By Hazel Torres
Christian Today
It's not just Islamist extremism anymore. With the ever increasing threat it poses to the entire world, the radical movement has now been given the name Islamist "hyperextremism."
The Religious Freedom Report 2016, released by the Catholic nonprofit organization Aid to the Church in Need, cited the rise of Islamist hyperextremism as a major threat to religious freedom worldwide and called for immediate action to combat its "toxic" effects, according to the Gospel Herald.
The report pointed out that one in five countries has experienced attacks triggered by Islamist hyperextremism in the last two years. This has boosted the number of refugees for 2015 to a record high of 65.3 million while leaving one in 113 people as refugee or asylum seeker, the report said.Of the 23 worst-offending countries tagged in the report, 11 have experienced a decline in religious liberty.
"In seven other countries in this category, the problems were already so bad they could scarcely get any worse," the report said.The report described Islamist hyperextremism as a radical system of law wherein those who do not agree with the extremists' beliefs are systematically killed.
In Iraq and Syria, the report said Islamist hyperextremism is clearly seen in the Islamic State (ISIS) efforts to eliminate "all forms of religious diversity." The same threat is present in some African and Asian Sub-Continent regions, it added.
Groups engaged in this kind of extremism are known for their cruelty to their victims, having well-funded networks and the ability to maximize the use of social media to advance their cause.
"The intention is to replace pluralism with a religious monoculture," the report said.Christian Today article continues
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