Boko Haram terrorists on Monday (April 28) attacked a predominantly Christian community in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, killing seven Christians and setting homes and church buildings ablaze, residents said.
A Christian accused of writing blasphemous content that sparked violent riots in Jaranwala, Pakistan in August 2023 was sentenced to death along with other harsh penalties on Good Friday (April 18).
Fulani attacks on predominantly Christian areas of Benue state, Nigeria have killed dozens of Christians since March 28, area sources said.
Following the killing of more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria earlier this month, the death toll of a dawn attack today (April 14) on a predominantly Christian community in the state has risen to 51, according to reports.
Muslims who killed a 70-year-old Catholic woman in Nigeria on March 2 were motivated by a traditional healer’s falsehood that she had used witchcraft on the wife of one of the assailants, sources said.
Fulani terrorists killed nine Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in the past month, after killing 19 in another area of the state in March, sources said.
Two unidentified men attempted to set fire to a church building in Pakistan on Saturday night (April 5), but timely intervention by the pastor thwarted the attack, sources said.
Fulani terrorists on Wednesday and Thursday (April 2-3) killed more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria in what the governor called a “genocide,” sources said.
Days after a Christian’s throat was slit in Pakistan over a false blasphemy allegation arising out of refusal to renounce his faith, a Hindu was shot dead after he refused to convert to Islam, sources said.
Gunmen robbing a Catholic last week in Pakistan decided to tie him up and gang-rape his wife after learning the couple’s faith, sources said.
A judge in Pakistan on Thursday (March 27) sentenced to death a Muslim who murdered a 20-year-old Christian in the presence of his family members, sources said.
A bipartisan U.S. government body that monitors religious freedom worldwide this week recommended imposing sanctions on Pakistan for human rights violations, particularly abuse of harsh blasphemy laws and treatment of religious minorities in the country.
