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Algeria: Another church closure threatened

Algeria: Another church closure threatened

NEW DELHI, February 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Hindu extremist mob on Jan. 28 attacked two pastors in northern India, setting the Bible of one on fire as he blacked out from the beating, he said. Accusing the pastors of luring the family they were visiting with...

Iran: Court to review convert’s 10-year prison sentence

Iran: Court to review convert’s 10-year prison sentence

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists on Saturday (Jan. 29) stopped an evangelist on his way to participate in a debate about Christianity and Islam in Kampala, Uganda and beat him unconscious, he said. Charles Kamya, 43, said he...

Former Mosque Leader in Uganda Succumbs to Injuries

Former Mosque Leader in Uganda Succumbs to Injuries

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A former mosque leader in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity died on Tuesday (Jan. 25), succumbing to injuries sustained when Muslim relatives beat him on Jan. 13, sources said. Pastor Bashir Sengendo, a...

Iran: Christians released early from prison

Iran: Christians released early from prison

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 24, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A former mosque leader in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity is still hospitalized with serious head, back and hand injuries after Muslim relatives beat him on Jan. 13, he said. Bashir Sengendo had not...

Iran: Released pastor rearrested on old charges

Iran: Released pastor rearrested on old charges

ABUJA, Nigeria, January 21, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen last week killed three Christians in attacks in Nigeria, where more Christians were killed for their faith last year than in any other country, sources said. Three Christians were killed...

Libya: Authorities act against Christmas celebrations

Libya: Authorities act against Christmas celebrations

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 12, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a widow and her 16-year-old daughter unconscious on Dec. 30, leaving the girl unable to walk a year after killing her father, sources said. Suffering from an apparent...

North Cyprus: New charges brought against Ryan Keating

North Cyprus: New charges brought against Ryan Keating

OAXACA DE JUAREZ, Mexico, January 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in southern Mexico jailed on Monday (Jan. 3) were released Thursday afternoon (Jan. 6), according to news reports. In the village of San Pedro Chimaltepec, near San Juan Mazatlan Mixe in...

Muslim Extremists Kill Six Christians in Coastal Kenya

Muslim Extremists Kill Six Christians in Coastal Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Kenya, including suspected militants from Somalia, killed six Christians in southeastern Kenya between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 3), sources said. Members and sympathizers of Somali...

Three Christians Jailed without Trial in Southern Mexico

Three Christians Jailed without Trial in Southern Mexico

OAXACA DE JUAREZ, Mexico, January 6, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in southern Mexico were jailed on Monday (Jan. 3) for declining to help pay for the festival of a “traditionalist” mix of Catholic and indigenous religion last month, according to local...

Iran: Convert from Karaj summoned to court

Iran: Convert from Karaj summoned to court

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 5, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in central Uganda is suspected of hanging his wife and two children because the young mother and oldest child received Christ after Christmas Day and Sunday worship services, sources said. A neighbor on...

Iran: Pastor released from prison

Iran: Pastor released from prison

NEW DELHI, December 31, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Christian relatives of a convert who fled to India from Afghanistan shortly before the Taliban seized power described days of terror before they were able to leave the country. The Christian refugee in...