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Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: An International Lament
Chapter One: A Worldwide Plague
The Place of Christianity in the World
The Role of Christians in the Modern World
Chapter Two: The Advancing Jihad
Islam: From Toleration to Terror
Sudan - Islamic Enslavement
A Haven for Terrorists
War Without End
Islam's Relentless Crusade
Death in the Nuba Mountains
Turning a Blind Eye
Iran - Heart and Soul of Islam
"Besieged and Oppressed by Christianity..."
Persecution, Repression, and Discrimination
Iran's Religious Apartheid
One Christian Family's Ordeal
Saudi Arabia - 100 Percent Islamic
The Plight of Expatriate Christians
Disregard for Human Rights
Christians Under a Death Sentence
Pakistan - Islam and Blasphemy
Pakistan's Blasphemy Law
Christians and "Communal Cleansing"
Egypt - Islamic Ridicule and Rape
The Copts' Historic Struggle
Sharia and Bloodshed
From Absurd to Outrageous
The Words of the Prophet
Chapter Three: Islam: Fear, Friction, and Fragmentation
Islam's Second Class Citizens
The Risk of Apostasy
Militant Islam
Types of Islamic Countries
The Fear Zones: Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Kuwait, Brunei, Other Exclusively Islamic States
The Friction Zones: Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia
The Fragmented Zones: East Timor, Philippines, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia, Nagorno Karabakh
Chapter Four: Communism's Continuing Grip
China, Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea
Chapter Five: Forgotten Outcastes
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Bhutan, Cambodia
Chapter Six: Christian vs. Christian
The History of Orthodoxy
The Russian Orthodox Church Under Communism
Russia Since the Fall of Communism
Eastern Europe, Greece, Armenia, Ethiopia
Protestants in Eastern Europe
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Europe, Latin America, Mexico
Part Two: American Apathy
Chapter Seven: Peace at Any Price
The Pain and the Puzzle
Seeking Inner Peace: The Evangelicals
Peace and Comfort
God and America
In Search of Armageddon
The Great Escape
Dueling For Dollars
Seeking Outer Peace: The Mainline Churches
Peace with Communism
Present Peacemaking
Peace with the Status Quo
Seeking International Peace: The World Council of Churches
Peace with the Soviet Union
Peace with the KGB
Peace with China and Islam
The Catholic Bishops and the American Muslim Council
The End of False Peace
Chapter Eight: Western Secularists: A Deafening Silence
Myopic Media
Academic Apologists
Cultural Contradictions
Anthropological Animosities
Parochial Politics
Hidebound Human Rights
Sidestepping Slavery
Human-Rights Organizations
Ears that Cannot Hear
Chapter Nine: Forging a Way Ahead
Why This Issue?
Support, Not "Crusades"
The Dangers of Stereotypes
Guidelines for Dialogue
Churches
Secular Organizations
Government
Appendix A: U.S. Offices of Groups Fighting Religious Persecution
Appendix B: Selections from the "Statement of Conscience of the National Association of Evangelicals"
Appendix C: The Meaning of Religious Freedom
Appendix D: The Meaning of Terms and Numbers
Appendix E: Spreading the Faith
Appendix F: A Brief History of Orthodoxy
Appendix G: Christianity in Soviet Russia
Endnotes
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Today more than 200 million Christians around the world suffer imprisonment, abuse and even death because of their faith. Yet most Americans never hear their stories. In Their Blood Cries Out, Paul Marshall reveals the reality of this present-day persecution, revealing what we can do to help these brothers and sisters in Christ.