How many Christians remain in the Middle East?
• a. The largest Christian community of the Middle East is found in Egypt, which has ten to twelve million Copts. This Christian group comprises 1/5 to 1/6 of the country’s population. Egypt is also a major recipient of U.S. foreign aid, despite blatant violations of religious freedom which occurs weekly in this country. b. The Southern Sudanese are about six million. Christians are the largest monotheist group. c. The Christians of Lebanon: about 1.5 million still reside there and more than 6 million live in the diaspora, including about a quarter of that number in the United States. Among the Lebanese Christians, the largest group is the Maronites, which are Catholics which follow Rome. Other smaller religious entities include the Melkites and Orthodox Christians. d. The Assyro-Chaldeans: Around one million in Iraq with large concentrations in the Kurdish zone. e. The Christians of Syria: About 1.2 million including Aramaics, Armenians, Melkites and Orthodox. f. There are small but s
