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Christianity is the most [[Persecuted Church|persecuted religious faith]] in the world. This is a list of '''terrorist incidents''' in contemporary history that specifically targeted Christians for their faith.
== Criteria ==
1. Meet the international definition of terrorism.
2. Specifically targeted Christians because of their faith.
3. Have occurred in contemporary history, which would be after World War II ended.
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.
| 12 February 2015 || Libya || Multiple || Beheadings || 21 || 0
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| 11 December 2016 || Egypt || = 1 || Bombing || 29 || 47
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| 9 April 2017 || Egypt || 3 || Bombing || 43 || 136