Religious security

Op-Ed: The darkest season: A ‘Christian Winter’ in the Middle East

As the winds of change continue to blow through the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, the political upheavals caused by the increasingly Islamized Arab Spring uprisings and a corresponding rise in Islamic militancy have spawned a new evil that is currently sweeping the region: the ‘Christian Winter.’

The ‘Christian Winter’ – which is entirely as grim and depressing as it sounds – is for all intents and purposes a living nightmare for the region’s Christian community. This dark phenomenon is a byproduct of the Arab Spring which has served as the driving force behind a ten-fold increase in cases involving persecution of Christians by Islamic oppressors.