World Watch Monitor

• Nigeria: Kano Bus Bomb Prompts Religious Leaders to Joint Call for Urgent Measures
  A car bomb attack in a Christian enclave of Kano, the largest city in majority-Muslim northern Nigeria, has heightened religious and ethnic tensions throughout the country.
  Monday, March 25, 2013
• Burned Church Latest in String of Tanzanian Attacks
  Arsonists burned a Tanzania church Feb. 19 in the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, two days after gunmen killed a Catholic priest there.
  Tuesday, February 26, 2013
• U.S. Demands Release of American Pastor From Iranian Prison
  Stepping up the urgency of the American response, the White House on Friday called on Iran to release a jailed American pastor facing a trial that could send him to the gallows.
  Tuesday, January 22, 2013
• Police Break Up Plot to Assassinate Turkish Pastor
  Police in Turkey say they thwarted an assassination plot against a Christian pastor Tuesday when they arrested 14 suspects, two of whom had been part of his congregation for more than a year.
  Friday, January 18, 2013