

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
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,...

Children among Christians Slain in Attacks in Two States in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, August 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (July 31) killed seven Christians, including four children, in an attack in Plateau state, Nigeria, following months of violence in neighboring Taraba state, sources said....

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
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
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
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
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...

Pastor’s Sons, Christian Teacher Killed in Northeast Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, July 19, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Gunmen in northeast Nigeria shot a pastor and killed his sons in one attack and killed a Christian engineering instructor in another this month, sources said. Near Mubi town in Islamic terrorist-plagued Adamawa...

Four Christians in Sudan Arrested under Annulled Apostasy Law
JUBA, South Sudan, July 11, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Police in Darfur Region, Sudan have arrested four Christians under a law against apostasy that was annulled two years ago, according to local reports. Police on June 28 arrested the Christians from the Sudanes...

Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for Alleged ‘Blasphemy’
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 11, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian bicycle mechanic in Lahore, Pakistan was sentenced to death last week on baseless charges of blasphemy, his lawyer said. Attorney Riaz Anjum said that in 2017 Muhammad Irfan had asked Ashfaq Masih not...

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...

Muslim Father Kills Daughter on Day She Converts
ABUJA, Nigeria, July 1, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Nearly a month after an attack on a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, the number killed and the identity of the assailants remain unclear, though the church held a funeral service for “over 40” victims. The...

Killer of Coptic Priest in Egypt Sentenced to Death
June 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The convicted killer of Archbishop Arsanious Wadid in Alexandria, Egypt was sentenced to death on Saturday (June 11), according to Copts-United. Nehru Abdel Moneim Tawfiq was sentenced to death after a long session in which the...

Christian in Pakistan Jailed since March 2019 Granted Bail
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 8, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A mentally ill Christian jailed since March 2019 on a charge of blasphemy, punishable by death, has been granted bail, sources said. Stephen Masih was arrested on March 11, 2019 after a Muslim mob burst into his...

North Cyprus: Court hearing in ongoing trial
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A 15-year-old Christian girl told a court in Pakistan on Monday (June 6) that she was kidnapped and raped by the Muslim accused of abducting her and forcibly converting and marrying her. While most girls facing...

Terrorists Shoot Down, Bomb Worshippers in Southwest Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 6, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists launched a gun and bomb attack at the end of a Catholic Mass in southwest Nigeria on Sunday (June 5), killing an estimated 70 worshippers, sources said. The terrorists attacked the St. Francis Xavier...

Youth Pastor Killed in Muslim Extremist Attack on Church in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A youth pastor in Uganda died on May 26 from an axe blow to the head sustained during an Islamic extremist attack on a church on May 20, sources said. Emmanuel Mugabi sustained deep cuts on his leg and head and lost...

Clergymen Kidnapped, Christians Killed in Northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Abductions of Christian church leaders continued in northern Nigeria with the kidnapping of two Roman Catholic priests last week and two other clergymen earlier this month in Katsina state, sources said. The...

Muslim in Pakistan Forcibly Marries, Converts Christian girl, Family Says
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Faisalabad, Pakistan who abducted a 15-year-old Roman Catholic girl has forced her to marry him and convert to Islam, but police refuse to help the family, sources said. Nadeem Masih, a sanitation worker...