Islamic Drones Strike Massacres 11 Christians Walking to Christmas Service in Sudan
Sudanese Armed Forces Target Christian Worshippers on Christmas Morning in South Kordofan Attack
A Sudanese Armed Forces drone strike on December 25, 2025 killed at least 11 Christians walking to Christmas celebrations in South Kordofan state, Sudan, with 18 others seriously wounded in the attack. The congregation members were marching in procession toward the Episcopal Church of Sudan in Julud, also known as Biyam Jald area, when the drone targeted them on Christmas morning, according to a local Christian attorney who requested anonymity for safety.
"The church building was not hit, but a congregation who were marching in procession towards the church were targeted," the attorney told Morning Star News. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement North, which joined the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in fighting against the Sudanese Armed Forces, confirmed that 12 civilians were killed and 19 others injured in the strike on the Biyam Jald area controlled by SPLM North.
Pattern of Attacks on Christian Civilians in Sudan's Civil War
"The drone targeted civilians who were celebrating Christmas," the SPLM North reported. The attack followed a November 29 drone strike by SAF targeting a medical clinic in the Kumi area of South Kordofan that killed 12 people and injured 19 others including children and women. Another December 5 drone strike on Ghadeer locality in Kalogi, South Kordofan killed more than 10 children ages 5 to 7 inside a kindergarten according to UNICEF.
Sudan's civil war erupted between the Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces in April 2023.
Both forces are Islamist groups that have attacked displaced Christians on accusations of supporting opposing combatants. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced more than 12 million people within and beyond Sudan's borders according to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights.
Christians of all backgrounds are trapped in the chaos, unable to flee. Churches are shelled, looted and occupied by warring parties according to Open Doors 2025 World Watch List report. Sudan ranks number 5 among the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, up from number 8 the prior year. The nation is 93% Muslim with Christians constituting only 2.3% of the population according to Joshua Project.
The SAF's General Abdelfattah al Burhan and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo were in power when civilian parties agreed on a framework in March 2023 to reestablish democratic transition the next month, but disagreements over military structure torpedoed final approval. Both military leaders have Islamist backgrounds while attempting to portray themselves to the international community as pro democracy advocates of religious freedom.
Following two years of advances in religious freedom after the end of Islamist dictatorship under Omar al Bashir in 2019, state sponsored persecution returned with the military coup of October 25, 2021.
After Bashir was ousted from 30 years of power in April 2019, the transitional civilian military government managed to undo some sharia provisions. It outlawed labeling any religious group infidels and effectively rescinded apostasy laws making leaving Islam punishable by death.
The United States State Department removed Sudan from the list of Countries of Particular Concern in 2019 and upgraded it to a watch list.
Sudan had been designated a CPC from 1999 to 2018 for engaging in systematic ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. In December 2020, the State Department removed Sudan from its Special Watch List.
THE CRUSADER'S OPINION
Imagine if Muslims were massacred on their way to Eid prayers. Imagine the outrage. The UN resolutions. The media coverage. The sanctions. But Christians in Sudan? Silence. Just another day of persecution that nobody wants to talk about because it doesn't fit the narrative.
Both warring factions are Islamist. Both hate Christians. Both use believers as scapegoats and cannon fodder. These weren't soldiers. They were families walking to church on the holiest day of the Christian calendar. Targeted. Murdered. For worshipping Jesus Christ.
This is what 2.3% Christian population looks like when you're surrounded by 93% Muslim majority with sharia law backing. This is the reality Christians face when Islamist forces control both sides of a conflict. There's nowhere to run. Churches become targets. Children die in kindergartens. Medical clinics get bombed.
The West removed Sudan from the persecution watch list. Pretended things were better. Meanwhile Christians are being hunted from the sky on Christmas morning. When will we stop lying to ourselves? When will we demand our governments protect Christian minorities? When will the Church in free nations wake up and fight for our brothers and sisters being slaughtered?
TAKE ACTION
• Voice for the Martyrs: Donate at persecution.com to support Sudanese Christians fleeing violence and provide emergency relief to displaced believers
• Open Doors International: Contact opendoorsusa.org to support underground church networks in Sudan providing shelter and aid to persecuted Christians
• Demand Government Action: Contact your representatives and senators demanding the US restore Sudan to the Countries of Particular Concern list and impose sanctions on both SAF and RSF for targeting civilians
• Samaritan's Purse: Give at samaritanspurse.org where Franklin Graham's organization operates relief programs for Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries
• International Christian Concern: Support icc.org providing legal advocacy and emergency assistance to Christians trapped in Sudan's civil war zones
Your Action: Share this story everywhere. Make people see what happened. Eleven Christians murdered on Christmas morning and the world stayed silent. Tag your representatives. Demand they speak. Demand sanctions. Demand protection. Our brothers and sisters are dying while we celebrate in freedom. Their blood cries out. Will you answer?
