Religious Persecution


Updated 23APR2024
  1. https://catholicvote.org/vandal-shatters-historic-marian-statue-outside-local-catholic-church-in-oklahoma/
  2. https://catholicherald.co.uk/eight-thousand-nigerian-christians-murdered-in-worst-single-year-for-islamist-attacks-says-report/ More than 8,000 Christians were killed in 2023 by Islamist muslims, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has said.
  3. https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/germany-muslims-plotted-to-murder-as-many-non-muslims-as-possible-inside-and-outside-church-on-ascension-day
  4. https://catholicherald.co.uk/no-justice-for-pakistans-christians-eight-months-after-atrocity-british-parliament-told/
  5. https://catholicherald.co.uk/terrorists-murder-catechist-in-burkina-faso/ A catechist has been abducted and killed by terrorists in Fada N’gourma, east Burkina Faso. Edouard Yougbare’s lifeless body was discovered in Saatenga parish yesterday, according to local reports received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
  6. https://twitter.com/CatholicArena/status/1781594989211885759 Two churches burned - attempted arson - in County Meath, Ireland.
  7. https://catholicherald.co.uk/twenty-nine-nigerian-christians-slaughtered-in-three-day-pogrom/
  8. https://www.osvnews.com/2024/04/17/experts-attack-on-texas-priest-other-incidents-show-parishes-need-to-get-serious-on-security/
  9. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  10. https://humanevents.com/2024/04/16/muslim-immigrant-stabs-70-year-old-man-to-death-minutes-after-stabbing-flatmate-for-converting-to-christianity-in-uk-report
  11. https://aleteia.org/2024/04/15/bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-church-while-giving-bible-study/
  12. https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-catholic-church-hit-by-vandals-easter-sunday-marking-third-incident-within-a-month/273-cddf850e-fcfb-4fb4-8755-3464a9d3b810
  13. https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/03/vandals-topple-church-statue/
  14. https://aleteia.org/2024/03/14/hundreds-of-nigerian-school-kids-abducted-in-broad-daylight/
  15. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/27/exclusive-catholic-churches-attacked-400-times-since-2020-tracker-finds/
  16. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68398473 15 dead in attack on Catholic Church by Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State
  17. https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LK24B37&f=IS24B01 FEB2024 FRC Report
  18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfPSu-EllaE Attempted arson at Blessed Sacrament Parish Church, Regina, Manitoba, Feb 12, 2024
  19. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-04/over-50000-christians-killed-in-nigeria-by-islamist-extremists.html Over 50,000 Christians killed by Islamist Muslims
  20. https://panow.com/2024/01/23/vandals-target-religious-statue/
  21. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68122404 Attack on Catholic Church in Istanbul
  22. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256667/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-attack-on-catholic-church-in-istanbul
  23. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/
  24. https://cforc.com/2024/01/arson-attacks-rise-canada/
  25. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256551/report-33-churches-in-canada-destroyed-by-fire-since-may-2021
  26. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248122/police-investigate-after-two-catholic-churches-burn-on-british-columbia-tribal-lands
  27. https://tnc.news/2024/01/02/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements3/
  28. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1I_E48OhsJpTMMmO_EX_PSZAkOnHoIXyG&femb=1&ll=58.459503787995374%2C-92.87236944999998&z=3
  29. https://ccrl.ca/church-attacks-database/
  30. https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/december/nigeria-christmas-massacre-plateau-fulani-herders-farmers.html Attacks on 26 villages in Plateau State began December 23, led by suspected extremists among Fulani Muslim herdsman against Christian farming communities.
  31. https://nypost.com/2023/12/30/news/nigeria-christmas-massacre-sees-over-100-christians-dead-killed-for-sport/
  32. https://nasarean.org/index.php
  33. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/two-more-historic-churches-in-canada-set-ablaze-by-arsonists/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=usa
  34. https://ccrl.ca/news/anticatholicviolenceincrease/
  35. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/church-fires-canada-1.7055838#:~:text=CBC%20News%20has%20examined%2033,others%20are%20still%20under%20investigation.
  36. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/nahida-and-samar-mother-and-daughter-killed-in-attack-on-gaza-parish
  37. https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/fbi-anti-catholic-memo.pdf
  38. https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/judiciary-committee-uncovers-multiple-fbi-field-offices-coordinated-prepare
  39. https://tnc.news/2023/10/26/liberal-and-ndp-debate-church-burnings/
  40. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-villagers-missing-two-days-after-suspected-nomadic-herders-kill-140-2023-12-26/
  41. https://tnc.news/2023/07/04/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements1/ 
  42. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/when-will-the-world-wake-up-to-the-persecution-of-nigerian-christians/
  43. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-hate-crimes-against-catholics-almost-tripled-do-canadians-care
  44. https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/anti-catholic-hate-crimes-rising-faster-than-every-category-combined-and-few-seem-to-care
  45. https://www.straight.com/news/roman-catholic-church-in-new-westminster-vandalized-with-orange-graffiti
  46. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251977/don-t-ignore-canada-s-spike-in-anti-catholic-hate-crimes-watchdog-says
  47. https://www.straight.com/news/east-vancouver-catholic-church-vandalized-on-canada-day
  48. https://tnc.news/2021/07/05/indigenous-chiefs-and-leaders-decry-church-burnings-and-vandalism/
  49. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248185/indigenous-leaders-condemn-recent-vandalism-of-churches-in-canada
  50. https://tnc.news/2021/07/02/11-calgary-churches-hit-by-vandalism-hate-crimes-unit-investigating/
  51. https://www.catholicregister.org/item/32558-alberta-man-charged-with-hate-crime-for-disrupting-mass
  52. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57626410
  53. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamil-jivani-anti-catholic-bigotry-is-a-real-problem-in-canada
Arsons enacted against churches result of false reports about mass graves.

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