Violent persecution in Mozambique

Luke Randall  |  World
Date posted:  18 Nov 2025
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Violent persecution in Mozambique

Homes burnt in the raid on Napala village, Mozambique. Source: Open Doors

Violent persecution against Christians is mounting in Mozambique, with jihadist attacks having slaughtered thousands and displaced an estimated 600,000 people in the north of the country.

A recent incident saw militant jihadist group Ahlu Sunnah wa Jama’ah, known as al-Shabab, attack Napala village in the northern Chiúre district, killing 20 and displacing 2,000, adding to the already catastrophic national total.

The attackers burned buildings, sometimes with people inside them, and destroyed a church in the Christian-majority village, as revealed by Open Doors. The situation deteriorated further when national military forces retreated, enabling the terrorists to exert maximum destruction of people’s homes.

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