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Muslim Father Kills Daughter on Day She Converts

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

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...

North Cyprus: Court hearing in ongoing trial

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...

Christian Student in Sokoto, Nigeria Stoned to Death

Christian Student in Sokoto, Nigeria Stoned to Death

ABUJA, Nigeria, May 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian student stoned to death at a college in northwest Nigeria on Thursday (May 12) was falsely accused of blaspheming the prophet of Islam because she had refused to date a Muslim, sources said. Deborah...

Iran: Iranian Armenian and two converts sentenced

Iran: Iranian Armenian and two converts sentenced

NEW DELHI, May 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Tribal villagers in eastern India assaulted three Christian families and destroyed their homes on Easter Sunday (April 17), sources said. The assailants, followers of tribal nature-worshipping religion, were upset that the...

Sudan: Convert couple facing adultery charges

Sudan: Convert couple facing adultery charges

ABUJA, Nigeria, May 12, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest kidnapped in early March in the city of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria, was killed around April 18-20, according to church officials. The Rev. Joseph Aketeh Bako, parish priest of St. John’s...

Iran: Update – Two converts from Rasht released

Iran: Update – Two converts from Rasht released

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 10, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two Christians died when Muslim extremists on Thursday (May 5) set fire to a church building in southern Uganda, sources said. Most of the Christians holding an all-night prayer vigil had left when the structure of...

Iran: Five converts re-arrested in Rasht

Iran: Five converts re-arrested in Rasht

ABUJA, Nigeria, May 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria killed eight Christians in Bassa county, Plateau state on Thursday (May 5), after slaughtering at least 21 others in another area of the county in April, sources said. At least two children...

Sentence Reduced for Convicted Christians in Algeria

Sentence Reduced for Convicted Christians in Algeria

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, May 4, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A group of Christians arrested on Dec. 12 received a reduction in their sentence for “unauthorized worship” last week, one of those convicted said. The 11 Christians, including the owner of the site rented for the...