Who are you? What do you believe in? And what do you stand for? In America we are never faced with such inquiries nor do we have to worry about them. However in countries throughout the Middle East one’s own life depends on the answer to these very questions. Especially in the lives of the Christian minorities who are discriminated against and persecuted all in the name of their religion.

Today, the largest single Christian minority in the Middle East exists in Egypt making up approximately 10 percent of the population, about 8 million Christians. However, these figures have been recently declining at a fast pace. Since the 2011 uprising the removal of Hosni Mubarak from presidency to the replacement of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi.

(Ashley Schumacher, The Daily Campus, Nov. 24, 2013) Read Original