Iranian Christians request prayer for Fariba Dalir as she serves a two-year prison sentence for “acting against national security by establishing and leading an Evangelical Christian church.”     In July 2021 agents from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Fariba (51) in Tehran along with five other Christian converts, including her husband-to-be, Soroush.   Fariba was kept in … Read More

Muslim colleagues overhear  him praying in Christ’s name.   By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, April 15, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The headteacher of a private Islamic school in eastern Uganda suffered third-degree burns and was fired after staff members heard him praying as a Christian, he said. Yusufu Mwanje led Ibunbaz Primary School in Bugiri town, Bugiri District … Read More

Palestinian Christians are grateful that pastor Johnny Shahwan has been released on bail from a Bethlehem prison. Pastor Johnny was arrested and detained on 3 March after unintentionally hosting the Jewish right-wing nationalist activist and former Knesset member Rabbi Yehuda Glick at a gathering of German tourists the previous day. The rabbi’s attendance came to light when he posted a … Read More

Algeria. Another church ordered to close   Christians in Algeria request prayer for another church in Bejaia city, as the authorities’ campaign to close churches and prosecute individual Christians appears to be escalating.     The church of “Aouchiche” was informed on 6 April of a 21 March administrative closure order issued by the Wali (Governor). The church is to … Read More

Wife and children leave him for becoming ‘infidel.’ By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, April 8, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A former sheikh (Islamic teacher) in eastern Uganda was poisoned on Saturday (April 2), shortly after his wife learned he had converted to Christianity, he said. Hiire Sadiki, 56, of Masjidi Uthuman at Nawanjofu village, Butaleja District, said from … Read More

Three slain on March 31, two kidnapped. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, April 6, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Armed terrorists on Thursday night (March 31) raided a predominantly Christian suburb of Kaduna city in northern Nigeria, killing three Christians and wounding three others, sources said. The gunmen attacked Angwan Bulus village, in the Sabon Tasha area of Chikun County, … Read More

Leader of closed church still recovering from injuries. By Our India Correspondent NEW DELHI, April 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Still recovering from injuries at the hands of a Hindu extremist-led mob that beat him unconscious in January, a pastor in central India faces death threats, landlords who refuse to rent to him and baseless charges of forcible conversion, … Read More

Third Roman Catholic clergyman abducted this month.   By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, March 31, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest was among 45 Christians abducted by Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists who raided at least six villages in Niger state, Nigeria last weekend (March 26-27). The Rev. Leo Raphael Ozigi of Mary’s Catholic Church was seized … Read More

Christians in Libya request continued prayer for the Union Church in Tripoli. After a 15 February court hearing, the subsequent verdict ordered their eviction from their current premises.     The Union Church, established by expatriate Christians in 1962, is one of five denominations recognised by the government. When their premises were expropriated by the former Ghaddafi regime in the … Read More