Middle East: Country profiles

You can find more analysis of the situation facing Christians in countries in the Middle East and north Africa in our country profiles – including examples of persecution and Aid to the Church in Need's projects there.

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	Algeria The situation for Christians in Algeria has worsened in recent years, with extremists stirring up ill-feeling towards the faithful and government attitudes against Christians growing harder.
	Egypt Sweeping political change has begged deeper and wider questions about Egypt's future, ahead of promised presidential and parliamentary elections later this year.
	Iran The world's leading Shia Muslim country, Iran remains firmly in the grip of a ruling elite whose concept of religious tolerance inevitably places Christians and other minority groups at risk.
	Iraq Continuing attacks against the faithful in Iraq have prompted successive waves of emigration, threatening the very survival of one of the world's oldest Christian communities.
	Israel and Palestine A deepening climate of discrimination affecting Christians and other minorities has prompted fears for the future of the faithful in the Holy Land.
	Lebanon As Christians emigrate from an increasingly Islamicised Lebanon, the outlook for the Church is uncertain in a country with a uniquely strong and rich Christian culture.
	Syria The deepening crisis in Syria has caused widespread fear and indeed panic as the struggle for power plunges the country into civil war.
	Turkey Turkey's Christian community continues to dwindle, as many have sought a new life away from the periodic attacks on the Church in the media, the workplace and in public institutions.
	Yemen Living as a Christian in a strictly Islamic environment has become much more problematic with the prominence of Al Qaeda, whose influence is growing.