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Originally published in Mission Network News After three years of incessant attacks on places of worship and other public places, Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect has called a truce. The price of the ceasefire: freedom for the arrested members of the group and the rebuilding of the destroyed mosque of its […]
Islamic terrorists suspected to be from the Boko Haram group have launched another wave of attacks in Nigeria, killing at least 23 people who they deemed to have been breaking Sharia Law. The two separate attacks occurred on Monday and Tuesday in north-east Nigeria, and targeted people selling pork, which […]
Originally published in Charisma News On December 1, a group of Islamic radicals raided the village of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. The group of radicals, armed with guns, machetes and explosives, moved through the predominately Christian part of the village and began chanting “Allahu Akbar,” meaning “god is greatest.” They […]
Originally published in Charisma News At least 10 Christians, including one pastor, were allegedly killed by suspected Islamist fighters connected to the extremist group Boko Haram in an overnight attack on the village of Chibok located in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, International Christian Concern reports. In a separate attack, […]
Originally published in Baptist Press / Open Doors News New details from Open Doors News reconfirm earlier reports that Christians were the focus of an Oct. 1 massacre of 29 students in Mubi, Nigeria. Jerry Dykstra, media relations director for Open Doors, said post-massacre follow-up by Open Doors workers at […]
By Compass Direct News Suspected Islamic extremists bombed three churches in Kaduna state yesterday morning, the third consecutive Sunday that worship services in Nigeria have ended in lethal bloodshed. In a predominantly Christian area of Zaria known as Wusasa, a suspected Islamic extremist crashed a car into a barricade at […]
Originally published in Aina Suppose that there was a country where Muslims were being massacred every month and mosques and imams were being targeted and destroyed. Could anyone imagine the Obama Administration choosing to remain silent in the face of such atrocities? A mob attack on Muslims in Burma immediately […]
Originally published on Compass Direct News An Islamic extremist ran a car full of explosives at a Pentecostal church in this Plateau state city yesterday morning, killing at least two Christians and injuring more than 40 others, military and police officials said. In Borno state also yesterday, gunmen reportedly killed […]
By Abdias Pasoville — Compass Direct News Amid allegations that soldiers were responsible for at least eight of 21 deaths after the suicide bombing of two churches here on Sunday (June 3), sources told Compass that most of those injured from the blast and alleged military shooting were in critical […]
Originally published by Barnabas Aid Around 300 Christians have been killed in one diocese alone, and 27 people died in attacks on three church services as anti-Christian violence in Nigeria continues unabated. The Rt Rev Timothy Yahaya, Bishop of Jalingo, Taraba State, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, told Barnabas Fund that […]
