Christians in eastern India suspect a church member’s Hindu family killed him last month for refusing to renounce his faith, sources said.

According to sources, a 23-year-old Muslim woman in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity on Sept. 18 was poisoned to death that night.

Continuing attacks earlier this month in Benue state, Nigeria, suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed dozens of Christians on Friday (Sept. 23) and Wednesday (Sept. 21), sources said.

Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Saturday (Sept. 17) abducted dozens of Christians from a church service in northwest Nigeria, less than a week after kidnapping nearly 60 members of the same denomination in the north-central part of the country, sources said.

A coalition of 33 organizations and 35 individuals are asking the U.S. State Department to redesignate Nigeria as a "country of particular concern."

Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed three Christians in Benue state, Nigeria on Sunday, after slaughtering at least 22 others in the same area in past three weeks, sources said.

According to sources, Muslim extremists killed five Christian workers by throwing them off a boat into central Uganda’s Lake Kyoga on August 10.

On Sunday, suspected Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian security guard as they abducted a pastor in central Nigeria and wounded the church leader’s wife, sources said.

On Wednesday, a former prison chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons was sentenced to seven years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing a female inmate and then denying the abuse when questioned by federal agents.