While Christians are one of the most persecuted religious groups in the world, it's generally ignored because, unlike Muslims and Jews, Christians have no good word to describe it, a UK archbishop has said.



Anba Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, said because there is no Christian equivalent for words such as "anti-Semitism" and "Islamophobia," the problem is not perceived as "the phenomenon which we know it is."



Because there is no agreed-upon expression to describe Christian persecution, it is simply "left to happen," he argued, according to The Telegraph.



"We know it's a phenomenon in many countries, just as deplorable as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and anything else that targets people precisely for their faith and so therefore must be addressed at the same level," Angaelos said.



He highlighted the need for an expression by which people could easily grasp Christian persecution. This, he said, would allow people of "all faiths" to come together to combat it.



But currently, such persecution is largely ignored, even though 75 percent of all religiously motivated violence worldwide is committed against Christians, he said.



A 2017 report from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) found that the situation of Christians around the globe is worsening, and yet "the extent of this persecution is largely ignored by our media."

