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Iran: Christian converts arrested

Iran: Christian converts arrested

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 5, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in western Uganda remains in a hospital Intensive Care Unit after Muslim extremists poisoned him and a Christian couple on Nov. 24, sources said. Pastor Francis Kutekereza, 51, was meeting for prayer with...

Killings in Kaduna State, Nigeria Darken Christmas Season

Killings in Kaduna State, Nigeria Darken Christmas Season

ABUJA, Nigeria, January 2, 2023 (Morning Star News) – One Christian was killed and 53 were kidnapped on Dec. 25 in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria after at least 40 Christians were slain in the week leading up to Christmas, sources said. Fulani herdsmen and other...

Pastor Sprayed with Acid in Ambush in Kampala, Uganda

Pastor Sprayed with Acid in Ambush in Kampala, Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, December 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A pastor has lost nearly all his vision after Muslim extremists lured him into an ambush in Uganda’s capital city and sprayed him with acid, sources said. Pastor Frank Mutabaazi of Mbarara can see only dimly out...

Muslim Villagers Halt  Christmas Celebrations in Indonesia

Muslim Villagers Halt Christmas Celebrations in Indonesia

SURABAYA, Indonesia, December 29, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers in West Java, Indonesia on Christmas Day stopped a congregation from celebrating Christmas in a home, according to various sources. The interference came within hours of Indonesian President...

Fulani Herdsmen Kill Christians in Benue State, Nigeria

Fulani Herdsmen Kill Christians in Benue State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 17 killed three Christians as they worked on their farm in Benue state, Nigeria, sources said. “The three affected victims, who were males and Christians, were killed a farm” in Adaka village,...

North Cyprus: Ryan Keating facing new charges

North Cyprus: Ryan Keating facing new charges

ABUJA, Nigeria, December 23, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected herdsmen and other terrorists killed 46 people Sunday night to Wednesday (Dec. 18-21) in attacks in predominantly Christian areas of southern Kaduna state, sources said. Attacks by Fulani herdsmen and...

Church Building in Sudan Burned Down

Church Building in Sudan Burned Down

JUBA, South Sudan, December 20, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A man suspected of being a Muslim extremist in the ranks of the Sudanese military on Friday (Dec. 16) burned down a church building in eastern Sudan, sources said. The 20-year-old building of a 100-member...

Muslim Extremists Lure, Attack Christian Teacher and Son

Muslim Extremists Lure, Attack Christian Teacher and Son

NAIROBI, Kenya, December 19, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in central Uganda lured a Christian teacher to his home by forcing his wife to call and tell him she was ill, then the intruders beat him and his son, the father said. Abdu Muyinga and his young...

Iran: Pray for convert in mourning

Iran: Pray for convert in mourning

ABUJA, Nigeria, December 1, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen in southwestern Nigeria last week kidnapped Christian workers taking a bus to a wedding, while another group of Christians was kidnapped en route to a funeral in the same state. A...

Pastors Wounded in Separate Attacks in Uganda

Pastors Wounded in Separate Attacks in Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, November 29, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A group of Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda seriously wounded a pastor and his wife in an attack on a meeting at their church on Nov. 18, he said. The knife attack on an evening service of Believers’ Church in...

Pastor Jailed in Sudan for Prayer Meeting to Heal Mother

Pastor Jailed in Sudan for Prayer Meeting to Heal Mother

JUBA, South Sudan, November 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan on Nov. 21 arrested and jailed a church leader on charges of “witchcraft” for leading a prayer meeting for his ailing mother, sources said. Pastor Abdalla Haron Sulieman was leading a...

Pastor in Laos Was Tortured and Killed, Sources Say

Pastor in Laos Was Tortured and Killed, Sources Say

November 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor with an officially recognized church in Laos was found last month with signs that he was tortured and killed for his faith, area sources said. Christian leaders and police in central Laos’ Khammouane...

Sikh in India Leads Pastor into Knife Attack

Sikh in India Leads Pastor into Knife Attack

HYDERABAD, India, November 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian pastor in northern India who drives a taxi for a living didn’t think he had anything to fear when a well-mannered Sikh asked him to take a slight detour. Pastor Sukhdev Mark, 47, had dropped him off...

Iran Releases Two Christians from Notorious Evin Prison

Iran Releases Two Christians from Notorious Evin Prison

October 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two Christians imprisoned in Iran for their church leadership roles were released a few days after a fire broke out in Tehran’s Evin Prison on Oct. 15, but rights advocates were mystified about why they were freed. Pastor Naser...