Posts Tagged ‘islamic extremist’
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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill Christian leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47.
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Church closures, demolition spark protest in Indonesia
Demolished Batak Protestant Christian Church (HKBP) building in Bekasi, outside Jakarta. NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christians hit the streets of Indonesia’s capital this week to urge government action after lo...
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Violence against Christians spreading in India
Hindu extremist attacks on Christians in Maharashtra state could expand even as violence elsewhere in India grows in areas where extremist groups had not beeen so active, Christian leaders said.
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Explosion at Christian meeting in Kenya kills boy, woman
Al Shabaab Islamic extremists suspected of throwing grenade into open-air evangelistic event. NAIROBI, Kenya, April 3 (CDN) — An 8-year-old boy died today from injuries after suspected Islamic extremists on Saturday (March 31)...
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Parents torn over loss of daughter in Nigeria
Catholic troubled by Muslim college instructor disappears in volatile northeast. BAUCHI, Nigeria, March 22 (CDN) — Nearly seven months after their 24-year-old daughter disappeared during a wave of Islamic extremist violence he...
Three Christians Killed in Attacks in Nigeria’s Kaduna State
It was a few minutes before 10 at night when the staccato sound of gunfire interrupted the serene worship of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church near Zonkwa, Kaduna state. When the chaos ended, two women lay dead and 12 people were wo...
Attack on Church Compound in Kenya Kills Two, Wounds Three
Suspected Islamic extremists with Somalia’s al Shabaab militia threw a grenade into the home of the church guard of an East Africa Pentecostal Church (EAPC) congregation outside Garissa, Kenya on Saturday night (Nov. 5), killin...
Muslim Extremists in Nigeria Kill Christians in Two States
Muslim extremists bent on ridding Nigeria’s volatile middle region of Christianity killed five Christians in Niger state on Thursday (Sept. 22) and three others the previous week in the north-central state of Kaduna, including...
Christian accused of ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan granted rare bail
LAHORE, Pakistan, August 4 (Compass Direct News) – In a rare move in Pakistan, a lower court in Punjab Province on Tuesday (Aug. 2) released on bail a young Christian man accused of blaspheming Islam. The Magisterial Court of C...
Two Bombs Explode Near Churches in Jos, Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, August 2 (Compass Direct News) – Security officials are trying to determine suspects and motives for two weekend bomb explosions in predominantly Muslim areas of Jos where three churches and the residences of Isla...
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