[mygalinasoo]

^ These photos can give a false image that all is well for Christians in these countries. It is often not. Look into Ahmadinejad's Iran for starters.

Oh.... and those Churches in Cairo are particularly lovely:

"While the Egyptian government does not have a policy to persecute Christians, it discriminates against them and hampers their freedom of worship. Its agencies sporadically persecute Muslim converts to Christianity. The government enforces Hamayouni Decree restrictions on building or repairing churches. These same restrictions, however, do not apply to mosques.

"The government has effectively restricted Christians from senior government, diplomatic, military, and educational positions, and there has been increasing discrimination in the private sector. The government subsidizes media which attack Christianity and restricts Christians access to the state-controlled media."

"In Egypt the government does not officially recognize conversions from Islam to Christianity; because certain interfaith marriages are not allowed either, this prevents marriages between converts to Christianity and those born in Christian communities, and also results in the children of Christian converts being classified as Muslims and given a Muslim education. The government also applies religiously-discriminatory laws and practices concerning clergy salaries."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians

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