Tue Nov 30, 2021 – 4:48 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The author of a new book is shining light on the persecuted Christians in Islamic countries around the world.
I recently sat down with Casey Chalk, a freelance writer and contributing editor with The New Oxford Review, to discuss why he wrote “The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands.”
Chalk described how his book explains how many Islamic countries from West Africa to Southeast Asia “have various soft and hard ways that they persecute and coerce Christian minority communities.” He told me how in Pakistan, for example, where there was the very famous Asia Bibi case, so-called blasphemy laws are actually used to target Christians.
“The problem goes far beyond Pakistan,” he said. “Christians across the Muslim world are experiencing daily threats just simply for living their faith.”
In our conversation, Chalk exposed why this blatant and horrific persecution has not been addressed in Western countries. He blamed in particular the media for allowing the oppression of Christians to continue.
Chalk stated that the nature of the media today is against reporting the daily abuse Christians face in Islamic countries,
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