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About 100 Church of Christ in Nigeria members were killed in weekend attacks in 12 villages, including 50 who were killed in a church building...

Attackers with guns and hand-grenades killed at least 17 people and wounded scores more during worship services at two churches Sunday in Kenya.

Pakistan’s rigid system of prohibiting Muslims from changing their religion status on their national ID cards nearly cost a Punjab politician his...

Authorities in Khartoum demolished two church buildings last week, days after confiscating three Catholic schools, sources told Compass Direct.

Police have refused to arrest Muslims accused of causing the miscarriage of twin girls by beating their mother, even though a judge canceled the...

The Rt. Rev. Peter Akinola said Nigerian officials should ignore claims that the Islamist sect Boko Haram is motivated by anything more than the...

No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church last week and...

His wife died shortly before he was falsely accused of desecrating the Quran, and by the time he was released from prison in southern Ethiopia, his...

Muhammad Kamran, a convert from Islam, endures threats to his family while seeking treatment for injuries from a beating two years ago.

Christians faced increased hostilities in Sudan over the past few weeks, culminating in an attack on a Christian compound by Islamists.

Suspected Islamic extremists bombed a TV viewing center in a Christian area of Jos, the second attack in the area in two weeks.

Tensions have turned into military combat on the South Sudan border, and Islamists have threatened to seize a Bible school in Khartoum.

Khartoum has given Christians from South Sudan until April 8 to apply for citizenship or be deported.

A 22-year-old woman was thrown out of her home, then beaten by her parents and Muslim extremists, for giving thanks to Jesus.

Ugandan pastor Umar Mulinde fights to regain sight after Muslim extremists threw acid on him in December.

Police resisted intense pressure from Muslim protesters and released a Christian woman falsely accused of desecrating the Quran.

An Ethiopian Christian man with a dramatic conversion story has faced attempted murder and ongoing death threats in Kenya.

Harassment of Christians by Sudanese authorities continues amid growing hostility toward Christianity.