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Iran: Christians summoned to serve sentences

Iran: Christians summoned to serve sentences

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two Christians accused of blasphemy, including one who has spent four years in jail, have obtained bail from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, sources said. Following the release on bail earlier last week of another...

China ‘Liquidates’ House Church as Part of Crackdown

China ‘Liquidates’ House Church as Part of Crackdown

ABUJA, Nigeria, August 29, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen in Plateau state, Nigeria on Saturday (Aug. 27) shot and killed a Christian woman as she cleaned her church building, sources said. Lyop Dalyop was sweeping and cleaning the Church of...

Sudan: Court hearing for Christians accused of apostasy

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 24, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A two-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday (Aug. 23) granted bail to a Christian in a blasphemy case, with one of the justices expressing concern over blatant misuse of the law, the attorney...

Terrorists Kill Christian Lawyer, Kidnap Nuns in Nigeria

Terrorists Kill Christian Lawyer, Kidnap Nuns in Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, August 22, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Islamic terrorists in southern Nigeria kidnapped four nuns on Sunday (Aug. 21), three days after suspected Fulani herdsmen shot a Christian attorney to death in the country’s northwest, sources said. Benedict Azza,...

Iran: Convert couple detained in Evin Prison

Iran: Convert couple detained in Evin Prison

ABUJA, Nigeria, August 17, 2022 (Morning Star News) – After more than 20 Christians lost their lives to terrorist attacks in two areas of Taraba state, Nigeria in the first half of August, a Catholic teacher on Sunday (Aug. 14) was kidnapped from a church site,...

Muslim Extremists Cut Off Hand of Christian Convert

Muslim Extremists Cut Off Hand of Christian Convert

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 16, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda last month cut off the hand of a 42-year-old father who left Islam to become a Christian in June, sources said. Musa John Kasadah of Maumo village, Luuka District was ambushed on...

Terrorists Kill, Kidnap Christians in Northern Nigeria

Terrorists Kill, Kidnap Christians in Northern Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, August 10, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim terrorists in northern Nigeria killed an 86-year-old Christian in his home on Aug. 2 and kidnapped two others who were later released, likely after ransom payments, sources said. The gunmen killed...

Pastor Fears for His Life following Death Threats

Pastor Fears for His Life following Death Threats

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 8, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian was killed in Kiboga District, Uganda, a pastor in the same district fears for his life following death threats from Muslim extremists, he said. Pastor Godfrey Ssemujju, who oversees 130...

Iran: Applications from Christian prisoners being refused

Iran: Applications from Christian prisoners being refused

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on July 29 came to the home of an evangelist who had held open-air events in eastern Uganda and killed him, sources said. Cut with a sharp instrument that left his head and neck with deep wounds,...

Mounting Number of ECWA Christians Abducted, Slain

Mounting Number of ECWA Christians Abducted, Slain

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 29, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists in Nigeria have killed six pastors and kidnapped 27 Christians of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the past seven months, according to an ECWA report. Among...

Dozens of Christians Kidnapped in Northern Nigeria

Dozens of Christians Kidnapped in Northern Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Monday night (July 25) kidnapped 36 people from a predominantly Christian village outside the city of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria. The house-to-house abductions came after the...

Hmong Christians in Vietnam Suffering Severe Persecution

Hmong Christians in Vietnam Suffering Severe Persecution

July 25, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Severe persecution of Hmong Christians is underway in Nghe An Province in Vietnam. In the central Vietnam province, officials vying with each other to create “Christian-free zones” operate “with no conscience or humanity,” as if...

Sudan: Four men accused of apostasy

Sudan: Four men accused of apostasy

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 25, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian in eastern Uganda died on July 10 from head injuries sustained in an attack by Muslim extremists the previous week, sources said. Robert Bwenje had accompanied Assistant Pastor Ambrose Mugisha of Elim...

Kidnapped Catholic Priest Slain in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Kidnapped Catholic Priest Slain in Kaduna State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 20, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The body of one of two Catholic priests kidnapped on Friday (July 15) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, was recovered Tuesday morning (July 19), sources said. The Rev. John Mark Cheitnum was director of communications of the...

Sudan: Court case dismissed against church leaders

Sudan: Court case dismissed against church leaders

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Three men reviling a convert to Christianity for leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda killed him on Sunday (July 3), a witness said. Simolya Latifu of Molu village, Kasasira Sub-County, Kibuku District was...