Jul 20, 2017 | News & Stories
JOS, Nigeria, July 20, 2017 (Morning Star News) Among several Boko Haram bombings that have put northeastern Nigeria on edge this year was a suicide attack on Christian student organization quarters that killed a Christian student, sources said. Ambore Gideon Todi, a...
Jul 17, 2017 | News & Stories
HYDERABAD, India, July 17, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India’s Punjab state was shot dead in front of his church premises two months after Hindu extremists took offense at a gospel event celebrating his church’s 25thanniversary, sources said....
Jul 17, 2017 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 17, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A A member of an Islamic extremist group in Pakistan has accused a Christian minor of blasphemy after the boy had an argument with a Muslim, sources said. Hina Shafaqat, mother of 17-year-old Shahzad Masih,...
Jul 13, 2017 | News & Stories
JERUSALEM, July 13, 2017 (Morning Star News) – The latest in a string of harsh sentences against church leaders in Iran has been handed down to four Christian converts for promoting Christianity, according to human rights activists. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, along...
Jul 13, 2017 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 12, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Al Shabaab militia over the weekend killed 13 non-Muslims, mostly Christians, in coastal Kenya, sources said. Village Muslims in the Pandanguo settlement of Lamu County helped Islamic extremists from the...
Jul 13, 2017 | News & Stories
July 11, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Islamabad’s claim that “violations” of business visas contributed to the murder of two Chinese evangelists last month served key government purposes. Lee Zing Yang (Li Xinheng is said to be the more accurate rendering), 24, and Meng...
Jul 4, 2017 | News & Stories
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 3, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Four Iranian converts facing the possibility of up to six years in prison on charges of “acting against national security” are awaiting a verdict expected to be issued soon after numerous delays, according to human...
Jun 30, 2017 | News & Stories
HYDERABAD, India, June 30, 2017 (Morning Star News) – After an attack in eastern India in which a Christian was seriously injured, police and Hindus this month created an “agreement” – without participation of church members – effectively halting worship services,...
Jun 27, 2017 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 27, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Hospital officials are trying to pressure family members of a Christian who died from lack of treatment to drop charges against them by ordering their arrest, sources said. A court in Pakistan has ordered police to...
Jun 22, 2017 | News & Stories
of a civilian couple who had complained to army officials about the destruction of their house, but military officials released the couple and detained the clergymen, sources said. Normally suspects can be held for only 28 days without trial under Burmese law, the...
Jun 20, 2017 | News & Stories
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 19, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Amid a government campaign in Pakistan against “blasphemous” content online, a Christian was arrested on Friday (June 16) when a Muslim accused him of blasphemy after a dispute over a repair bill, sources said....
Jun 19, 2017 | News & Stories
HYDERABAD, India, June 16, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Villagers in Uttar Pradesh state, India beat Christians, forced them to participate in Hindu rituals and have refused to provide them water, sources said. Four families who were attacked in Jalalabad village,...