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Attacks on Christians in Egypt were preventable, group says

Attacks on two predominantly Christian villages in Egypt last week came after days of rising tensions, which the state’s security services did nothing to quell despite being notified of impending danger to Christians, according to a human rights group.

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Fulani herdsmen kill 12 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria

Fulani herdsmen attacked residents of a village in central Nigeria’s Plateau state as they slept at 2 a.m. on April 19, killing 12 Christians, sources said.

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Bill in Pakistan would outlaw child marriages

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Tunisian Muslims charged with beating Christian in Italy

Three Muslims from Tunisia were detained this month in Italy for beating and robbing a Christian convert from Islam because he attended a church, according to a watchdog group.

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Coptic Christians are attacked in two villages in Egypt

Three days after Coptic Christians in southern Minya Governorate were attacked over “rumors” of plans for a new church, Muslim extremists upset over a permit to construct a church building on Friday (April 26) attacked Copts in another village.

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Three Christians slain in Benue state, central Nigeria

Fulani herdsmen killed three Christians last week in an area of Benue state, central Nigeria, a local leader said.

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Girl kidnapped, forcibly converted/married in Pakistan, father says

A Christian father in Pakistan who took his 15-year-old daughter out of school to protect her from harassment by a Muslim is now trying to free her from kidnapping and forcible marriage/conversion by the same man, he said.

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Pastor in Indonesia accused of blasphemy

Muslim leaders have filed complaints of blasphemy against a leading Christian pastor in Indonesia.

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Mother, baby among Christians slain in Plateau state, Nigeria

A single bullet killed a young mother and the baby strapped to her back, two of the more than 30 Christians killed in Plateau state, Nigeria in the past two weeks, sources said.

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Seven youths arrested after knifing of bishop in Australia

The 16-year-old boy who allegedly knifed Eastern Syriac Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Australia on April 15 was part of an extremist group of teenagers, and authorities arrested seven of them on Wednesday (April 24), news media reported.

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