{"id":4985,"date":"2024-05-16T07:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T07:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/hundreds-abducted-by-islamists\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T07:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T07:07:08","slug":"hundreds-abducted-by-islamists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/hundreds-abducted-by-islamists\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Abducted by Islamists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early March 2024, Islamic militants raided several boarding schools in northern Nigeria and abducted more than 300 people. &ldquo;I spoke to a pastor who personally knows an elderly Christian woman who was among those abducted,&rdquo; a front-line worker shared. &ldquo;Her son was shot in the arm when trying to protect her and is currently hospitalized.&rdquo; Officials do not know if the attackers were members of Boko Haram or ISWAP, two Islamist groups active in the area. The attackers demanded ransom to return those who were abducted. Amid the risk, the front-line worker reported that pastors and evangelists in the region are committed to serve. &ldquo;These realities are not new to them,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They have already counted the cost of serving Christ in such areas and remain faithful to their calling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/nigeria\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Nigeria and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2668\/christians-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Christians in Nigeria on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early March 2024, Islamic militants raided several boarding schools in northern Nigeria and abducted more than 300 people. &#8220;I spoke to a pastor who personally knows an elderly Christian woman who was among those abducted,&#8221; a front-line worker shared. &#8220;Her son was shot in the arm when trying to protect her and is currently hospitalized.&#8221; Officials do not know if the attackers were members of Boko Haram or ISWAP, two Islamist groups active in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-4985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-commit-to-pray","tag-nigeria","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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