The Times today.

"Across the globe, in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Christians are being bullied, arrested, jailed, expelled and executed. Christianity is by most calculations the most persecuted religion of modern times. Yet Western politicians until now have been reluctant to speak out in support of Christians in peril.

The savage treatment of Meriam Ibrahim, sentenced to hang because she refused to renounce her Christian faith, has highlighted the miserable plight of those living under the regime of President Omar al-Bashir. The president has stated that he wants a "purely Islamic society" and many Christians, some of them denied food aid....."