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Islamist violence drives nearly 95 per cent of Christians from Nigerian state

One Northern Nigerian state has been almost entirely cleared of Christians; they have been forced to flee the relentless campaign of violence against them by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

Anti-Christian violence is increasing
in Northern

Christian families evicted from Egyptian village after Muslim violence

Eight Christian families have been evicted from an Egyptian village in a “humiliating” agreement made to placate Muslims who had twice attacked Christian property there.

Hundreds of Christians and activists protested against the evictions
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University student in Iran denied education because of Christian activities

The Iranian authorities have given an apparently unprecedented penalty to a Christian convert from Islam: “deprivation of education” for one year.

A university building in Tehran
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Elderly Christian man quizzed over publishing poetry in

An elderly Christian man was detained and questioned for six hours by police in Turkmenistan after he tried to print copies of a small book of his Christian poetry.

There are tight controls on all publishing in

Armenian Christian demolished by Turkish authorities

Three buildings that were being restored at an Armenian cemetery have been demolished by the authorities in a Turkish province following complaints by local residents.

An Armenian cemetery in
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