Originally published by Open Doors Agnes was 19 when she and two of her friends were kidnapped by extremists during a deadly attack on her village in northeast Nigeria. Muslim extremist groups are bent on crippling the Church and anyone who doesn’t adhere to their radical interpretation of Islam. That […]
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Muslim youth attack churches after two arrested for murder of Christian student
Originally published in The Christian Post A mob of Muslims have vandalised three church buildings and damaged and looted Christian-owned shops in Nigeria’s Sokoto state after police arrested two Muslims for beating to death 25-year-old Christian student Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu and burning her body over false allegations of blasphemy. Demanding […]
Female Christian student murdered, body burned by classmates
Originally published in Persecution.org Deborah Emmanuel, a 25-year-old Christian student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Nigeria’s Sokoto State, was fatally beaten and her body was burned yesterday. Her classmates were incensed at a supposedly blasphemous message she had sent to a school WhatsApp group. Deborah, who attends […]
Iran sentences Christian man to 10 years in prison for hosting house church
Originally published in The Christian Post The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has sentenced an Iranian-Armenian Christian man to 10 years in prison for establishing a house church, which the judge called “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam,” according to reports. Branch 26 of the Revolutionary […]
Christians Killed as ISWAP expands to Taraba State, Nigeria
Originally published in Christian Headlines Terrorism by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stretched into Taraba state, Nigeria for the first time on April 19, killing six Christians, sources said. After an explosion killed the six Christians and wounded more than a dozen others at Christian-owned market where alcohol […]
Attacked pastor in Sudan jailed for month amidst signs of religious freedom setback
Originally published in Christian Headlines A pastor in Sudan who was attacked during worship this month was sentenced to a month in jail along with another church leader on Monday under a law against disturbing the peace, sources said. Judge Awad Ibrahim Kury, a Muslim, found Pastor Stephanou Adil Kujo […]
Christian teacher burnt and beaten for praying in Christ’s name
Originally published in Christian News A Christian teacher in Uganda has been burnt and beaten for praying in Christ’s name. According to Morning Star News, Yusufu Mwanje was taken from his house and dragged inside a mosque by his colleagues at the Islamic primary school where he worked. Mwanje had […]
Indonesian Christian sentenced to 10 years in prison for posting videos critical of Islam
Originally published in The Christian Post An Indonesian Christian YouTuber has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for posting a video that purportedly offended people across the Muslim-majority country. Muhammad Kace, a former Muslim cleric who converted to Christianity in 2014 and had been uploading videos to YouTube criticszing […]
Kenya Christians facing great loss amidst ongoing attacks
Originally published by Voice of the Matyrs A bomb planted by members of the al-Shabab Islamic terrorist group exploded on 28 February, killing seven and injuring more than a dozen others. This attack occurred after another recent attack on the predominantly Christian community where at least 13 people were killed […]
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 32 Christians in Northern Nigeria
Originally published in Christian Headlines More than 100 suspected Fulani herdsmen and Islamic extremist terrorists on Sunday night (March 20) killed 32 civilians, two soldiers and possibly abducted a woman in an attack on a predominantly Christian town in Nigeria, sources said. In northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, the assailants raided […]