Nigeria: Middle Belt Report: Boko Haram and Fulani Militants Terrorize Region in February 2019
Boko Haram and Fulani militants continued their brutal campaign of violence throughout Nigeria in February. The uptrend in attacks by Fulani militants has persisted throughout 2018 and 2019, with the heaviest attacks taking place in Plateau and Benue States.
Nigeria: Suspected Fulani Militants Ambush Christian Home, Kill Two
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen shot through the home of 26-year-old Jeffrey Moses on Thursday night, killing his wife and nephew.
Burkina Faso: Attack on Baptism Party Kills Fifteen
Suspected jihadists ambushed a baptism in Burkina Faso on Tuesday and opened fire, killing a total of 15 Christians.
Nigeria: Gunmen Burn Down Church, Kill Eight Christians in Kaduna State
Eight Christians were killed and a church was burned down on May 19th, during an attack in the Chikun area of Kaduna State, Nigeria.The “bandits” also burned down several homes during the attack, which consisted of unknown gunmen shooting sporadically at civilians.
Uganda: Muslims Allegedly Poison Pastor over Plans for Church Building
Muslims in eastern Uganda upset with a pastor’s plans to build a church on land they sought to buy are suspected in his death by poisoning. He leaves behind eight children, ages 2 to 16.
India: Police Rescue – then Jail – Christian Family Attacked
Police in India who initially took a pastor and his family into custody to protect them from an attack by a 300-member Hindu extremist mob were pressured into jailing them under a baseless charge of forcible conversion, sources said.
India: Mob Beats and Forces Pastor to Perform Hindu Rituals
While visiting family in Karnataka state, southwest India, Pastor Sanjay Bhandari was dragged from his sister-in-law’s house, paraded down the street and forced to perform Hindu rituals by a Hindu mob accusing him of trying to convert his family to Christianity.
Uganda: Mother of Seven Wounded, Loses Family for Becoming Christian
A mother of seven children in eastern Uganda suffered serious wounds and is cut off from her family after her husband and other Muslim relatives attacked her on Easter Sunday for putting her faith in Christ.
India: Christians Confined to Home by Police, Tribal Threats
A Christian family in eastern India has been confined to their home for months amid police threats to jail them for “breach of peace” after tribal mob assaults for leaving their native religion.
Nigeria: Seven Killed, 5,000 Displaced After Suspected Boko Haram Attack
According to Vanguard News, suspected Boko Haram terrorists launched an attack over the weekend which killed seven and displaced thousands from Adamawa state, northeastern Nigeria.
India: Announcement of Anti-Conversion Law Initiates Wave of Persecution in Southern Region
Karnataka is the fourth state in India, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to announce its intention to enact an anti-conversion law in recent months. In both Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the enactment of the new anti-conversion laws initiated a wave of anti-Christian violence.
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India: Christian Families Displaced from Village After Refusing to Recant Faith
According to local sources, 13 Christian families in India’s Odisha state have been displaced from their home village since January after they refused to recant their Christian faith.
India: Gujarat State Passes New Anti-Conversion Law
The Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) led government of Gujarat has passed a new law regulating religious conversions and criminalizing forced religious conversions. The new law amends the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act 2003 and has been championed by local BJP politicians as the state’s ‘Love Jihad’ law.
Nigeria: Kidnapped Pastor Killed
Fifty-year-old Frederick Ojo Aramuwa, from Ifira Akoko Ondo state, Nigeria, was found dead days after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, and having his family pay $5,000 in ransom.
Nigeria: Christians Abducted from Bus in North-Central Region
Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria suspect Muslim Fulani herdsmen were behind the kidnapping of eight Christians from a bus in the southern part of the state on Friday.