Nigerian Army claims it’s freed 5000 hostages
The Nigerian army says it has freed over 5,000 people held hostage by Boko Haram during an operation conducted on June 25, in the north-eastern of the country. Six militants...
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Pakistani Christian shot, family attacked after he asks for pay
...female worker in the fields on a very hot day. Her co-worker objected that the mere touch of a Christian had made the water “haram”, or religiously forbidden for Muslims....
Pakistani policeman beats up church leader over ‘loudspeaker music’
...of a Christian had made the water “haram”, or religiously forbidden for Muslims. Asia Bibi was told to convert to Islam in order to become purified of her ritual impurity....
Nigeria considers giving Islamic appeals courts authority to take criminal cases
...you will be dealt with,” Salame told Premium Times. “And, in Islam, when you kill a non-Muslim, you will be killed. These Boko Haram and other groups that hide behind...
Freedom of religion or belief ‘undermined’ in corrupt countries
...the role played by corruption. This goes to the extent of Nigeria’s former defence chief allegedly using money budgeted to fight Boko Haram for personal use. In two countries, Mexico...
Fulani herdsmen strike again in Kaduna, Nigeria
...to an aid worker in Benue, the situation in the Middle Belt is comparable to the damage caused by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, but has drawn little international attention....
1.3 million Christians displaced in N. Nigeria
Christians in northern Nigeria have paid a heavy price for Fulani herdshmen’s attacks and Boko Haram’s insurgency, which aims at implementing Sharia in Africa’s most populous country. An estimated 11,500...
‘Boko Haram is 100% a Muslim problem,’ says Sheikh
...and see if we want to truly combat Boko Haram. I can tell you that Boko Haram is 100 per cent a Muslim problem … It is we Muslims that...
Second Chibok girl rescued, says Nigerian army
...Boko Haram and Gender-Based Violence against Christian women and children in North-Eastern Nigeria since 1999, sheds light on Boko Haram’s ultra-Salafist ideology, which promotes the use of rape as a...
Return of one Chibok girl raises Nigeria’s hopes for the 218 still missing
Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, was found with a four-month-old baby, May 2016. (Sahara Reporters) The first missing schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram militants two years ago has been rescued. Amina...