
Five of seven Christians killed in Nigeria were children
Fulani herdsmen on Aug. 24 attacked a predominantly Christian village in Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing seven people, including a 1-year-old infant, residents said.
Fulani herdsmen on Aug. 24 attacked a predominantly Christian village in Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing seven people, including a 1-year-old infant, residents said.
Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state early on Sunday (Sept. 7), killing eight Christians and wounding nine others.
A Christian in Pakistan won a rare grant of bail on Monday (Sept. 8), a day after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy, sources said.
Muslims on Sunday (Sept. 7) shot to death one Catholic and wounded another as they traveled to a pilgrimage site in Punjab Province, Pakistan, sources said.
Fulani herdsmen last week killed a Christian farmer and wounded three others in Bauchi state, Nigeria, sources said.
In a rare show of Christian solidarity in Pakistan, victims of August 2023 Islamist attacks on Christians ended an unprecedented 17-day sit-in on Tuesday (Sept. 2) after government assurances of justice.
The Christian father of a 13-year-old girl has fought to recover his daughter since July 31, when a court in Pakistan handed custody of her to a Muslim who abducted her and forcibly converted and married her, sources said.
Fulani herdsmen on Aug. 24 killed two Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, following the slaughter of five others earlier in the month, sources said.
Members of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram on Saturday (Aug. 30) killed five Christians in Borno state, Nigeria, and three others in another area of the state on Sunday, sources said.
A prominent Islamic scholar who has opposed misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws against Christians and other minorities was arrested on Monday night (Aug. 25) and later charged under a section of the statutes calling for the death penalty.
A Christian girl rescued from a Muslim in Pakistan who abducted her said he forcibly converted her, sexually assaulted her as part of a sham Islamic marriage and forced her into prostitution.
Religious freedom in Pakistan is facing unprecedented threats as Muslim extremist groups increase their hold on public officials, according to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).