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Iran Punishes Christians with Harsh Prison Sentences

Iran Punishes Christians with Harsh Prison Sentences

October 17, 2022 (Morning Star News) – When authorities in Iran summoned a Christian couple in Tehran on Aug. 13, the house-church members supposed it concerned the return of their confiscated belongings. Instead, Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were detained...

Evangelists Sustain Knife Wounds after Debates in Uganda

Evangelists Sustain Knife Wounds after Debates in Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists on Sept. 24 sustained deep knife wounds after leading several Muslims to Christ at debates on Islam and Christianity in eastern Uganda, sources said. Andrew Dikusooka, 35, and 26-year-old Ronald...

Christians Beaten, Lose Homes in Separate Attacks

Christians Beaten, Lose Homes in Separate Attacks

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 4, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Uganda upset with a father of four for converting to Christianity beat him and destroyed his home, and a week later a 52-year-old convert in a neighboring district also suffered injuries that left her...

Christians Slain in Kano and Plateau States, Nigeria

Christians Slain in Kano and Plateau States, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, September 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 25) killed two Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria after Islamic State terrorists allegedly killed two others in the city of Kano on Saturday (Sept. 24), sources said....

Dozens More Christians Killed in Benue State, Nigeria

Dozens More Christians Killed in Benue State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, September 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Continuing attacks earlier this month in Benue state, Nigeria, suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed dozens of Christians on Friday (Sept. 23) and Wednesday (Sept. 21), sources said. The...

Hindu Relatves Suspected of Killing Christian in India

Hindu Relatves Suspected of Killing Christian in India

NEW DELHI, September 23, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Christians in eastern India suspect a church member’s Hindu family killed him last month for refusing to renounce his faith, sources said. In West Bengal state’s Gobindapur village, Jhargram District, Hindu relatives...

Kidnappers Raid Denomination in Two Areas of Nigeria

Kidnappers Raid Denomination in Two Areas of Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, September 22, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Saturday (Sept. 17) abducted dozens of Christians from a church service in northwest Nigeria, less than a week after kidnapping nearly 60 members of the same denomination in the...

Terrorists Kill 25 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria

Terrorists Kill 25 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, September 21, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed three Christians in Benue state, Nigeria on Sunday (Sept. 18), after slaughtering at least 22 others in the same area in past three weeks, sources said. The...

Turkey: Plot to kill church leaders?

Turkey: Plot to kill church leaders?

JUBA, South Sudan, September 16, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan on Sept. 8 dismissed apostasy charges against four Christians who were threatened with the death penalty unless they recanted, sources said. Judge Ibrahim Hamza dismissed the apostasy charges...

Libya: Convert sentenced to death for apostasy

Libya: Convert sentenced to death for apostasy

  ABUJA, Nigeria, September 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 11) killed a Christian security guard as they abducted a pastor in central Nigeria and wounded the church leader’s wife, sources said. James Ngyang, a member of...

Five Christians Thrown Off Boat and Drowned in Uganda

Five Christians Thrown Off Boat and Drowned in Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists killed five Christian workers by throwing them off a boat into central Uganda’s Lake Kyoga on Aug. 10, sources said. The evangelists from End Time Word Ministry church were traveling from...

Sudan: Judge declines to let case proceed to court

Sudan: Judge declines to let case proceed to court

ABUJA, Nigeria, September 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (Sept. 1) killed six Christians in central Nigeria, and the next day animists attacked a night prayer service in the country’s southwest, area residents and officials said. The...

Iran: Update on Christians summoned to serve sentences

Iran: Update on Christians summoned to serve sentences

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Somali pastor of a secret fellowship in Kenya is still recovering from an infected wound after attacks on him, his wife and child for leaving Islam, he said. The 33-year-old pastor, who was still in pain this...