Jul 11, 2022 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Three men reviling a convert to Christianity for leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda killed him on Sunday (July 3), a witness said. Simolya Latifu of Molu village, Kasasira Sub-County, Kibuku District was...
Jul 1, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, July 1, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Nearly a month after an attack on a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, the number killed and the identity of the assailants remain unclear, though the church held a funeral service for “over 40” victims. The...
Jun 14, 2022 | News & Stories
June 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The convicted killer of Archbishop Arsanious Wadid in Alexandria, Egypt was sentenced to death on Saturday (June 11), according to Copts-United. Nehru Abdel Moneim Tawfiq was sentenced to death after a long session in which the...
Jun 9, 2022 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 8, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A mentally ill Christian jailed since March 2019 on a charge of blasphemy, punishable by death, has been granted bail, sources said. Stephen Masih was arrested on March 11, 2019 after a Muslim mob burst into his...
Jun 7, 2022 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A 15-year-old Christian girl told a court in Pakistan on Monday (June 6) that she was kidnapped and raped by the Muslim accused of abducting her and forcibly converting and marrying her. While most girls facing...
Jun 7, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 6, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists launched a gun and bomb attack at the end of a Catholic Mass in southwest Nigeria on Sunday (June 5), killing an estimated 70 worshippers, sources said. The terrorists attacked the St. Francis Xavier...
Jun 4, 2022 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A youth pastor in Uganda died on May 26 from an axe blow to the head sustained during an Islamic extremist attack on a church on May 20, sources said. Emmanuel Mugabi sustained deep cuts on his leg and head and lost...
May 30, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Abductions of Christian church leaders continued in northern Nigeria with the kidnapping of two Roman Catholic priests last week and two other clergymen earlier this month in Katsina state, sources said. The...
May 30, 2022 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Faisalabad, Pakistan who abducted a 15-year-old Roman Catholic girl has forced her to marry him and convert to Islam, but police refuse to help the family, sources said. Nadeem Masih, a sanitation worker...
May 25, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 24, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim youths searching for a Christian woman alleged to have blasphemed the prophet of Islam set homes and shops ablaze on Friday (May 20) in northeast Nigeria, sources said. The Muslims destroyed the Christian-owned...
May 20, 2022 | News & Stories
NEW DELHI, May 19, 2022 (Morning Star News) – After months of appeals to officials in central India, Christians are still awaiting action against a police officer alleged to have burned down a church building and threatened them with false charges if they continue...
May 20, 2022 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 17, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslims furious that an Islamic leader and his wife put their faith in Christ destroyed a pastor’s house and church building in eastern Uganda on May 6, sources said. After Sheikh Musyoya Anasi and his wife accepted...