Eritrea Jails 18 More Evangelical Christians
Eritrean police arrested and jailed another Protestant evangelical pastor on Sunday, taking him and seven of his church members to prison.
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Christians Killed and Churches Burned in Nigerian Riots Sparked
by Miss World Protests At least one hundred people were killed and 200 injured yesterday as Muslim youths rampaged through the capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria in protest at a newspaper article that was said to have blasphemed the Prophet Mohammed. Muslim youths arrived in Kaduna city in a convoy of buses bearing Arabic ... Read more
...continue reading this storyMore Than 200 Churches Destroyed in Kaduna, Nigeria
Christian University Worker Arrested for Controversial Prayer by Obed Minchakpu KADUNA, Nigeria (Compass) -- A total of 294 churches have been burned in Kaduna city of northern Nigeria during Muslim-Christian clashes since the Kaduna state government decided to adopt and implement the Islamic legal system last year. The violence has also left thousands of Christians ... Read more
...continue reading this storyEritrean government demands shutdown of evangelical churches
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In what many consider to be a crackdown on the growing evangelical movement among Eritrean Christians, the Eritrean government has ordered the close of all churches not belonging to the Orthodox Christian, Roman Catholic and Evangelical Lutheran denominations.
...continue reading this storyMuslim Mob Storms Church; Forces Closure
DAKAR, SENEGAL (ANS) -- A local Muslim politician at the head of a mob of young men stormed a church in Dakar on Sunday 23 May, insulting and assaulting Christian worshippers. The youths, armed with knives and stones, drove them out and occupied the building, the Barnabus Fund reports.
...continue reading this storyChristians Attacked and Killed by Islamic Fanatics in Nigeria
Christians in the Plateau State of central Nigeria have been killed and forced from their land by extremist Islamic militants.
Attacks have been mounted against Christians in the area surrounding Jos, leaving several dead and many more wounded and displaced.
...continue reading this storyNigeria's Defense Minister Says Muslims Plan to Wipe Out Christianity
ABUJA, Nigeria (Compass) -- Muslim leaders aim to eradicate Christianity in northern Nigeria, says Nigeria's Defense Minister, Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma. Danjuma told a gathering of the Northern (Nigeria) Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) on April 20 in Abuja, the federal capital, that Christians are now under severe pressure. He urged the Christian leaders assembled at the All Saints Anglican Church not to be intimidated.
...continue reading this storySudan Amputates Chrstian's Hand for Theft
ISTANBUL, March 6 (Compass) -- The government of Sudan amputated a Southern Sudanese Christian's right hand for alleged theft in late January, furthering evidence that the Islamist regime has begun enacting harsh Muslim punishments against both Christian and Muslim citizens within the past three months.
...continue reading this storySudanese Christians Attacked by the "Lord's Resistance Army"
Adjumani, Uganda - Sudanese Christian refugees living in the Maagi Refugee Camp in the Adjumani Resettlement area of Northern Uganda were attacked by 1200 members of the "Lord's Resistance Army" on Wednesday, July 17th
...continue reading this storyChurches Shut Down in Eritrea
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (ANS) -- All Christian Churches apart from those belonging to Eritrea’s three principal denominations have been ordered to close, according to information received by the World Evangelical Alliance.
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