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Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal

Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal

​NEW DELHI, July 11, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In a rash of recent actions against Christians in Nepal, an alcoholic who became violent during an intervention had Christian leaders arrested on forcible conversion charges, and a foreign couple was deported. Isak...

Traumatized Widows in Kenya Face Ordeal of How to Press On

Traumatized Widows in Kenya Face Ordeal of How to Press On

​NAIROBI, Kenya, July 6, 2018 (Morning Star News) – One year after several Christian women lost their husbands to Islamic extremist attacks in coastal Kenya, they have few means of supporting their children. Gone is the Non-Governmental Organization aid initially...

Iran: Mohammadali Yassaghi freed from detention

Iran: Mohammadali Yassaghi freed from detention

JOS, Nigeria, July 5, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Thousands of people attended the funeral yesterday of a pastor, his wife and another church leader, all killed by suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen on June 27 in central Nigeria. The three Christians were ambushed and...

Algeria: Another church re-opens

Algeria: Another church re-opens

​HYDERABAD, India, June 28, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Falsely accused of running a brothel, a badly beaten pastor in Tamil Nadu state jumped out of a moving car to save himself from Hindu extremists who were threatening to kill him. The hard-line Hindu mob had...

Algeria: Correction on church reopenings

Algeria: Correction on church reopenings

​June 19, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Christians coerced into an out-of-court settlement following an Islamist attack on a church building in Egypt recently saw the usual outcome – a closed church – a practice that has long oppressed Christians, according to Middle...

Two Christians Ambushed, Killed in Central Nigeria

Two Christians Ambushed, Killed in Central Nigeria

​JOS, Nigeria, June 14, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (June 10) killed two Christians and seriously wounded another in central Nigeria as they made their way home from a church service, local sources said. Ibrahim Weyi, 45, and Larry...

Algeria: three churches re-open, though pressures continue

Algeria: three churches re-open, though pressures continue

HYDERABAD, India, June 13, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Two weeks ago a Christian couple in eastern India was about to get married, not knowing the bride’s father had filed a false complaint of forcible conversion against them, relatives said. As they were preparing for...

Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church

Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 24, 2018 (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers...

Iran: Appeal hearing for Shamiram Isavi Khabizeh

Iran: Appeal hearing for Shamiram Isavi Khabizeh

HYDERABAD, India, May 9, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Christians in eastern India were worshipping on April 29 when Hindu extremists attacked and had them arrested on baseless accusations of operating a “conversion racket,” sources said. Three of seven Christians...