If they were in the middle east they would be Muslim. These people did not choose Christianity from a multiple choice option. They were led down a path. If they lived in a different area they would have been led down a different path and the end result would remain the same, just with a different name.
The politically, religiously, economically, and socially dominate people love to act like they're being persecuted. Fucking idiots every single conservative Christian. I'm going up go further since I'm half a beer in, all Christians in the West.