Adebolajo and Adebowale are British of Nigerian descent , were raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as Christians , and converted Change to Islam .

The incident resulted in Causation increased hostilities between Moro Muslims and Christians .

The Granadans were crippled by internal conflict Hostile_encounter and civil war Hostile_encounter , while the Christians were generally unified Cause_to_amalgamate .

The war Hostile_encounter also saw the effective use Using of artillery by the Christians to rapidly conquer Conquering towns that would otherwise have required long sieges Besieging .

`` New Christians '' ( `` conversos '' ) came to be accused Judgment_communication of crypto-Islam and crypto-Judaism .

The other remnant al-Andalus states ( the `` taifas '' ) of the once powerful Caliphate of Córdoba had long been conquered Conquering by the Christians .

Some 20,000 Jewish rebels joined Becoming_a_member the war against the Byzantine Christians .

Before the war Military_operation , Lebanon was multisectarian , with Sunni Muslims and Christians being the majorities in the coastal cities , Shia Muslims being mainly based in the south and the Beqaa Valley to the east , and with the mountain populations being mostly Druze and Christian .

The government of Lebanon had been run Control under a significant influence of the elites among the Maronite Christians .

The Christian community was split Destroying between the two factions , with Michel Aoun , the leader of the FPM , claiming Statement to have more than 70 % support among the Christians , according to the results of the 2005 parliamentary elections Change_of_leadership .

The demonstrations Social_event were organized Arranging by Egyptian opposition organizations and individuals , mainly liberals , leftists , secularists and Christians .

Cultural identity of Saint Thomas Christians .

The objective was to capture Conquering the Muslim city of Al-Jazeera Al-Khadra , called Name_conferral Algeciras by Christians .

In this period of history , the Circassians were Christians ; Islam did not begin Process_start to penetrate Circassia until the following century .

The Maryland Toleration Act , also known as the Act Concerning Religion , was a law mandating Giving religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians .

Specifically , the bill , now usually referred Name_conferral to as the Toleration Act , granted Giving freedom of conscience to all Christians .

The Act allowed Preventing_or_letting freedom of worship for all Trinitarian Christians in Maryland , but sentenced Legal_rulings to death anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus .

The Protestant Reformation , the French–Habsburg rivalry and the numerous civil conflicts of the Holy Roman Empire served Assistance as distractions to the Christians from their conflict with the Ottomans .

Reports at the time alleged Statement that Yuxian , governor of Shanxi , ordered Arranging the killings of 45 Christian missionaries and village Christians , including children .

The Nag Hammadi massacre Killing was a massacre Killing of Coptic Christians carried out Military_operation on the eve of 7 January 2010 , in the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi .

The massacre Killing occurred Coming_to_be at the hands of Muslim gunmen in front of the Nag Hammadi cathedral , as Coptic Christians were leaving Departing the church after celebrating Social_event the midnight Christmas mass .

The massacre Killing was one of the most serious outbreaks Process_start of anti-Christian violence Violence in Egypt , and the worst since the murder Killing of 21 Coptic Christians in Kosheh in January 2000 .

It was the second attack Attack on Christians minority after the deadliest attack Attack in 2013 on All Saints church in Peshawar .

Dissidents included Cause_to_be_included Christians who resented Perception_active an alleged Statement Islamic bias in the ELF , inhabitants of the coast with regionalist concerns , and radical Marxists .

Christians there were granted Preventing_or_letting a degree of official equality , and the Orthodox Church regained Recovering control Control of the Christian churches in dispute .

The defeat Conquering at Lepanto further exemplified Change_event_time the rapid deterioration Damaging of Ottoman might under Selim II , and Christians rejoiced at this setback Hindering for the Ottomans .

Among those killed Killing were four Christians and six Muslims , while two other bodies were still unidentified Check .

Imbaba has been known Know to be a stronghold of Muslim fundamentalists since the 1970s , but also comprises Containing a significant number of Coptic Christians .

The gunmen took over Conquering 700 students hostage , freeing Releasing Muslims and killing Killing those who identified Check as Christians .