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New Christians Hospitalized after Relatives Beat Them

New Christians Hospitalized after Relatives Beat Them

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Relatives of two brothers who accepted Christ in May beat them for leaving Islam earlier this month in eastern Uganda, sources said. Janati Tisuubira, 22, and his 33-year-old brother Ibrahim Musa Kakembo, received...

Catholic Priest Slain in Southwest Nigeria

Catholic Priest Slain in Southwest Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, June 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Unidentified gunmen on June 7 shot a Roman Catholic priest to death in southwest Nigeria, a church spokesman said. The Rev. Charles Onomhoale Igechi was killed as he drove in the Ikhueniro area of Benin, Edo state,...

Religious Facet Seen in Ethnic Violence in Manipur, India

Religious Facet Seen in Ethnic Violence in Manipur, India

NEW DELHI, June 12, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A surge of ethnic violence with a growing religious component in northeastern India led to the killing on Friday (June 9) of a woman in her church building and two other Christians, sources said. The attack by ethnic...

Hundreds of Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria

Hundreds of Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria

MANGU, Nigeria, June 7, 2023 (Morning Star News) – At least 300 Christians have been massacred in one county of Plateau state, Nigeria since mid-May, including the killing of two pastors on Sunday (June 4), sources said. In Mangu County, Fulani terrorists killed the...

Hindu Extremists Jail Pastors, Close Churches in India

Hindu Extremists Jail Pastors, Close Churches in India

NEW DELHI, June 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Having spent a month in jail on baseless charges before his release on bail, Pastor R. Kirubendran was baffled at hostilities from police, media and villagers after serving a community in northern India without problem for...

Iran: Iranian’s prison sentence reduced on appeal

Iran: Iranian’s prison sentence reduced on appeal

ABUJA, Nigeria, June 5, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic catechist and his wife were among dozens of Christians killed in central Nigeria’s Benue state last month, a local official said. Fulani herdsmen killed Dominic Dajo and his wife at the St. Peter...

Pastor, Wife among 43 Christians Killed in Central Nigeria

Pastor, Wife among 43 Christians Killed in Central Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, June 1, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a church pastor, his wife and 41 other people in an attack last month on two predominantly Christian villages in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Daniel Danbeki of the Evangelical...

Christian Woman Starved, Left in Wild Animal Park

Christian Woman Starved, Left in Wild Animal Park

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 30, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim upset with his wife’s conversion to Christianity in western Uganda denied her food and left her in a national park with wild animals, she said. Sharifa Muhando, 27, of Kasese town, said her husband beat her...

Muslims Stop Christian Services in Two Cities in Indonesia

Muslims Stop Christian Services in Two Cities in Indonesia

  SURABAYA, Indonesia, May 29, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim mobs on May 19 stopped Christians from worship in two cities of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, sources said. Muslims reportedly disrupted Christians as they worshipped in a café in a village in Binjai,...

Christians Wounded amid Military Fighting in Sudan

Christians Wounded amid Military Fighting in Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan, May 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military last month, a priest and other Christians were reportedly shot and injured in at least one assault with...

Unusual Ruling Frees Christian Couple from Prison in Iran

Unusual Ruling Frees Christian Couple from Prison in Iran

May 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said. Throwing out a 2020...

Iran: Christian convert couple acquitted

Iran: Christian convert couple acquitted

LAHORE, Pakistan, May 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (May 13) released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said. Lazar Allah Rakha told Morning Star News that Arifwala...

North Cyprus: Defamation trial to start soon

North Cyprus: Defamation trial to start soon

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A former Islamic teacher remains hospitalized after Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda on Tuesday (May 2) beat him unconscious for converting to Christianity, sources said. Shaquru Ndifuna, 33, was receiving treatment...