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Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral will be floodlit in red on Wednesday (23 November). 聽There鈥檒l be red lights in other churches; young people are being encouraged to wear red, and paint their Facebook pages red.
Red Wednesday is an attempt to focus attention on the increasing numbers of people suffering across the world for their religious faith. 聽 The same concern is being marked today, designated the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
Christians are almost certainly the biggest single group facing persecution, but people of all faiths can be affected. 聽Just how big is this problem? 聽Why is it happening? 聽 And what are the realistic prospects of matters improving?
Joining Roy Jenkins to explore the issues are John Pontifex, Editor in Chief of a major report on religious freedom being published this week by the Catholic agency 聽Aid to the Church in Need; 聽Mervyn Thomas, Chief Executive of the charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide; 聽Abdul-Azim Ahmed, Editor of the online journal 鈥極n Religion鈥�; and Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK