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   Christians the most persecuted group in world for second year: Study   
      
   Christians continued to be the most persecuted group across the globe in 2016,   
   according to a study.   
      
   The upcoming report from Italian-based Center for Studies on New Religions,   
   determined that 90,000 Christians were killed for their beliefs worldwide last   
   year and nearly a third were at the hands of Islamic extremists like ISIS.   
   Others were killed by    
   state and non-state persecution, including in places like North Korea.   
      
   “U.S. policy has not had a strategy for specifically addressing the   
   persecution of Christians,” Ryan Mauro, national security analyst for the   
   Clarion Project, told FoxNews.com “For example, very few people are even   
   aware that Iraqi Christians began    
   organizing to defend themselves and needed our help."   
      
   The study also found that as many as 600 million Christians were prevented   
   from practicing their faith in 2016.   
      
   People holds crosses and signs during a rally organised by Iraqi Christians   
   living in Germany denouncing what they say is repression by the Islamic State   
   militant group against Christians living in Iraq, in Berlin, August 17, 2014.   
   Some of the signs read    
   "Stop ISIS, save the Christians" (C) and "Stop all shipment of weapons into   
   the Middle East". (back R) REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS   
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   August 17, 2014: People hold crosses and signs during a rally organized by   
   Iraqi Christians living in Germany denouncing what they say is repression by   
   the Islamic State militant group against Christians living in Iraq, in Berlin.   
   Some of the signs read "   
   Stop ISIS, save the Christians" and "Stop all shipment of weapons into the   
   Middle East.” (REUTERS/Thomas Peter )    
       
      
   The findings continue a disturbing trend from the previous year in which   
   Christians around the world endured horrific acts of persecution, including   
   imprisonment and beheadings.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/06/christians-most-persecut   
   d-group-in-world-for-second-year-study.html   
      
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