Returning to the subject, this appeared in "The Age" on Saturday.

"Not so, rights observers say: they are all part of the biggest human rights challenge now facing the globe - religious intolerance - and also part of a largely unobserved global war on Christians. Things may be worse now for more Christians than at any time in history, including under the Roman Empire.
''War'' does not mean a unified campaign directed by a single co-ordinating mind. But it is no exaggeration,.....


What is happening? Why are Christians especially at risk, and why are Western governments, media and churches so reluctant to acknowledge it, let alone act? And, as some observers suggest, is religious persecution heading back to the West?"
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/age-of-intolerance-the-war-on-religion-20131101-2ws4o.html