
| Location |  Iraq Egypt Syria Libya Nigeria Democratic Republic of the Congo Mozambique |
| Date | Ongoing |
| Target | Christians (mostly Assyrians, Arab Christians, Armenians, Copts, Citadel Christians, and other groups) |
Attack type | Genocidal massacre, religious persecution, ethnic cleansing, human trafficking and forced conversions to Sunni Islam. |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State |
| Defenders | Christian militias in Iraq and Syria Iraqi Armed Forces Peshmerga CJTF–OIR Syrian Armed Forces Egyptian Armed Forces Libyan National Army
 Algerian Land Forces |
The persecution of Christians by the Islamic State involves the systematic mass murder[1][2][3] of Christian minorities, within the regions of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Nigeria controlled by the Islamic extremist group Islamic State. Persecution of Christian minorities climaxed following the Syrian civil war and later by its spillover but has since intensified further.[4][5][6] Christians have been subjected to massacres, forced conversions, rape, sexual slavery, and the systematic destruction of their historical sites, churches and other places of worship.
According to US diplomat Alberto M. Fernandez, "While the majority of the victims of the conflict which is raging in Syria and Iraq have been Muslims, Christians have borne a heavy burden given their small numbers."[7]
The depopulation of Christians from the Middle East by the Islamic State as well as other organisations and governments has been formally recognised as an ongoing genocide by the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom. Christians remain the most persecuted religious group in the Middle East, and Christians in Iraq are “close to extinction”.[8][9][10] According to estimates by the US State Department, the number of Christians in Iraq has fallen from 1.2 million 2011 to 120,000 in 2024, and the number in Syria from 1.5 million to 300,000, falls driven by persecution by terrorist groups and repression by authoritarian regimes.[6]
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