Listen to this story:YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – After the release of a group of Egyptian Christians abducted in Libya, a leading human rights organization said that “Christians from sub-Saharan Africa face a toxic mix of racism and religious hostility” in the North African country. The six men, all from the village of Alharja South in the southern Egyptian region of Suhag, had travelled to Libya for work. “The Islamic State Group murdered a group of Egyptian Coptic Christians on Feb. 15, 2015. Of Libya’s 7 million inhabitants, just about 35,400 – about 0.5 percent – of the population identify as Christians. Libya ranks 5th in the World Watch List which is Open Doors’ annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution.

Source: Libya Today February 23, 2023 07:05 UTC