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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...

Pastor in Nepal Sentenced to Prison under Proselytism Law

Pastor in Nepal Sentenced to Prison under Proselytism Law

NEW DELHI, December 27, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Nepal forced to pay exorbitant bail amounts for three separate cases was sentenced to two years in prison on Nov. 30 under a law against proselytizing, sources said. The Dolpa District Court sentenced...

Ethnic Somali Muslims in Kenya Break Pastor’s Leg

Ethnic Somali Muslims in Kenya Break Pastor’s Leg

NAIROBI, Kenya, December 23, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A Somali-born pastor in Kenya is still in severe pain after ethnic Somali Muslims in northeastern Kenya beat him on Dec. 3 for leaving Islam, sources said. The pastor, whose name is withheld for security reasons,...

Iran: Prosecutor decides against charging converts

Iran: Prosecutor decides against charging converts

ABUJA, Nigeria, December 21, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Sunday (Dec. 19) killed 12 Christians in an attack in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, sources said. The Islamic extremist militants attacked...

Algeria: Continued prayer needed for appeal

Algeria: Continued prayer needed for appeal

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, December 8, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A Christian convert from Islam on Dec. 1 received a six-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 100,000 Algerian dinars (US$716) from an appeals court on a conviction of "accepting donations without a...