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Two Pastors in Burma Freed from Prison

Two Pastors in Burma Freed from Prison

CAIRO, Egypt, April 20, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Security police in Morocco detained a Christian for 24 hours after finding Christian literature in his backpack, according to published reports. Spanish news agency EFE reported that authorities stopped the...

Iran: imprisoned Christian granted conditional release

Iran: imprisoned Christian granted conditional release

LAHORE, Pakistan, April 17, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Christians in Quetta, Pakistan are living in fear after the second attack this month by suspected Islamist militants killed two Christians in front of a home. Three other people were injured, including two girls,...

Turkey: Date set for Andrew Brunson court hearing

Turkey: Date set for Andrew Brunson court hearing

JOS, Nigeria, March 26, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria retained the only Christian among more than 100 kidnapped girls who were freed last week, prompting the head of her church denomination to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to...

Iraq: Christians concerned after spate of deadly violence

Iraq: Christians concerned after spate of deadly violence

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 23, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A week after a young Muslim in eastern Uganda put his faith in Christ, relatives attacked him with hot cooking oil, sources said. Gobera Bashir, 27, is still in pain with burns on 40 percent of his body after the...

Pastor’s Family Assaulted in Southern India

Pastor’s Family Assaulted in Southern India

HYDERABAD, India, March 14, 2018 (Morning Star News) – On a recent Monday at noon in southern India, a pastor’s family in Telangana state noticed motorcycles parked outside their church gate and a gang of young men loudly reading the church banner. The banner of the...

Iran: Christians recently imprisoned in Tehran and Tabriz

Iran: Christians recently imprisoned in Tehran and Tabriz

NEW DELHI, March 5, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists upset that Christians tried to bury one of their dead in a village in eastern India seriously injured a 13-year-old girl and others who tried to protect a Christian woman the villagers threatened to burn...