# 150,000 Christians are killed for their faith each year?

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**Created:** [September 13, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-christians-are-killed-for-their-faith-each-year/634600 "2012-09-13T14:48:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-christians-are-killed-for-their-faith-each-year/634600/108 "2013-11-11T17:38:48Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> As opposed to Americans who kill you for being Muslim, for profit, being brown, or just because it’s fun.

What percentage of Americans do you think this actually applies to? Because when I mention people who “would have you killed for being gay, having consensual sex, or for disbelieving religion” we are talking about a\* majority\* of Egyptian and Pakistani Muslims.

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