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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...

Christian Widow, Muslim Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan

Christian Widow, Muslim Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan, April 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian widow and a Muslim gardener were arrested in Pakistan this month on blasphemy charges after they were accused of intentionally burning papers containing koranic verses, attorneys said. The accusations...

Lay Evangelist Stabbed to Death in Uganda

Lay Evangelist Stabbed to Death in Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists this month killed a Christian who was effective in leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda, sources said. Engineer Herbert of Sironko District was stabbed to death in the Namakwekwe area of...

Jihadists Bomb Christians’ Good Friday Service in Uganda

Jihadists Bomb Christians’ Good Friday Service in Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists exploded a fuel bomb during a church’s Good Friday night service in western Uganda on April 7, sources said. The explosion at NABI Pentecostal church in Biguli, Kamwenge District damaged part of...

Local Officials Seal Church Building Shut in Indonesia

Local Officials Seal Church Building Shut in Indonesia

SURABAYA, Indonesia, April 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Local officials sealed shut a church building in West Java Province, Indonesia on Saturday (April 1), two weeks after Muslims intruded into a worship service and demanded its closure, church leaders said. The...