Muslims flee their countries of origins, mainly to avoid prosecution; the Muslim Brotherhood is strict forbidden in Syria and other Muslim countries in the Middle East. Christians flee the area as well; being a Christian in a Muslim country is allowed but not general accepted. Turkey, which has the most liberal and safe laws for their religious minorities, can be proud about themselves as a Turkish human right lawyer activist an dear friend wrote down:
The Dirili Protestant Church was attacked in January 2005; a hand grenade was found on the roof of the Greek Patriarchate in February 2005. The Antalya Aziz Pavlus Church was set on fire in April 2005. Christian workers of a clothing store were attacked in August 2005. A land mine exploded on a road after a vehicle carrying a Syriac bishop passed by in August 2005. The leader of the Adana Protestant Church, Kamil Kıroğlu, was brutally beaten in January 2006. Father Andrea Santora was killed in Trabzon in February 2006. Members of the Mersin Catholic Church were threatened with knives in March 2006. The Syriac Church in Diyarbakır was raided and members were threatened in April 2006. The Orthodox community in Bergama was protested and not allowed to perform their service in May 2006. The Protestant church in Ödemiş was attacked with Molotov cocktails in November 2006. Priest Francois Rene Brunissen was stabbed in January 2006. Three Christian missioners were slain in April 2007. Priest Adriano Franchini was stabbed in İzmir in December 2007.
This list does not include death threats that churches and their leaders constantly receive.
Yes, and this is not including the Jewish community, which saw a declining of almost 30% in their Istanbul community in 2009. But take a look at this, then you know how Christians are threated in Turkey:
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