Eight slain in Bauchi state. By Our Nigeria Correspondent 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 kidnapping early on Wednesday (May 25) of priests Stephen Ojapah and … Read More

Neighbor kidnapped 15-year-old, relatives say. By Our Pakistan Correspondent 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 at a textile factory, told Morning Star News that … Read More

Muslim youths attack in Katanga, Bauchi state, sources say. By Our Nigeria Correspondent 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 properties in Katanga, Bauchi state … Read More

Officer threatened to arrest, kill them, they say. By Our India Correspondent 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 worshiping, sources said. In … Read More

Islamic leader and wife accept Christ after miraculous healing. By Our Eastern Africa Correspondent 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 … Read More

Churches, shops damaged as Muslims demand release of suspected killers.   By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, May 16, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Rioters upset over the arrest of two Muslims in connection with the killing of a Christian college student in Sokoto, Nigeria attacked three church buildings and looted and damaged Christian-owned shops on Saturday (May 14), sources said. … Read More

Muslims falsely accused her of blasphemy, sources say. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, May 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian student stoned to death at a college in northwest Nigeria on Thursday (May 12) was falsely accused of blaspheming the prophet of Islam because she had refused to date a Muslim, sources said. Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu, a 200-level … Read More

Yearly supply of food destroyed. By Our India Correspondent NEW DELHI, May 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Tribal villagers in eastern India assaulted three Christian families and destroyed their homes on Easter Sunday (April 17), sources said. The assailants, followers of tribal nature-worshipping religion, were upset that the Christian families in Odisha state’s Ejariguda village, Malkangiri District, were preparing … Read More

Iran: Iranian Armenian and two converts sentenced   Iranian Christians request prayer for Anooshavan Avedian (60), an Iranian Armenian sentenced to ten years in prison for church activities, and converts Abbas Souri (45) and Maryam Mohammadi (46) who both received non-custodial sentences.     Anooshavan, Abbas and Maryam were arrested at a house church gathering in Narmak, North Tehran, on … Read More