Global Christian Relief Red List 2025

​Analysis 
 
Five Trends to Watch: How Religious Freedom Issues May Evolve in 2025 and Beyond
 
Trend #4 : Worrying Rises of Anti-Christian Violence May Follow in the Wake of Anti-Semitic Hate in Western Nations
The attacks on Israel on October 6, 2023 horrified the world, but global sympathy quickly dissipated after the subsequent bombardment of Gaza killed thousands. Antisemitic incidents surged worldwide, including physical attacks, vandalism, arson, online threats and more.
 
Incendiary rhetoric and openly antisemitic slogans at protests and public statements have contributed to a significant increase in hostility toward Jewish communities. In 2023, the Anti-Defamation League recorded 8,873 antisemitic incidents across the U.S. This marks a 140% increase from the 3,698 incidents documented in 2022. Similar spikes have been observed in France, the UK, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Australia and South Africa.
 
Violent antisemitic incidents, such as physical attacks on synagogues, Jewish institutions, homes, and individuals, are clear violations that the Violent Incidents Database aims to capture. Unfortunately, the spike in such incidents may be followed by a rise in anti-Christian violence.
 
Warned a Christian church leader in Europe whose congregation comprises many former Muslims, "We are tolerating so much antisemitism in Europe for the Muslim population that has come in. I think that governments are not ready to protect the MBB Muslim-background believers] population from extremism in Europe, because that is the next scenario; the extremists in Europe will turn on their own, those who have become Christians from a Muslim background."
 
The 2025 Global Christian Relief Red List. Washington, D.C.