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Christian Woman Killed in Nigeria’s Kaduna State

Christian Woman Killed in Nigeria’s Kaduna State

KAGORO, Nigeria (Compass Direct News) – A Muslim villager in Kaduna state allegedly helped Fulani herdsmen and other Muslims from nearby Kafanchan to ambush a Christian settlement, resulting in the death of one woman and gunshot wounds to two other Christians on Dec. 10, area sources said. Musa Blak, 60, told Compass how gunmen lurking behind trees outside his home killed his wife, Kunam Musa Blak, and wounded him and his cousin, 48-year-old Monday Blai … Read entire article »

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Somali Muslims in Kenya Attack Another Christian

Somali Muslims in Kenya Attack Another Christian

By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – Young Muslim men of Somali descent beat a 23-year-old Somali Christian unconscious last week in Kenya, less than six weeks after a related gang attacked his older brother. Ibrahim, 23, whose surname is withheld for security reasons, was beaten by seven Somalis born in Kenya who stopped him near his home in an undisclosed town at about 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, he told Compass. His family was … Read entire article »

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Muslims in Pakistan Beat, Shoot at Christians in Land Grab

Muslims in Pakistan Beat, Shoot at Christians in Land Grab

By Murad Khan LAHORE, Pakistan (Compass Direct News) – In an attempted land-grab in southern Punjab Province, police and cohorts of a retired military official beat two Christian women and shot at Christians who came to help them on Friday (Nov. 25), area Christians told Compass. About eight police officials led by Sub-Inspector Muhammad Arif of Kot Sarwar Shaheed police station, along with armed associates of a retired senior military officer, Air Marshal Maqbool Shah, arrived at … Read entire article »

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Two People Killed, Homes and Stores Torched in Attack on Coptic Christians

Two People Killed, Homes and Stores Torched in Attack on Coptic Christians

by Michael Ireland, Senior International Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT(ANS) – Thousands of Muslims attacked and besieged Copts in el Ghorayzat village, population 80,000, killing two Copts and severely wounding others, as well as looting and torching homes and businesses, according to the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org ). In an article for AINA, Egyptian journalist Mary Abdelmassih says that a quarrel between a Copt, John Hosni, and Mahmoud Abdel-Nazeer, who later died in hospital, turned … Read entire article »

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Muslims Kill At Least 45 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

Muslims Kill At Least 45 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

By Obed Minchakpu BARKIN LADI, Nigeria (Compass Direct News) – Fulani Muslim herdsmen along with Muslim soldiers have killed at least 45 ethnic Berom Christians in Plateau state in the past week, Christians in this northern-central Nigerian town said. Smaller attacks beginning on Nov. 20, reportedly over allegations by Fulani Muslims of cattle theft, preceded an attack on a Barkin Ladi church on Nov. 23 that killed four Christians, and an assault the next day left 35 … Read entire article »

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