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Job ad targeting Christians in Pakistan labeled discriminatory by advocates
An ad for sanitation workers targeting Christians in Pakistan has prompted objections that it signals only Christians should work such low-paying jobs.
Justice denied to Christian woman pushed into chaff cutter by Muslim landlord
Saima Bibi was serving tea to guests at her quarters in Punjab Province, Pakistan when her Muslim employer dragged her outside and pushed her towards an electric chaff cutter, tearing off her ear and cutting most of her scalp, her husband said.
18 Christians killed since mid-April in Nigeria's Plateau state, residents say
Following a rights group report that 1,336 people were killed in Plateau state, Nigeria between December and February, residents reported 18 Christians killed since mid-April.
Gunmen attempt to kidnap students at Catholic school, security guard shot
Gunmen in an area of Nigeria where Fulani herdsmen are active attacked a Catholic school on the evening of May 7, wounding a security guard in an apparent kidnapping attempt.
Pastor, wife plead for rescue in kidnapping video
A video of a pastor and his wife kidnapped in March 2023 appeared on May 5 in which he pleaded for help from the government of Nigeria and Christian leaders.
Muslims armed with guns, batons attack Christians, seize family's farmland
Police in Pakistan are refusing to arrest Muslims who attacked a Catholic family and seized their farmland, and officers also damaged property, sources said.
12 Christians killed by herdsmen in Nigerian village attack
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.
Pastor ambushed, killed in Nigeria: 'We can no longer bear this brunt'
A Christian pastor was killed last week as he traveled to minister to church members in northern Kaduna state, sources said.
3 Christians ambushed, killed by suspected herdsmen in Nigeria
A Nigerian local government official said that a Christian in Otukpo County’s Entepka village was killed by herdsmen last Saturday, after they killed two others two days earlier on April 18 in the Entepka District’s Adoka-Icho community.
Fire destroys church on Easter weekend; congregation suspects arson
Christians suspect a Muslim who vowed to keep them from celebrating Easter was behind a fire allegedly set to their church building on Saturday (March 30) in Rawalpindi District, Pakistan.