Boko Haram attacks nine churches in Nigeria

(Source: Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin) Rev. David Usman was killed by members of Boko Haram in a separate incident earlier this year. Photo: Compass Direct News On November 4, al-Qaeda affiliate Boko Haram launched attacks in Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State and in Maiduguri, Borno State. The death toll from the coordinated assaults presently stands at 150 and is expected to rise. Nine churches...

Officials to demolish church buildings in Sudan

(Source: Compass Direct) Government officials are threatening to destroy three church buildings in Sudan. Government officials are threatening to destroy three church buildings in Sudan. The church buildings were marked for demolition with red crosses on September 11, and local church leaders say the officials simply said, “We are going to demolish these churches.” Officials from the Ministry...

Scores of Christians killed in Plateau state

Scores of Christians killed in Plateau state Sources: Compass Direct Dr. Paul from VOMedical, a ministry run by VOM-USA, helps a woman injured during a Plateau state attack in 2010. Dozens of Christians have been killed by Muslim extremists in Nigeria’s Plateau state in recent weeks. On September 4, eight members of a Christian family were shot and butchered with machetes in Tatu village....

Christian convert beheaded in Somalia

(Source: Compass Direct) A kidnapped Christian convert from Islam was found decapitated on September 2 on the outskirts of Hudur in Bakool region, in south-western Somalia. Juma Nuradin Kamil, who embraced Christianity about three years ago, was kidnapped on August 21 by three suspected Islamic extremists from the al Shabaab terrorist group. Muslim extremists from al Shabaab, a militant group with ties to al...

Believers in Iran must report to prison to serve one-year sentence

Source: Present Truth Ministries Iranian believers are facing imprisonment for their witness. Five Iranian Christians and ministers who were convicted of crimes against the Islamic Order on March 8, 2011 in Shiraz, Iran, have been told to report to prison immediately to serve a one-year prison sentence. According to Jason DeMars of Present Truth Ministries their names are: Behrouz...