Sources: AP via ''Toledo Blade
A bus carrying Christian pilgrims from Botswana crashes in Limpopo, South Africa, killing 45 people. 2024-03-28
Deposed president François Bozizé announces his bid for the presidency, despite being the subject of sanctions by the United Nations and an arrest warrant, issued by the current government, for alleged crimes against humanity. The Central African Republic has been in a civil war between Muslims and Christians since he was deposed in 2013. It is not known whether the charges against him will play a role in his candidacy. 2020-07-25
Christians across the globe celebrate Easter, Christianity's most sacred holiday. 2013-03-31
Clashes between Christian Copt and Muslims in the Egyptian capital Cairo kill 13 people and injure 140. 2011-03-9
Nigerian police say they have foiled a bomb attack at a church in the city of Bauchi, days after deadly clashes between Christian and Muslim youths. 2011-01-31
A Christian woman, Asia Bibi, is sentenced to death for blasphemy by a court in Lahore, Pakistan. 2010-11-11
Afghan authorities suspend two Christian foreign aid groups, Church World Service and Norwegian Church Aid, on suspicion of proselytizing in the strictly Islamic republic and said a follow-up investigation would include whether other groups were trying to convert Muslims. 2010-05-31
Munster Rugby fans in Ireland win a court case against the state allowing pubs to open for business on Good Friday, a day that normally sees all pubs in the country shut for religious reasons. 2010-03-25
Hundreds of Christian villagers are hacked to death with machetes by Muslim herders in Dogo-Nahawa, Nigeria. 2010-03-7
At least 149 people are killed in two days of violence between Christians and Muslims in the Nigerian city of Jos. 2010-01-19