I fail to see why is is important to ascertain whether one group or another is the most persecuted. You can find evidence of just about every group being persecuted, in areas where that group is a minority.

It does seem clear that Christians are persecuted in some countries, particularly the ancient Christian churches that existed in the Middle East since before Islam came to be. Does anybody disagree with that?

A number of Palestinian Catholics have immigrated to the Sacramento area in California, and I spoke with a number of them. They told me they came to the United States because it was getting too difficult for them to live in Palestine, and they no longer felt secure there. I met a number of Palestinian Catholics in Palestine in 1999, and they seemed to be living quite well there at the time - but times have gotten tough for them lately.

-Joe-