Christians Under Attack

Two journalists working for a Christian magazine were hacked to death by a mob in a predominantly Muslim suburb in the flashpoint Nigerian city of Jos, a union official said Monday.

JOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian army said Monday it had averted an attack by suspected Muslim extremists on a mainly Christian village in the flashpoint central Plateau State, killing two gunmen.

sectarian tension is rising in a Muslim-dominated northern Nigeria state following the murder of a pastor and his wife as Christians call for revenge, residents and officials said.

Hundreds of suspects arrested over the recent slaughter of Christians in Nigeria are scheduled to be prosecuted as early as this week.

Another attack on Nigerian Christians murdering women and children, following the

Thirteen Christians were killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in an overnight attack on a village in central Nigeria, Plateau State Information Commissioner Gregory Yenlong said Wednesday.

Dozens of bodies lined the dusty streets of three Christian villages in northern Nigeria yesterday. Other victims of Sunday morning’s Muslim rampage were jammed into a local morgue, the limbs of

(AKI) - Nigeria's government sent in troops to the northern Jos region on Monday after at least 500 people were killed in attacks by machete-wielding gangs on Christian villages early on Sunday. Police said they had arrested scores in

Washington, D.C. (February 23, 2010)–International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on February 21 a Muslim mob burned down several Christian

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Samuel Yunana's father, Fayam, was taken from his home, stabbed in the side of the stomach and told to convert to Islam. When he refused, his throat was slit.