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'They ens ure each twin baby dies ': the s ecret killings in central 01/19/2018

“No o ne can divide us ”. Al S is i’s embrace to the Co pts 01/07/2018

Is lamic S tate declares war o n rival Hamas with video executio n 01/04/2018

Egyptian P arliament co ns iders o utlawing atheis m 01/04/2018

Egyptian P arliament co ns iders o utlawing atheis m 01/04/2018

Co ptic dio ces e s ays hundreds attack church in 12/23/2017

CAP ITAL Nigerian clergy demand co mpens atio n fo r churches des tro yed by ko Haram 08/30/2017 Jamestown

P O P ULATIO N (2010) Egypt: Co pts wo rs hip in s treets after clas hes o ver church permit 08/23/2017 <10,000 Bo ko Haram: Hunters kill s ect to p co mmander in Adamawa 08/18/2017 ANNUAL P O P ULATIO N GRO WTH RATE (2000-2010) Religio n o n the go : clerics us e Cairo s ubway to clarify Is lamic do ctrine 08/01/2017 -2.0%

P O P ULATIO N GAIN (2000-2010) Amid P ers ecutio n, S udan Beco mes Anglican Co mmunio n's Newes t P ro vince 07/31/2017 - <1,000 Repo rt: 479 Wo men Accus ed O f 'Witchcraft' Killed in 07/31/2017 GDP P ER CAP ITA $19,200 (US) P as to rs arres ted in S udan as go vernment mo ves to take o ver church 07/30/2017 LITERACY 98.0% of adult population In a bid to pro mo te divers ity, Egypt plans to res to re s ynago gue 07/27/2017

LIFE EXP ECTANCY (2010) Co urt s uppo rts Mus lims ’ o ppo s itio n to co ns tructio n o f church in Zanzibar 07/27/2017 80.4

Letter fro m : Freed Bo ko Haram 'wives ' return to capto rs 07/26/2017 Source: Population data from (updated May 2011); 2005 GDP per capita (in 2005 PPP $) from World Abductio ns o f two pries ts in Co ngo a gro wing co ncern 07/26/2017 Religion Database; Literacy rate for 2010 from World Religion Database Al-Azhar s etting up religio us edict bo o ths in 07/24/2017

P atriarch’s firs t appearance in decade dis mis s ed as ‘figleaf’ 07/21/2017

S udan church co uncil leader s ummo ned befo re Criminal Co urt 07/14/2017

Jailed Algerian Chris tian receives partial pres idential pardo n 07/12/2017

Murder o f fifth Co pt in s ix weeks creating ‘s tate o f fear and terro r’ amo ng Egypt’s Chris tians 07/12/2017

Al-Azhar s ays Is lam ‘to tally inco mpatible’ with vio lence, as IS s hifts fo cus to 06/29/2017

S o uth African co urt bars s cho o ls fro m pro mo ting any o ne religio n 06/28/2017

Fo r Egypt’s Co pts , if it is n’t extremis m, it’s s ectarianis m 06/21/2017

Firs t-Ever 'Africa S tudy Bible' Releas ed; 'Waters hed Mo ment' in His to ry, S o me S ay 06/21/2017

In wo rld’s larges t refugee s ettlement, churches o ffer ho pe 06/20/2017

Central African Republic fo es s ign church-mediated peace acco rd 06/20/2017

Chris tian teacher killed, ano ther abducted alo ng with Mus lim in 06/16/2017

Lo s t ancient Mus lim dis co vered in Ethio pia co uld reveal details o f Is lam's his to ry in Africa 06/16/2017

P o pe threatens to fire pries ts in Nigeria who do n't agree with new placement o f Bis ho p 06/14/2017

Tunis ians pro tes t fo r right no t to fas t during 06/11/2017

Lutherans Celebrate Refo rmatio n Where Germany Co mmitted Geno cide 05/19/2017

Chris tian s ect members attack Co ngo pris o n, free leader and 50 inmates 05/17/2017

Religio n in s cho o ls breeds go o d mo rals , high co urt to ld 05/16/2017

Chris tian militias kill up to 30 Mus lim civilians in 05/14/2017 100,000 Mas s acred, O ver 2 Millio n Dis placed In Bo ko Haram’s War to Eradicate Chris tianity 02/15/2017 Tii t ll e D a t e

Egypt o rders Mus lim preachers to deliver identical weekly s ermo ns 07/13/2016

S udan’s Chris tians face ‘ethnic cleans ing’ 07/11/2016

S udan charges 5 Chris tians o ver church dis pute 07/11/2016

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