Vervolging omwege geloof neemt toe (Growing religious persecution 'a threat to everyone')
Growing religious persecution 'a threat to everyone' By Caroline Wyatt Religious affairs correspondent, BBC News Iraq's Christian population has plummeted in recent years "I don't know if we will ever be able to go back to Syria. My mother wants to see her home again, but she may never be able to return." Maria fights back the tears as she contemplates her country of birth, now wracked by fighting. Her mother - now in her 80s - was able to flee the fighting in Syria and stay with her son in Canada. But it is not clear whether she will return to a country where Christians and other religious minorities no longer feel safe or welcome. The Syriac Orthodox church in west London where we speak is filled with families with similar stories to tell. Across much of the globe, at the start of the 21st Century, religion is once again a matter of life and...