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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...

Israel: Messianic believers being harassed

Israel: Messianic believers being harassed

July 30, 2021 (Morning Star News) – When several students at the Evangelical Church of Vietnam South’s (ECVN-S) Institute of Bible and Theology in Ho Chi Minh City developed coughs and fevers on July 20, church authorities immediately called the government health...

Libya: Church facing eviction

Libya: Church facing eviction

JOS, Nigeria, July 28, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on Saturday (July 24) killed a Christian pastor they had kidnapped two weeks before, a church source said. The Rev. Danlami Yakwoi of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA)...

Algeria: More churches sealed by government

Algeria: More churches sealed by government

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 14, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A 39-year-old man in eastern Uganda who recently put his faith in Christ is still recovering from a machete blow to his head by a Muslim relative in late June, sources said. Abudlawali Kijwalo, who comes from family...

Iran: Imprisoned Christian convert requests prayer

Iran: Imprisoned Christian convert requests prayer

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, July 9, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A judge in Algeria on Thursday (July 8) sentenced a Christian to six months in prison and fine of 100,000 dinars (US$740) for allegedly accepting unauthorized donations to spread Christianity, the convert from...

Islamic Extremists Burn Pastor to Death in Uganda

Islamic Extremists Burn Pastor to Death in Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 6, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda set a pastor’s home on fire on Wednesday (June 30), burning him to death, sources said. Pastor Isima Kimbugwe’s body was burned beyond recognition after the assailants set his home...