Sudanese mother sentenced to death for 'converting to Christianity' freed after international outcry
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim was released from prison in Sudan today
Boko Haram Kills at Least 29 Christians in Nigeria
While international media sights have been justifiably fixed on 276 girls kidnapped from Chibok, Borno state, Islamic extremists last week killed Christians in the state’s Gwoza area nearly unnoticed, as they have for more than two years.
Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Gunmen killed six Christians in an early morning attack yesterday on Dinu village in southern Plateau state, a month after Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot a Christian to death in a nearby village, Christian leaders said.
The identities of the gunmen and the victims were not immediately known, though the Rev. Johnson Kikem, chairman of a nearby Regional Church Council of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), reported that church members who fled the village in Wase Local Government Area said the assailants were Muslims.
Sudan Tracking Down Converts from Islam in Purge of Christianity
A Sudanese Christian has fled the country after authorities in Khartoum threatened to kill him for refusing to provide names of converts from Islam, sources said.
Christian Deaths Mount in Eritrean Prisons
LOS ANGELES, January 21 :– Three Christians incarcerated in military prisons for their faith have died in the past four months in Eritrea, including the death on Friday (Jan. 16) of a 42-year-old man in solitary confinement, according to a Christian support organization.
Egyptian Wins Rare Legal Victory to Revert to Christianity
An Egyptian convert to Christianity who spent 31 years officially identified as a Muslim has won a rare legal victory to be officially registered in his “new” faith.
Egypt: Thousands Protest, Vandalize Church
Thousands of Muslim protestors on Sunday (Nov. 23) attacked a Coptic church in a suburb of
EGYPT: Custody Battles Bring Islamic Law into Question
Egyptian human rights workers are looking to international bodies for support against Muslim judges who use sharia (Islamic law) to undermine custody rights of Christian mothers.