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Algeria: Sentence upheld by appeal court

Algeria: Sentence upheld by appeal court

JOS, Nigeria, September 28, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian at a worship service in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Sunday (Sept. 26), and 30 others were slain in attacks later that night, sources said. The herdsmen attacked the worship service...

Iran: Situation of arrested convert unknown

Iran: Situation of arrested convert unknown

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 24, 2021 (Morning Star News) – An 83-year-old Christian woman in eastern Uganda continues to receive hospital treatment two weeks after Islamic extremists, one posing as a pastor, attacked her, sources said. Harriet Namuganza had given refuge...

Iran: Convert summoned to serve three-year sentence

Iran: Convert summoned to serve three-year sentence

NEW DELHI, India, September 13, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A 14-year-old Christian boy in eastern India is fighting for his life a month after suspected Hindu extremists threw flammable liquid on him and set him on fire, sources said. “He is very, very critical,” said...

Muslim Gunmen in Pakistan Wound at least Four Christians

Muslim Gunmen in Pakistan Wound at least Four Christians

LAHORE, Pakistan, September 10, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Muslims in an area of Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (Sept. 6) fired high-powered weapons at the homes of Christians, wounding a pregnant woman and at least three other people, sources said. A wounded Christian...

Libya: New hearing date for church

Libya: New hearing date for church

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 8, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda last week boarded a boat in which a young evangelist was fishing and killed him, sources said. Dante Tambika, also known as Patrick, was beaten and strangled to death near...

Middle East: Married couple needs new country

Middle East: Married couple needs new country

JOS, Nigeria, September 6, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and suspected local Muslims killed 40 Christians in and near Jos, Nigeria in attacks on Aug. 25 and Aug. 15, sources said. Armed with machetes and guns, herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian...

Iraq: Convert requests prayer

Iraq: Convert requests prayer

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 31, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim supervisor is threatening to file blasphemy charges against a Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan if she refuses to withdraw her sexual assault accusation against him, a human rights leader said....

Iran: Prison sentences for Christian converts reduced

Iran: Prison sentences for Christian converts reduced

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 27, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a former Islamic teacher in Uganda who became a Christian set a trap for him last month, hiring killers to bury him alive in a large ant mound, sources said. Saban Sajabi, 32, had gained repute...

Sudan Detains Bible Shipment, Christian Leaders Say

Sudan Detains Bible Shipment, Christian Leaders Say

JUBA, South Sudan, August 18, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Christian leaders in Sudan said government officials have detained a shipment of Bibles by demanding customs fees from which it is exempt. The Rev. Saad Idris Komi, chairman of the Sudan Pentecostal Church, said...

Woman Survives Attempt on Her Life for Becoming Christian

Woman Survives Attempt on Her Life for Becoming Christian

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 16, 2021 (Morning Star News) – The Muslim brother of a woman in eastern Uganda attacked her with a knife and spear on Aug. 8 after discovering she was a Christian, the mother of two said. In a village near Kasasira, Kibuku District undisclosed...

Somaliland: Christians released

Somaliland: Christians released

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 6, 2021 (Morning Star News) – When Gulzar Masih’s 14-year-old daughter did not return home from school in Faisalabad, Pakistan on July 27, the rickshaw driver and his brother set out to find her. Reaching the school later that afternoon, they...

Sikhs Beat, Choke Christian Women in Northern India

Sikhs Beat, Choke Christian Women in Northern India

NEW DELHI, August 4, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A 24-year-old Christian woman in northern India regained the ability to speak nearly a month after she went into shock from a Sikh family choking her unconscious and attacking her sister and mother, sources said. Meenu...