Ethiopia: Muslim Police Join Students in Demolishing Church
More than 500 Muslim students assisted by Muslim police burned down a church in the village of Qoto Baloso, Ethiopia, on Nov. 29.
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Ethiopia: Court Imprisons more than 500 Muslims for Mass Church Burnings
An Ethiopian court sentenced 579 Muslims from three to 18 months in prison for a week of violence against Christians that left one dead and 69 churches destroyed by fire.
...continue reading this storyEthiopia Evangelist Killed, Pregnant Wife Injured
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Worthy News)-- Christians in Ethiopia were mourning Thursday, April 28, after Muslim extremists reportedly killed an evangelist and assaulted his pregnant wife. The attack happened last week, April 21, in the south-central town of Worabe, an area that is 97 percent Muslim, Christian rights activists said. "Muslims lured Evangelist Abraham Abera from ... Read more
...continue reading this storyThousands Of Christians Flee Deadly Violence In Ethiopia; Churches Burned
Thousands of Christians are fleeing violence in western Ethiopia where Muslim extremists killed several Christians and burned dozens of churches, rights activists and officials said.
...continue reading this storyEthiopian Muslims Burn Down Christian Homes, Farms
Twenty-five Muslims burned down ten Christian homes, leaving eighty Christians homeless in Ethiopia, a Washington-based rights' group said Thursday, September 30.
...continue reading this storyEthiopian Christian Stabbed For Leaving Islam
Three Muslim men attacked a Christian convert with a knife in Dufti, Ethiopia, a Christian human rights group said.
...continue reading this storyMuslim Men Attack Somali Church Leader in Ethiopia
Two Somali Muslim men attacked a popular Somali church leader in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa Aug. 21, according to a Washington-based Christian human rights group.
...continue reading this storyEthiopia Detains Bible Distributor On "Terrorism" Charges
There was concern Friday, February 19, that Ethiopian authorities would press "terrorism" charges against a Christian convert who has been detained since May for distributing Bibles and abandoning Islam, well-informed Christians said.
...continue reading this storyEthiopia Court Releases Jailed Evangelists
Christians in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa were anticipating the return Thursday, October 29, of two evangelists who were imprisoned for three months on what believers said were "false charges" of "offering money for conversion" and "insulting" the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC).
...continue reading this storyEthiopia Muslims Attack Churches; 3 Injured
Ethiopian police was still searching for key suspects Friday, October 2, after hundreds of angry Muslims reportedly attacked evangelical churches in the western Arsi zone of Ethiopia, injuring at least three Christians.
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