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Armed Hindu extremists in Madhya Pradesh, India, disrupted worship services at two churches on Feb. 7, beat congregation members and pressured police to arrest more than 20 Christians on suspicion of forcible conversion, sources said.

Christians traveling on buses for Christmas holiday close to the border with Somalia have recently become targets of the Somalian militant group, al-Shabab.

The U.S. State Department has added Nigeria to its list of countries deemed to have the most egregious violations of religious freedom.

A young Tunisian man armed with a knife and carrying a copy of the Quran attacked worshippers in a Nice church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

Islamic extremists have executed five Nigerian men in Borno state, with one executioner saying it was a warning to “all those being used by infidels to convert Muslims to Christianity,” according to a video posted on Wednesday (July 22).

The insurgents overpowered police and vigilante defenders before burning a police station, police barracks, church buildings, a hospital and a health center and the homes of two local officials.

In an opinion piece published by Christianity Today, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari claims that the vast majority of those victimized by Boko Haram are Muslim. The Christian Association in Nigeria is crying foul.

The Rev. Lawan Andimi was abducted by Boko Haram. “They attacked Michika and Bassa communities just a day after we celebrated the New Year,” area resident Vandi Hosea told Morning Star News.