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The term '''"Christianophobia"''' refers to hysterical and irrational fear or [[hatred]] of [[Christians]] which is present in many [[Muslim]] countries, [[Hindu]] majority nation like [[India]], and often in the Western world among [[liberals]] and [[leftists]]. "Christanophobia" is considered an analogy of "[[Anti-Semitism]]" or another neologism "[[Islamophobia]]".  
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The term '''"Christianophobia"''' refers to hysterical and irrational fear or [[hatred]] of [[Christians]] which is present in many [[Muslim]] countries, [[Hindu]] majority nation like [[India]], and often in the Western world among [[liberals]] and [[leftists]]. "Christanophobia" is considered an analogy of [[Anti-Semitism]] or another neologism "[[Islamophobia]]".  
    
Anti-Christian sentiment is generally used for describing [[discrimination]] against Christians, but this term has been used in various sources including United Nations and by several academics.<ref name="ICW">{{cite book
 
Anti-Christian sentiment is generally used for describing [[discrimination]] against Christians, but this term has been used in various sources including United Nations and by several academics.<ref name="ICW">{{cite book
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}}</ref> United Nations described it as "deep concern the increase in anti-Semitism, Christianophobia and Islamophobia in various parts of the world".<ref name="YUN"/> Christianophobia results in discrimination against Christians, and often violence against Christian community by other religious groups.<ref name="ICW"/> Approximately 52% of the population in [[Turkey]] and 73% of the population in [[Morocco]] expressed an antipathy towards Christianity.<ref name="CES"/>
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}}</ref> United Nations described it as "deep concern the increase in anti-Semitism, Christianophobia and Islamophobia in various parts of the world".<ref name="YUN"/> Christianophobia results in discrimination against Christians, and often violence against Christian community by other religious groups.<ref name="ICW"/>  
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Approximately 52% of the population in [[Turkey]] and 73% of the population in [[Morocco]] expressed an antipathy towards Christianity.<ref name="CES"/> In India, the ''Hindutva'' ideology, the goal of which is turning India into a Hindu nation, is partially based on Christianophobia.<ref name="RFCW">{{cite book
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|author= Santosh C. Saha
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|title= Religious Fundamentalism in the Contemporary World: Critical Social and Political Issues
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|publisher= Lexington Books
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|year= 2003
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|pages= p3
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|isbn= 0739107607
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}}</ref> Hindu fundamentalists in the country pose a threat for Christians and Christian institutions.<ref name="RFCW"/> The immigration policy of the [[European Union]] favors Islamic goal and centered around Christianophobia.<ref name="EEAA">{{cite book
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|author= Bat Ye'or
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|title= Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis
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|publisher= Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
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|pages= p161
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|isbn= 0838640761
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:''Some of the political [[neologism]]s which end with "-[[phobia]]" may not be directly associated with medical science, but have academic significance.''  
    
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