

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...

Another Christian Girl Allegedly Forced to Convert/Marry in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The abduction and forced conversion of Christian girls in Pakistan continued with impunity as another minor was separated from her parents the first week of the year, sources said. Mahnoor Ashraf, a 14-year-old...

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...

Christian’s Prison Term Changed to Death Sentence in Pakistan
NEW DELHI, January 11, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A young father knows the intensity of Hindu opposition to Christianity in his native Nepal – it temporarily took his newborn son from him and has left his young family homeless for nearly two years. Having moved in...

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
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
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...

Hindu Nationalists Stop Christmas Services in Northern India
NEW DELHI, India, January 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in northern India launched an attack on a house church service on Dec. 25 that seriously injured a pastor’s son, one of at least 10 cases of aggression in Haryana state that stopped Christmas...

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...

Hindu Extremists Attack Christian-Run School in Madhya Pradesh, India
NEW DELHI, January 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Incited by false information on YouTube, a mob of hundreds of Hindu extremists last month threw stones that smashed through the glass of a Christian-run school in Madhya Pradesh, India where 12th-grade students were...

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...

Newly Christian Families Driven from Homes in Eastern Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 30, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman and her children last week fled the violence of her Muslim husband in eastern Uganda, and earlier in a nearby district villagers destroyed a newly believing family’s crops and drove them from...

Herdsmen Suspected in Killing of Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, December 28, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 16 December killed four Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. Killed in Sako village, Zangon Kataf County were Samson Maza and David Garba, said Samuel...

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...

Christian Parents in Pakistan Regain Custody of 14-Year-Old Daughter
LAHORE, Pakistan, December 23, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Wednesday (Dec. 22) handed custody of a 14-year-old girl back to her Christian parents after she testified that she wished to return to them from a shelter home, sources said. The Sindh...

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
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...

Kidnapped Pastor in Northern Nigeria Slain despite Ransom Payment
ABUJA, Nigeria, December 13, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen who kidnapped a Christian pastor outside the city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria killed him last week after receiving ransom payments, sources said. The Rev. Dauda Bature of the First Evangelical...

Fulani Herdsmen Attack Christians near City of Kaduna, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, December 12, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in northern Nigeria wounded a pregnant woman and set houses on fire on Saturday (Dec. 11) in attacks on predominantly Christian villages near the city of Kaduna, sources said. Prompt action by the...

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...