Current report released by a charity organisation has shown the increasing rate of Christians facing persecution

Due to the twin bombing that took place last week, the UK government has put in more effort to boost security at the headquarters of the Coptic Church.

According to a recent data released by a charity organisation, Christians being persecuted daily has increased in the last four years. From the report, it was revealed that every month, about 322 Christians are being persecuted, 214 churches burnt down along with other forms of violence reported to be 772.

From available data, it was shown that a minimum of 44 people died in the twin church bombings of Coptic churches on Palm Sunday in Egypt.

Though, the Bishop of the Coptic Church in the UK has come out to announce that, there has not been any threat against the church, even though the procedures are being put in place as a way of reassuring the people.

He said: "I've heard lots of words. I've heard concern, I've heard anxious, I've even heard angry but I haven't heard the word fearful from anyone - I don't think it's part of our DNA.

"We are peaceful, we are loving, we are sacrificial, we are forgiving, and yet we still remain a target and I suppose it's just a cross we continue to carry."

Amir Michaeel is a Coptic Christian and like many others he struggles to understand why his faith is such a target overseas.

"In a way it can be like, because we are not retaliating, we are a weaker target and we are easy prey," he said.

"But at the same time I feel like there is something profoundly difficult about attacking someone who is not retaliating.

"For someone to turn the other cheek and for you to feel okay to hit them, I feel like it would take something quite inhumane to do something Iike that."

There is a general perception that the media, and the West, has in recent years largely ignored attacks on Christians in some parts of the world.

Tim Stanley, journalist for the Daily Telegraph, wrote on the subject and told Sky News that people are too afraid to call it "a war".

He said: "Some Western governments are legitimately worried about appearing to validate the narrative of the Islamists that this is about Islam versus Christianity, so they don't want to talk about the persecution of Christians and I get that.

"The problem is that's exactly what is actually happening. Moreover, I fear that some of that is political correctness."