Nigeria: Two Christians Murdered in Kaduna
One man has been killed with a sword and another bludgeoned to death in this city in central northern Nigeria following Muslim leaders’ appeal to wage violent jihad against youthful Christians.
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At Least Nine Christians Killed In Nigeria; Churched Burned
Nigeria’s government continued preparations Saturday, October 6, for an emergency conference on religious tensions after rampaging Muslims reportedly killed at least nine Christians, injured 61 others, destroyed nine churches and displaced over 500 people in the town of Tudun Wada in the nation’s, mainly Muslim, Kano State.
Nigeria: Threats Force Northern Church Underground
Death threats and other dangers here drove most of the members of a church of converts from Islam to other parts of northern Nigeria — yet a fellowship remains.
Nigeria Native Missionaries Rebuilding After Violent Storm In Tense Region
Native Christian missionaries in one of the most remote and religiously tense areas of Nigeria continued their activities Friday, May 18, amid reports that a violent storm destroyed an entire community.
Nigeria: Muslim Extremists Set Church on Fire
Two days after the killing of a Christian teacher in this town in northern Nigeria, Muslim extremists set fire to a church building of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in the Chanchanya section.
Baptists bury dead, look to future after seminary attack in Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria (BP)–Baptists in Nigeria are sifting through the ashes and counting the cost after the Baptist seminary in Kaduna was attacked during riots in late February.
Nigeria’s Muslim states approve dialogue on Sharia
NIGERIA, 4 April 2000 (Newsroom) — Northern state governors in Nigeria have approved the formation of a committee of Muslims and Christians to dialogue on aspects of the controversial Sharia, or Islamic law, which was implemented by several states earlier this year.
Christians in Kaduna forced to renounce their faith or die
KADUNA, Nigeria, 13 March 2000 (Newsroom) — About 300 Christians of the Kabe ethnic group in the city of Kaduna were abducted and forced to renounce their faith by their Muslim captors during religious clashes in the state last month, according to a human rights group.
Bodies Were Still Lying in the Streets
KADUNA, NIGERIA (March 8, 2000) (Assist Communications) — An Open Doors co-worker has provided a harrowing eyewitness report from violence-torn Kaduna, Nigeria, following a recent clash between Christians and Muslims. The fierce fighting resulted in more than 300 deaths as Muslim youths attacked Christians protesting the adoption of Sharia (Islamic law) in the state.