2,200 Anti Christian Incidents in Europe in One Year and the Council of Europe Cannot Be Bothered

European Centre for Law and Justice Slams PACE for Refusing to Recognise Christian Persecution Across the Continent

The Council of Europe stands accused of systematic neglect of Christian persecution after refusing to recognise anti Christian prejudice in its protective frameworks. The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) have publicly condemned the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

OIDAC documented over 2,200 anti Christian incidents in Europe in 2024 alone, ranging from protests and banned preachers to arson, vandalism, and the murder of clergy.

European Christians Get No Protection While Other Religions Have Dedicated Frameworks

The ECLJ's analysis is damning. "There are mechanisms to combat anti Semitism and Islamophobia, but nothing concerning Christians." The petition signed by over 9,600 people demands the Council of Europe finally recognise the targeted attack pattern that Christian communities across Europe have been documenting for years.

The crisis spans the continent. French churches face arson and vandalism in record numbers. German pastors face protest mobs. UK street preachers face buffer zone arrest. Spain has seen clergy harassed in public. Italian crucifixes are torn down in the name of secularism. The 2,200 incidents documented in 2024 are not random. They form a continent wide pattern that the Council of Europe refuses to even name.

The Crusader's Opinion

The Council of Europe will rush to set up new frameworks for any minority religion under threat. Anti Semitism task force. Islamophobia working group. Special envoys. New laws. But Christianity, the foundational religion of Europe itself, gets nothing. Two thousand two hundred incidents in one year. Murdered clergy. Burned churches. The Council of Europe will not even recognise the existence of anti Christian discrimination as a category. It is past time for European Christians to stop pleading for crumbs at the secular table and demand legal protection on equal terms.

Take Action

• Sign: The ECLJ petition demanding Council of Europe recognition
• Support The Shepherds Shield's European Church Protection Project - www.theshepherdsshield.org
• Read: The OIDAC annual report on anti Christian incidents
• Contact: Your MEP demanding action at the European Parliament
• Pray: For European Christian communities living under daily intimidation
• Share: The 2,200 figure and ask "Why does no one know about this?"