

Muslim Sheikh Poisoned after Converting to Christianity
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 8, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A former sheikh (Islamic teacher) in eastern Uganda was poisoned on Saturday (April 2), shortly after his wife learned he had converted to Christianity, he said. Hiire Sadiki, 56, of Masjidi Uthuman at Nawanjofu...

Armed Terrorists Kill Christians near Kaduna City, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 6, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Armed terrorists on Thursday night (March 31) raided a predominantly Christian suburb of Kaduna city in northern Nigeria, killing three Christians and wounding three others, sources said. The gunmen attacked Angwan...

Assaulted Pastor in India Faces Baseless Charges, Death Threats
NEW DELHI, April 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Still recovering from injuries at the hands of a Hindu extremist-led mob that beat him unconscious in January, a pastor in central India faces death threats, landlords who refuse to rent to him and baseless charges of...

Libya: Court verdict evicts congregation
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 31, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest was among 45 Christians abducted by Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists who raided at least six villages in Niger state, Nigeria last weekend (March 26-27). The Rev. Leo Raphael Ozigi of...

Christian Pastor Slashed, Shot to Death in Central India
NEW DELHI, March 29, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Six masked men in central India this month killed one of 22 Christians a Maoist group had warned to “leave the pastorship,” sources said. Pastor Yalam Shankar was slashed and shot to death the evening of March 17 outside...

Terrorists Kill 50 Christians and Abduct 100, including Priest
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 28, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (March 24) killed an estimated 50 Christians and abducted a Catholic priest in attacks on communities in an area of Kaduna state, Nigeria, area sources said. In late-night attacks on 10...

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill 32 Christians in Northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 23, 2022 (Morning Star News) – More than 100 suspected Fulani herdsmen and Islamic extremist terrorists on Sunday night (March 20) killed 32 civilians, two soldiers and possibly abducted a woman in an attack on a predominantly Christian town in...

Family Sprayed with Acid for Leaving Islam
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 22, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Upset over conversions to Christianity, hardline Muslims in an area of eastern Uganda this month sprayed a newly Christian family with acid and beat a former mosque leader, sources said. In Intonko village,...

Christian in Pakistan Arrested, Tortured on Blasphemy Charges
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 21, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Pakistan beat and arrested a Christian on Tuesday (March 16) for allegedly making blasphemous comments on social media and later tortured him into confessing guilt, sources said. Cybercrime...

Suspected Herdsmen Kidnap 46 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 20, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (March 17) kidnapped 46 Christians and a number of their children in an attack in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The heavily armed terrorists attacked predominantly...

Young Woman Who Left Islam Killed in Iraq
March 16, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A young woman preparing to be baptized in Erbil, Iraq last week was instead killed in a possible “honor” killing for converting to Christianity, with Muslim family members reportedly suspected, according to local media. The body of...

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Convert found murdered
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 10, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A church security guard was killed in the kidnapping of a Roman Catholic priest at about 1 a.m. on Tuesday (March 8) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The security guard, identified only as Luka, was killed in...

Pastor Tied to Post, Beaten in Delhi, India
NEW DELHI, March 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in the National Capital Territory of Delhi last month tied a pastor to a post at a busy intersection and beat him before hundreds of people, but police have yet to make arrests, sources said. Accusing...

Hardline Muslims Kill Evangelist at Open-Air Event
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 8, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Hardline Muslims who grew furious at the preaching of a speaker at an open-air evangelistic event last week in eastern Uganda beat him to death and burned his body, sources said. John Michael Okero was quoting verses...

Church Building Locked, Leaders Arrested in Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, March 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Church leaders in Sudan were detained and questioned last month after Muslim extremists upset about the presence of their worship building locked it shut, sources said. Hardline Muslims locked the building of the...

Iran: Nine converts acquitted by Appeal Court
NEW DELHI, March 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Pastor Rakesh Babu was about to go to bed one night earlier this year in northern India when eight Hindu extremists broke into his house, beat and choked him and slit his wife’s throat, he said. The eight assailants,...

Iran: Judge pressured to deliver hasty verdict
ABUJA, Nigeria, February 28, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Friday (Feb. 25) killed three Christians in an attack on northeast Nigeria’s Chibok area, residents said. Besides the Christians killed in the...

New Christian in Uganda Seriously Injured after Church Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 18, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Before Sadi Bwanga could make it home from the church service in eastern Uganda where he had just put his faith in Christ, Muslim relatives found out and intercepted him. Bwanga, 20, had prayed to receive Christ...

Evangelist in Uganda Beaten, Tied Up To Be Burned for Converting
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 16, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a Christian evangelist on Feb. 6 beat and tied him up to be burned to death after he returned home for a funeral in eastern Uganda, he said. Malingumu Bruhan, 34, returned to Kaliro District...

Online Crackdown Threatens Christians in China
February 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Unregistered house churches that have relied on online gatherings and teaching to survive the COVID-19 pandemic and persecution will have that option taken away under draconian measures taking effect on March 1, sources said....