Nigeria: Four Christians Killed, Head of High School and Family Shot in North-central Region
Fulani herdsmen shot Rev. Bayo Famonure, head of Christian high school Messiah College, a Christian leader and his family in one part of Plateau state two days after they killed four Christians in another part of the state.
Nigeria: Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians, Kidnap 13 Others in Kaduna State
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked five predominantly Christian villages in Kaduna state killing 13, kidnapped 13 others and displacing more than 1,000 people from their homes.
Nigeria: Herdsmen Ambush Christian Couple with Machetes in Plateau State
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked a Christian couple in Plateau state, Nigeria with machetes on Sunday (April 26), leaving the husband with serious injuries, sources said.
Pakistan: Fourteen-Year-Old Christian Girl Abducted in Faisalabad District
a 14-year-old Christian girl from Madina Town, in Punjab, Pakistan, was abducted by a group of armed Muslim men as she traveled to her workplace as a domestic worker. Her family is begging for her return.
Pakistan: Expectations of Justice Low for Grieving Family of Street Sweeper
Last week a Christian sanitation worker died after a police car struck him in Gujranwala, Pakistan. Police compensated the family with the equivalent of $620 US dollars, despite Islamic laws that would entitle them to more than $20,000.
Egypt: Christian Woman Kidnapped, Converted
A video began circulating three days after an Egyptian Christian woman was kidnapped by two veiled women, announcing that she has converted to Islam. Family and friends say she is being forced to comply with her abductors.
Algeria: USCIRF Designates African Nation as Religious Freedom Violator for First Time Ever
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom added Algeria to its 2020 annual report on the world’s worst religious freedom violators.
India: Religious Persecution Highlighted by USCIRF’s 2020 Annual Report
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has listed India among the world’s worst religious freedom violators in its 2020 Annual Report, released earlier this week.
Pakistan: Christian Family Continues to Suffer Following Recovery of Abducted Daughter
The family of a young girl recently returned after being abducted and forced to convert to Islam and marry her abductor remains in hiding today for fear of retaliation and ongoing harassment by her abductors.
Pakistan: Police Arrest Pastor on Fabricated Charges
Presbyterian assistant pastor Sarfaraz Raja said his involvement and prior complaints of criminal activities were behind his arrest on Good Friday on falsified charges that he was illegally manufacturing and selling liquor.
Nigeria: Two Slain, Church Building Burned in Islamist Attacks
Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two people, kidnapped another and burned down a church building and pastor’s home in attacks on predominantly Christian areas in north-central Nigeria.
Nigeria: Couple Abducted from Wedding in Attacks that Kill 12 Christians
Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northwest Nigeria killed 12 Christians and kidnapped several people including couple from their church wedding ceremony in attacks this month, sources said.
Turkey: World Commemorates Armenian Genocide
April 24 marks the day when the world commemorates the 1915 Armenian genocide committed by Ottoman-era Turks. It was the day 250 Armenian leaders were arrested, deported and later massacred. Turkey still does not acknowledge it as genocide.
Nigeria: Elderly Woman Breaks Both Hands Fleeing Islamist
Lawe village awoke to gunfire from a group of Islamist attacking their village. Sixty-year-old widow Elsie escaped her home to the pitch black night, and while escaping, fell and broke both of her hands.
India: Pastor in Central Region Attacked for Police Report on Prior Assault, Expulsion
Tribal animists in central India who demolished a pastor’s house and drove him and his family out of their village in March seriously injured him in an assault this month.