

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
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
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
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...

Christian Family in India Suffers after Arrests at Birthday Party
NEW DELHI, November 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother and her family in northern India have suffered assaults and threats since she and others were arrested from her son’s birthday party on false accusations of fraudulent conversion, her husband said....

Officials Join Opposition to Church Construction in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia, November 2, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two local officials in Indonesia joined Islamist organizations’ call to block construction of a Christian church, triggering objections nationwide the past two months, according to published reports. In...

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...

Islamic Extremists Kill 15 Christians in North-Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed two Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Oct. 21) after slaughtering 13 others in two prior attacks, sources said. The assailants attacked Gidan...

Fulani Terrorists Kill More than 70 Christians in Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 25, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last week killed more than 70 Christians in a village in central Nigeria, prompting state officials to state that lack of government protection means citizens must defend themselves, sources said....

Iran: Christian convert released from prison
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 23, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda were beaten and slashed with knives after leading several Muslims to Christ, sources said. Earlier this month Robert Okia, a 43-year-old father of six children, and Wilberforce...

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...

Islamic Terrorists Attack Chibok Village in Northeast Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 10, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants killed three Christians in an attack on a village of Chibok County, northeast Nigeria on Tuesday (Oct. 4) that wounded dozens of others and burned homes, sources said. The terrorists...

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...

Christian Woman on Trial for Blasphemy in Northeast Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in northeast Nigeria is on trial after being held incommunicado for more than four months on blasphemy charges for forwarding a WhatsApp message, sources said. Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, 45, was arrested...

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
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....

Young Woman in Eastern Uganda Killed after Accepting Christ
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 29, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A 23-year-old Muslim woman in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity on Sept. 18 was poisoned to death that night, sources said. Namata Habiiba attended a church service on Sept. 18 at the invitation of a...

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
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
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...