Iran: Pray for convert beginning prison sentence

Iran: Pray for convert beginning prison sentence

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, June 7, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Less than a week after a a court in Algeria ordered pastor Rachid Seighir’s church to close, a judge in a separate case sentenced him to a year in prison and a fine for “shaking the faith” of Muslims with...
Christian Couple on Death Row in Pakistan Acquitted

Christian Couple on Death Row in Pakistan Acquitted

LAHORE, Pakistan, June 3, 2021 (Morning Star News) – The Lahore High Court (LHC) today acquitted a Christian couple sentenced to death on charges of blaspheming Islam, their attorney said. Justice Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh accepted an appeal...
Saudi Arabia: Court verdict expected soon

Saudi Arabia: Court verdict expected soon

June 2, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A house-church organization in Vietnam is facing government prosecution and community hate due to COVID-19, sources said. A couple who attended the meeting place of the Revival Ekklesia Mission (REM), an independent, charismatic...
Algeria: Appeal verdict postponed again

Algeria: Appeal verdict postponed again

JOS, Nigeria, May 31, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Niger state, Nigeria have shot to death a missionary and pastor and his 3-year-old son, sources said. Leviticus Makpa, 39, had established a Christian school in Kamberi village, where he served as a...
Pastor Contracts COVID-19 after Assault in Eastern India

Pastor Contracts COVID-19 after Assault in Eastern India

NEW DELHI, May 26, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern India contracted COVID-19 while seeking treatment at hospitals where personnel were reluctant to admit him for injuries sustained in a Hindu extremist assault last month, sources said. Pastor Ramnivas...
Algeria: Historic church building returned to the EPA

Algeria: Historic church building returned to the EPA

JOS, Nigeria, May 26, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (May 23) killed 14 Christians in a village near Jos, Plateau state and eight others in another village, sources said. Herdsmen attacked Kwi village, Riyom County, near Jos, at about 11 p.m.,...
Somaliland: Verdict scheduled for detained believers

Somaliland: Verdict scheduled for detained believers

JOS, Nigeria, May 21, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed the wife and nephew of a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria in an attack on their home on Thursday night (May 20), sources said. Jeffrey Moses, 26, said he and his wife, 21-year-old Ladi Jeffrey,...