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Page created with a few incidents to start this off. This page might be a little inappropriate for the scope of this wiki, but I feel it helps illustrate the persecution of Christians in our world
Christianity is the most [[Persecuted Church|persecuted religious faith]] in the world. This is a list of '''terrorist incidents''' that specifically targeted Christians for their faith.
== Criteria ==
This list only contains incidents which meet the following criteria:
1. Meet the international definition of terrorism.
2. Specifically targeted Christians because of their faith.
Under this criteria, incidents such as the September 11th terrorist attacks do not qualify as a terrorist incident targeting Christians because even though the attacks were perpetrated by non-Christian religious extremists, they were motivated by their disapproval of US foreign policy. And incidents such as the Charleston Church shooting is much of the same story, with the motive not being because the subjects are Christian, but due to the ethnicity of the victims.
== List ==
''This page is a work in progress.''
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption
! Date !! Nation !! Assailants !! Method !! Killed !! Injured
|-
| 2 January 2000 || Egypt || ~89 || 21 || 40
|-
| 6 January 2010 || Egypt || 3 || Shooting || 11 || 11
|-
| 1 January 2011 || Egypt || 1 || Bombing || 23 || 97
|-
| 7 May 2011 || Egypt || Shooting, Arson || 15 || 232
|-
| 9-10 October 2011 || Egypt || Beating || 24 || 212
|-
| 12 February 2015 || Libya || Beheadings || 21 || 0
|-
| 11 December 2016 || Egypt || Bombing || 29 || 47
|-
| 9 April 2017 || Egypt || 3 || Bombing || 43 || 136
|-
| 26 May 2017 || Egypt || 8-10 || Shooting || 33 || 22
|-
| 5 November 2017 || United States || 1 || Shooting || 26 || 22
|-
| 29 December 2017 || Egypt || 1 || Shooting || 11 || 10
|-
| 2 November 2018 || Egypt || 19 || Shooting || 7 || 12
|}
== Criteria ==
This list only contains incidents which meet the following criteria:
1. Meet the international definition of terrorism.
2. Specifically targeted Christians because of their faith.
Under this criteria, incidents such as the September 11th terrorist attacks do not qualify as a terrorist incident targeting Christians because even though the attacks were perpetrated by non-Christian religious extremists, they were motivated by their disapproval of US foreign policy. And incidents such as the Charleston Church shooting is much of the same story, with the motive not being because the subjects are Christian, but due to the ethnicity of the victims.
== List ==
''This page is a work in progress.''
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption
! Date !! Nation !! Assailants !! Method !! Killed !! Injured
|-
| 2 January 2000 || Egypt || ~89 || 21 || 40
|-
| 6 January 2010 || Egypt || 3 || Shooting || 11 || 11
|-
| 1 January 2011 || Egypt || 1 || Bombing || 23 || 97
|-
| 7 May 2011 || Egypt || Shooting, Arson || 15 || 232
|-
| 9-10 October 2011 || Egypt || Beating || 24 || 212
|-
| 12 February 2015 || Libya || Beheadings || 21 || 0
|-
| 11 December 2016 || Egypt || Bombing || 29 || 47
|-
| 9 April 2017 || Egypt || 3 || Bombing || 43 || 136
|-
| 26 May 2017 || Egypt || 8-10 || Shooting || 33 || 22
|-
| 5 November 2017 || United States || 1 || Shooting || 26 || 22
|-
| 29 December 2017 || Egypt || 1 || Shooting || 11 || 10
|-
| 2 November 2018 || Egypt || 19 || Shooting || 7 || 12
|}
