Jan 27, 2023 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 26, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed legislation to make the country’s blasphemy laws stricter even as their blatant misuse again came to light in a threat to falsely charge a Christian woman. The...
Jan 25, 2023 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 25, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Five Christians were killed on Jan. 17 in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, while a church leader in the southeastern state of Enugu said Christians there were “under siege.” In southern Kaduna state’s Zonkwa town,...
Jan 25, 2023 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed five Christians early Sunday morning (Jan. 22) in northeast Nigeria, following the slaughter of 12 Christians on Friday (Jan. 20) in the country’s Middle Belt, sources said. In...
Jan 23, 2023 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 23, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim militants were suspected in the bombing of a Protestant church baptism service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that killed at least 14 worshippers on Jan. 15, officials said. While DRC officials...
Jan 20, 2023 | News & Stories
SURABAYA, Indonesia, January 19, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A church in Indonesia on Jan. 8 was prohibited from holding a Sunday service in front of a city hall building, where it had gone after losing its prior worship venue in a mall, sources said. Following...
Jan 20, 2023 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 18, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists attacked a church service in northwestern Nigeria on Sunday (Jan. 15), shot and wounded the pastor and kidnapped 25 congregation members, sources said. The assailants stormed into the morning worship...
Jan 17, 2023 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – His voice shaky, Saleem Masih said his family has been living in fear since Nov. 29, when his son was arrested on false accusations of blasphemy – which can carry the death penalty in Pakistan. Officials of the...
Jan 17, 2023 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 16, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest in northwest Nigeria was burned to death before dawn on Sunday (Jan. 15) when assailants set his parish living quarters ablaze and wounded an assistant priest, sources said. Police said the...
Jan 13, 2023 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 11, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A 37-year-old father of four was killed on Jan. 2 after participating in a Christian-Muslim debate in eastern Uganda at which 13 Muslims put their faith in Christ, sources said. Ahamada Mafabi was returning from...
Jan 5, 2023 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 5, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in western Uganda remains in a hospital Intensive Care Unit after Muslim extremists poisoned him and a Christian couple on Nov. 24, sources said. Pastor Francis Kutekereza, 51, was meeting for prayer with...
Jan 2, 2023 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 2, 2023 (Morning Star News) – One Christian was killed and 53 were kidnapped on Dec. 25 in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria after at least 40 Christians were slain in the week leading up to Christmas, sources said. Fulani herdsmen and other...
Dec 30, 2022 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A pastor has lost nearly all his vision after Muslim extremists lured him into an ambush in Uganda’s capital city and sprayed him with acid, sources said. Pastor Frank Mutabaazi of Mbarara can see only dimly out...