BANGLADESH
These Bangladeshi women are just some of the countless Hindu rape victims terrorized by Muslim militants in Bangladesh. As members of the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh they are subject to systematic terror, torture, abuse, and violence.
The Hindu and Christian minorities in Bangladesh are under increasing pressure exerted by Muslim militants in Bangladesh. The growing strength of Islamic extremists in the country is leading to increased oppression and persecution of the minority populations. As a result of this campaign of terror, the Christian and Hindu populations of Bangladesh are becoming an endangered people at risk of extinction. Without the help of the international human rights community the religious minority populations of Bangladesh will soon succumb to the creeping genocide of Islamic extremists.

IRAN
Mona Mahmudnizhad was one of ten Bahai women executed in June, 1983. Her crime? Teaching her faith to Bahai schoolchildren. She was 17 at the time of her murder.
The Bahai community constitutes Iran’s largest religious minority group. Today they are facing a creeping genocide, as the Islamic fundamentalist regime in Tehran seeks to systematically intimidate, suppress, convert, and murder members of the Bahai faith. A secret Iranian government document, discovered in 1993, reveals the government’s attempt to slowly and steadily decimate the Bahai community, by rendering them second-class citizens through a system of apartheid which the New York Times compared to the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany. Today, the Bahai of Iran are an endangered people. Without the help of the international human rights community, this vital religious community will soon become extinct.

INDONESIA
Sutarsi is a Christian, an Indonesian, and a victim of the creeping genocide against the Christian community in the Moluccas islands, Indonesia. Her village was attacked by Jihadist militants. In the ensuing battle, Sutarsi was shot in the face by a Muslim militant. She survived. Many of her fellow Christian villagers were not as fortunate.
Nearly 50% of the population of the Moluccan islands is Christian. But they are now under siege. They face an onslaught perpetrated by the Laskar Jihad Islamic fundamentalist group, and ignored by the Indonesian government. The 1 million Christians of the Moluccas islands are fast becoming an endangered people. They face a systematic campaign of terror, torture, murder, and forced emigration. Without the help of the international human rights community, they will soon become extinct.

PAKISTAN
Dr. Yusef is a Pakistani Christian being prosecuted under Pakistan’s Blasphemy laws. These blasphemy laws are used by the Pakistani government to intimidate and oppress the Christian minorities of Pakistan. School teachers and adolescent boys are often charged with blasphemy for practicing and teaching their faith. Amnesty International has called on the Pakistani government to repeal the blasphemy laws and halt the prosecution and execution of minors and the mentally challenged charged with blasphemy.
The Pakistani Christian community is subject to constant harassment and discrimination by the Muslim government and local tribal rulers. They are becoming an endangered people as their numbers dwindle in the face of persecution, intimidation, and intermittent violence. Without the help of the international human rights community this minority group, its culture and way of life, will soon become extinct.

SAUDI ARABIA
This picture of a highway sign outside of Mecca is symbolic of the system of Apartheid that distinguishes Muslims and non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia. Much like the Jim Crow laws of the old South, Saudi law creates a two-tier society in which non-Muslims are denied the right to practice their religion, travel freely, and even be buried on Saudi soil. Christians living in Saudi Arabia are subject to violence, intimidation, and imprisonment. The victims of this government-sponsored discrimination are often Christian migrant workers, who are unable to protect themselves from the government’s programmatic discrimination. Without the help of the international human rights community, the Christians of Saudi Arabia will continue to be the victims of religious apartheid.

EGYPT
This young girl was one of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians murdered during the Al-Kosheh riots in January 2000. The Egyptian police sat and watched as she and her fellow Christian victims were terrorized by an Islamic mob during three days of rioting around the New Year’s celebration.
There are an estimated 12 million Coptic Christians in Egypt. They are an ancient community indigenous to Egypt. They lived in Egypt centuries before the Muslims invaded from Arabia. Today they are one of the world’s endangered people. Subject to official and unofficial oppression, they endure sustained discrimination and occasional outbreaks of violence designed to slowly eradicate this ancient community. Without the help of the international human rights community, this religious minority group will soon become extinct.

ISRAEL
In Israel over a thousand Jews have been killed by a suicide bombing campaign launched by Muslim radical groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Pizzerias have been bombed at midday. Even the mulitcultural campus of Hebrew University, home to Jewish and Arab students, was targeted by Jihadist radicals. Amnesty International has termed these suicide bomibngs a "crime against humanity." The very survival of Israel is threatened by these random acts of violence designed to terrorize the Israeli public.

JORDAN
Siham Qandah, a Jordanian Christian risks losing her children because she is not a Muslim. Jordanian courts have granted custody of the childen to their Muslim uncle. To avoid losing her children, Qandah has gone into hiding. Jordan's Christian minority is subject to a system of religious discrimination imposed by Islamic courts that oppress this small and shrinking religious minority. Read more about Qandah's story.