List of terrorist incidents targeting Christians

Christianity is the most persecuted religious faith in the world. This is a list of terrorist incidents in contemporary history that specifically targeted Christians for their faith.

Criteria

This list only contains incidents which meet the following criteria:

1. Meet the international definition of terrorism.

2. Specifically targeted Christians because of their faith.

3. Have occurred in contemporary history, which would be after World War II ended.

Under this criteria, incidents such as the September 11th terrorist attacks do not qualify as a terrorist incident targeting Christians because even though the attacks were perpetrated by non-Christian religious extremists, they were motivated by their disapproval of US foreign policy. And incidents such as the Charleston Church shooting is much of the same story, with the motive not being because the subjects are Christian, but due to the ethnicity of the victims.

Other characteristics of the data

Most terrorist incidents against Christians occur in Muslim-majority countries with little religious freedom but some terrorist incidents are perpetrated by those of other religious faiths, and some who lack a religious faith entirely. A vast majority of incidents listed are not only linked to anti-Christian sentiment, but also Islamic Extremism.

List

This page is a work in progress.

List

Date	Nation	Assailants	Method	Killed	Injured
2 January 2000	Egypt	~89	Shooting	21	40
3 June 2001	Bangladesh	?	Bombing	10	26
6 January 2010	Egypt	3	Shooting	11	11
4 July 2010	India	8	Stabbing	0	3
1 January 2011	Egypt	1	Bombing	23	97
7 May 2011	Egypt	Multiple	Shooting, Arson	15	232
9-10 October 2011	Egypt	Multiple	Beating	24	212
12 February 2015	Libya	Multiple	Beheadings	21	0
22 March 2016	Bangladesh	Multiple	Stabbing	1	0
11 December 2016	Egypt	1	Bombing	29	47
9 April 2017	Egypt	3	Bombing	43	136
26 May 2017	Egypt	8-10	Shooting	33	22
5 November 2017	United States	1	Shooting	26	22
29 December 2017	Egypt	1	Shooting	11	10
2 November 2018	Egypt	19	Shooting	7	12
23-25 December 2023	Nigeria	Multiple	Shooting	~200	~500
28 January 2024	Turkey	2	Shooting	1	1
15 April 2024	Australia	1	Stabbing	0	3