AmaKristu, izinombolo ezimbi kakhulu zokushushiswa emhlabeni
Angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-360 amaKrestu abhekene ne-a izinga eliphezulu lokushushiswa nokucwaswa emhlabeni (1 UmKristu kwabayisi-7). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, inani lamaKristu abulawa ngenxa yezizathu ezihlobene nokholo lwawo lenyuka lafinyelela ku-5.898. Lena idatha eyinhloko ekhishwe 'i-Open Doors' eyethulwa e-Rome ku-Chamber of Deputies.
Vula iminyango shicilela i Uhlu Lokubuka Lomhlaba lwango-2022 (inkathi yereferensi yocwaningo: 1 Okthoba 2020 - 30 Septhemba 2021), uhlu olusha lwamazwe aphezulu angama-50 lapho amaKristu ashushiswa khona kakhulu emhlabeni.
“Ukushushiswa okumelene nobuKristu kusakhula ngokwemibandela”, kugcizelela isingeniso. Eqinisweni, amaKristu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-360 emhlabeni abhekana okungenani nezinga eliphezulu lokushushiswa nokucwaswa ngenxa yokholo lwawo (umKristu oyedwa kwabayi-1); bebeyizigidi ezingama-7 embikweni wangonyaka odlule.
TheAfghanistan iba yizwe eliyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni kumaKristu; ngenkathi ukwandisa i ukushushiswa eNyakatho Korea, umbuso kaKim Jong-un wehlela endaweni yesibili ngemva kweminyaka engu-2 ephezulu kulesi simo. Phakathi kwamazwe acishe abe yi-20 aqashwe ngeso lokhozi, ukushushiswa kuyanda ngendlela eqondile kanye nalawo abonisa izinga eliphezulu elichazekayo, eliphakeme kakhulu noma elidlulele ukusuka ku-100 kuye ku-74.
AmaKristu abulawa ngenxa yezizathu ezihlobene nokholo akhula ngaphezu kwama-23% (5.898, ngaphezu kwenkulungwane ngaphezu konyaka odlule), Nigeria njalo ingqophamlando yokubulawa kwabantu (4.650) kanye nezinye izizwe zase-Sub-Saharan Africa ezihlaselwe udlame olumelene nobuKristu: emazweni ayi-10 aphezulu anobudlova obukhulu obubhekiswe kumaKristu kunezizwe zase-Afrika eziyi-7. Khona-ke isimo seBandla “lababaleki” siyakhula ngoba maningi amaKrestu abalekela ukushushiswa.
Imodeli China ukulawula okumaphakathi kwenkululeko yenkolo kulingisa amanye amazwe. Okokugcina, umbhalo ugqamisa ukuthi ohulumeni abanegunya (kanye nezinhlangano zobugebengu) basebenzisa imikhawulo ye-Covid-19 ukwenza buthaka imiphakathi yamaKrestu. Kuphinde kube nenkinga ehlobene nokudlwengulwa nokushada ngenkani kwabesifazane abangamalungu omphakathi wamaKrestu lapho kuyidlanzana elincane, njengasePakistan.
"Indawo yokuqala ye-Afghanistan ohlwini lokubuka lomhlaba - uyamemezela Christian Nani, umqondisi wePorte Aperte / Open Doors - kuyimbangela yokukhathazeka okujulile. Ngaphezu kokuhlupheka okungenakubalwa komphakathi wamaKristu omncane futhi ocashile e-Afghanistan, ithumela umlayezo ocacile kwabashisekeli bamaSulumane emhlabeni wonke: 'Qhubekani nomzabalazo wenu ononya, ukunqoba kungenzeka'. Amaqembu afana ne-Islamic State kanye ne-Alliance of Democratic Forces manje akholelwa ukuthi inhloso yawo yokusungula i-Caliphate yamaSulumane isizofezeka futhi. Asikwazi ukukubukela phansi izindleko mayelana nezimpilo zabantu nosizi oludalwa yilo muzwa omusha wokunganqotshwa ”.
Amazwe ayishumi lapho ukushushiswa kwamaKristu kukhulu kakhulu yilawa: Afghanistan, North Korea, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Eritrea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iran, India.