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  2. Religious violence in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria. [50] Since the turn of the 21st century, 62,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and other groups. [48] [49] The killings have been referred to as a silent ...

  3. Christianity in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Persecution of Christians in Nigeria is pervasive and ongoing. "Christians are also routinely denied land to build churches. The last time a Certificate of Occupancy was issued for a church building within the Diocese of Maiduguri was in 1979. Christian students are denied Christian religious curricula in the primary and secondary levels, and ...

  4. Owo church attack - Wikipedia

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    The attack made headlines across the world, with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need issuing a statement that read: "ACN denounces this outburst of violence, yet another terrorist act in Nigeria, one more on the long list of crimes against Christians. The country in general has been rocked by episodes of violence, banditry and ...

  5. Pastor Carraway describes Christians' persecution - AOL

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    "Nigeria is the global hotspot," he said. "An average of 17 Christians were killed every day there in 2022." Adding that Christians are persecuted in more than 70 countries in the world, Carraway ...

  6. Christians' persecution globally rampant - AOL

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    Jul. 27—Sixty-one of the world's 196 nations actively persecute Christians who, ostracized, imprisoned, beaten, tortured, raped and murdered, stay just as determined to hold onto to their faith ...

  7. Lynching of Deborah Yakubu - Wikipedia

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    A Nigerian police officer filmed himself endorsing the Islamist lynching and called any one who questioned the act a "Kafir". [18] Following the lynching there was violence against other Christian sites, according to a statement released by the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. "During the protest, groups of youths led by some adults in the ...

  8. Persecution of Christians - Wikipedia

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    Al-Hakim's mother was a Christian, and he had been raised mainly by Christians, and even through the persecution al-Hakim employed Christian ministers in his government. [123] Between 1004 and 1014, the caliph produced legislation to confiscate ecclesiastical property and burn crosses; later, he ordered that small mosques be built atop church ...

  9. Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the events of the raid, produced by the United States Armed Forces Damage to the school seen in the aftermath of the attack. On the night of 14 April 2014, members of the Islamic jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram [27] [28] attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, a majority Christian village.