{"id":2623284,"date":"2026-07-03T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-four-million-christians-in-this-southeast-asian-nation-are-in-danger\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:35:23","slug":"why-four-million-christians-in-this-southeast-asian-nation-are-in-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-four-million-christians-in-this-southeast-asian-nation-are-in-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Four Million Christians in This Southeast Asian Nation Are In Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-four-million-christians-in-this-southeast-asian-nation-are-in-danger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-moving-to-rejoin-united-nations-human-rights-council\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Moving to Rejoin United Nations Human Rights Council\">ongoing persecution<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-promises-300-million-in-aid-to-central-america-to-solve-migrant-crisis\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Promises 0 Million In Aid To Central America To Solve Migrant Crisis\">suffering faced<\/a> by Christians in Myanmar, particularly following the military coup that occurred five years ago.Over four million believers are at risk due to targeted violence by the military, Buddhist militants like the Arakan Army, and Muslim groups such as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. Despite Christians comprising only about 6% of the population,they are heavily concentrated in border regions and experience disproportionate harm,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including church destructions<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-experts-evidence-shows-chinas-genocide-against-uighurs\/\" title=\"U.K. Experts: Evidence shows China\u2019s genocide against Uighurs\">forced labor<\/a>,torture,and extrajudicial killings. The military has also attempted to assimilate Christians into Buddhism, encouraging interfaith marriages for demographic control. Many Christians have fled Myanmar, seeking refuge in neighboring countries. The government and various groups often view Christianity as foreign, resulting in difficulties registering churches, restrictions on evangelism, and social hostility towards converts. Myanmar ranks 14th on the Open Doors\u2019 World Watch List for persecuting Christians, highlighting ongoing religious intolerance rooted in national identity and policy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the southeast Asian nation of Myanmar faces continued fallout from a military coup five years ago, members of the country\u2019s Christian minority bear much of the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Daily issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiandaily.com\/news\/four-million-christians-are-facing-death-and-persecution-in-myanmar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> on June 22 noting that more than four million believers in Myanmar face substantial risks.<\/p>\n<p>The governing regime, Buddhist militants such as the Arakan Army, and Muslims like the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army all persecute Christians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristianity accounts for only around six per cent of Myanmar\u2019s population, but it is concentrated among ethnic minorities inhabiting the country\u2019s contested borderlands,\u201d Christian Daily reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristians therefore suffer a disproportionate amount of both collateral and deliberate damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The past five years have witnessed the devastation of numerous churches.<\/p>\n<p>Chin State, where Christians account for 85 percent of the population, has seen 70 churches firebombed.<\/p>\n<p>The village of Thantlang in Chin State had 21 of their 22 churches destroyed, while houses were shelled until the population left.<\/p>\n<p>Individual believers have faced unjust persecution from the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPastor Cung Biak Hum was shot while trying to organize residents to extinguish fires started by soldiers,\u201d Christian Daily reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wedding ring was taken from his hand, mutilated by the junta\u2019s troops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even before the military coup, believers were \u201csubjected to forced labor, torture, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The military has also tried to forcibly assimilate Christians into the Buddhist majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoldiers were reportedly encouraged to marry Chin Christian women and induce or compel them to convert to Buddhism, using marriage as an instrument of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-senate-republicans-dump-religious-protections-for-corporate-interests-in-gutted-medical-coercion-bill\/\" title=\"Indiana Senate Republicans Dump Religious Protections For Corporate Interests In Gutted Medical Coercion Bill\">state religious<\/a> and demographic control,\u201d Christian Daily said.<\/p>\n<p>Many Christians from Myanmar have now fled their home nation, entering India, Thailand, and Malaysia as refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/en-US\/persecution\/countries\/myanmar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranks<\/a> 14th on Open Doors\u2019 World Watch List of persecution against Christians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vulnerability of Christians in Myanmar goes back years, rooted in the belief that to be Burmese is to be Buddhist \u2014 and that means other faiths are often seen as foreign and a threat to national unity,\u201d the ministry described.<\/p>\n<p>Such a mindset leads to Christians seeing difficulties with obtaining ID cards, being turned away from water and other basic services, and facing forced participation in Buddhist practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is even a state-supported plan to convert Christians and other religious minorities to Buddhism, particularly in remote areas,\u201d Open Doors added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurches, meanwhile, have difficulty registering with the authorities and evangelistic activities are strongly opposed. 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