“Human rights advocates reported a twofold increase in acts of vandalism against Christian churches and other religious sites across Europe in July 2026.
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“OIDAC Europe stressed the need to give greater consideration to religious motivation when recording such crimes.
“militants killed 3,490 Christians in the country, accounting for seventy-two percent of the total number of people killed for their faith worldwide
“Earlier, the UOJ reported that vandals had ransacked the Chapel of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Greece.
“the clearance rate for cases of vandalism against churches is in the low single digits
“such acts are often only recorded as property damage in statistics, without taking into account their religious context
“the protection of the Holy Places concerns not only Christian shrines but also the religious sites of other faiths
“Of the 4,849 Christians killed for their faith worldwide in 2025, 3,490 died in Nigeria, accounting for approximately 72% of the total