Egypt's attorney general has reportedly ordered the detention of 156 Christian protesters following deadly clashes with riot police in a suburb of the capital Cairo where authorities halted construction of a church, Worthy News monitored Thursday, November 25.
...continue reading this storyThousands of Copts protested against Egyptian security forces as they attempted to stop the construction of St. Mary in Talbiya despite having the necessary building permits.
...continue reading this storyFulani Muslims were blamed for a series of attacks on the Christian communities in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
...continue reading this storyEritrean government officials arrested 11 Christians on Oct. 20, taking them to undisclosed locations.
...continue reading this storyMobs of Muslims were angered following a false Al-Jazeera report that Egypt's Christians were aligning with Israel and stockpiling weapons.
...continue reading this storyAn Algerian court acquitted two Christians of breaking the Ramadan fast despite the prosecution's demand that they be punished for "insulting Islam."
...continue reading this storyTwenty-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 storyTwo Christian construction workers were in court Aug. 13 for not observing the Muslim fast of Ramadan.
...continue reading this storyThree Muslim men attacked a Christian convert with a knife in Dufti, Ethiopia, a Christian human rights group said.
...continue reading this storyBoko Haram, a radical Muslim sect, used assault rifles to launch a coordinated raid on a prison in northern Nigeria, freeing more than 700 prisoners and raising new fears of violence against Christians in the nation.
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