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Originally published in Christian News Network Two men in eastern Uganda have been charged with murder in the Sept. 12 killing of an evangelist the suspects had harassed and threatened for his role in bringing Muslims to faith in Christ, Morning Star News reported, quoting sources. Pastor Barnabas Musana’s Church […]
Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. This article was first published by the Gatestone Institute. What several international observers have for years characterised as a “pure genocide” of Christians in Nigeria has reached new levels. Since the Islamic insurgency earnestly began in July 2009 — first at the […]
Originally published in CSW At least 49 people have been killed and 27 were abducted in attacks by armed assailants of Fulani ethnicity on communities in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna state, central Nigeria, on September 26 and 27. Eight people were killed, six were injured and several […]
Originally published in Christian Today Taher is a Christian convert who lived in one of the most oppressive nations in the Middle East – it is not even possible to name his home country for security reasons. He was caught sharing his faith and could have gone to prison, or […]
Originally published in CBN News A 19-year-old Christian was beaten and strangled to death by Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda while fishing with some of his friends. Dante Tambika, also known as Patrick, was murdered near Nankodo Sub-County on August 31 after the group went out on Lake Lemwa, Morning Star […]
Originally published by Barnabas Fund Christians who remain in Afghanistan are at risk of being hunted down and killed by the Taliban now that the Islamist group has regained control of the country and, on September 7, announced the formation of a new government. The Christians of Afghanistan are first-generation converts […]
Originally published by Agencia Fides “The abductions of school children present us with the prospects of a traumatised generation of young people,” says the Bishops of Nigeria of a scourge that has seen more than 1 000 students kidnapped from schools in northern Nigeria this year. In the latest abduction, […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Soldiers and security personnel failed to intervene this month as Fulani herdsmen killed 70 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria, while in other areas soldiers helped herdsmen destroy farmland, Christian leaders said. Muslim Fulanis killed 70 Christians, displaced 30 000 others and […]
How to pray for Afghanistan today — see prayer points at bottom of page As the world watches the West scramble to pluck its nationals and allies from the tightening grip of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the lives of local Christians and missionaries who suddenly find themselves within the noose […]
Originally published by Voice of the Martyrs On August 15 11 Christians were brutally attacked by anti-Christian activists in Adnadhi village, the Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh. During the incident, a mob of nearly 250 people, led by the village mukya (chief), physically assaulted the Christians for refusing to denounce […]