

Christians in Malaysia to Fight for Rights after Court Ruling on Conversion
February 28, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In the wake of the highest court in Malaysia refusing to hear an appeal by four Christians wanting to officially convert out of Islam, Christian leaders continued to hold hope for change. In a country where there is no legal way...

Kidnapping of Christian Girls in Kaduna, Nigeria Leads to Casualties, Area Christians Say
JOS, Nigeria, February 27, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Muslim residents of Kasuwan Magani in northern Nigeria yesterday killed 12 Christians after an attempt to rescue two Christian teenage girls from Muslims who had kidnapped them and coerced them to convert, area...

Bible Burning in Southern India Shows Depth of Hostility Toward Christians
HYDERABAD, India, February 27, 2018(Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in southern India issued harsh threats to Christians distributing Bibles before snatching their car keys, taking Bibles out of their vehicle and setting the Scripture on fire, sources said....

Cousin of Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Injured While Fleeing Interrogators
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 26, 2018(Morning Star News) – A young Christian man in Pakistan is in critical condition after jumping from a fourth-floor window when interrogators tried to force him to sodomize his cousin, a suspect in a blasphemy case, sources said....

Highest Court in Malaysia to Hear Appeal of Christian Converts from Islam
February 23, 2018 (Morning Star News) – On Monday (Feb. 26) the highest court in Malaysia is scheduled to hear the appeal of four people who wish to have their conversions from Islam to Christianity legally recognized. In a country where there is no legal way to leave...

Church Building Demolished in Zanzibar, Tanzania
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 22, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A congregation on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar has been without a place to worship this year after local authorities demolished their church building, the pastor said. Local government officials...

Christian in Pakistan Arrested for ‘Blasphemy’ to Appease Islamist Throng, Sources Say
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 20, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in a village near Lahore, Pakistan yesterday after Muslim protestors called for the death of a young Christian accused of blasphemy, sources said. Patras Masih,...

Suspected Al Shabaab Militants Kill Three Christians in Northeast Kenya, Sources Say
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 19, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Suspected members of Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab shot three Christians to death in northeastern Kenya at 1 a.m. on Friday(Feb. 16), sources said. Targeting Kenyans who came from other areas to work in...

Muslim Extremist Who Attacked Church in Indonesia Tried to Go to Syria
February 16, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim extremist who attacked a Catholic church in Indonesia on Sunday (Feb. 11) had tried to go to Syria, according to reports. The 23-year-old identified as Suliyono of Bayuwangi in East Java wounded a priest and three...

Authorities in Sudan Demolish Church Building in Khartoum
JUBA, South Sudan, February 12, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan yesterday demolished a church building in North Khartoum, sources said. The 64 members of the Evangelical Church in Al Haj Yousif in the Sudanese capital will have no place to worship next...

Fiery Ordeal for Pastor, Church, Widower in Jammu and Kashmir State, India
HYDERABAD, India, February 8, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Pastor Jeewer Joeswa wasn’t sure what to think when a massive, chanting Hindu throng in northern India brought the corpse of a Christian woman to his church site – then set the building on fire. Seema Devi, 23,...

Court in Sudan Fines Christian Leaders for Defending Church Property
JUBA, South Sudan, February 6, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has fined seven church leaders fighting a takeover of their school in Omdurman for “objection to authorities,” a church leader said. The court yesterday (Feb. 5) found Sudan Presbyterian...

Muslim Herdsmen, Terrorists Kill Eight Christians in Central Nigeria, Sources Say
JEBU-MIANGO, Nigeria, February 2, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Attacks on villages in north-central Nigeria that killed eight Christians in the past two weeks were carried out by Muslim Fulani herdsmen aided by terrorists from Islamic extremist groups, a local pastor...

Muslim Student Accused of Killing Christian in Pakistan Released on Bail
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 30, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim high school student accused of killing a Christian in Pakistan has been freed on bail due to gaps in police investigations, sources said. Sharoon Masih, 17, died on Aug. 27, 2017 after Ahmed Raza beat...

Christian Convert in Uganda Suffers Sudden Loss of Father, Wife, Children
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 31, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In a village in eastern Uganda, it took no more than a day for Munabi Abudallah to lose his wife and seven children after putting his faith in Christ. “The Muslims are searching to kill me,” Abudallah, 37, told...

Christian Students Knifed, Beaten in High School Clash in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 29, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Muslim students at a high school in Nairobi on Tuesday night (Jan. 23) beat and stabbed Christians who refused to convert to Islam, a local source said. Tensions had been growing for weeks at Jamhuri High School...

Harassment at Messianic Jews’ Center in Israel Begins Anew
January 26, 2018 (Morning Star News) – After opposition shut down a meeting center for Messianic Jews in southern Israel last May, ultra-Orthodox Jews are harassing it again since it re-opened this month, sources said. Ultra-Orthodox Jews protested the presence of the...

Government, Police in India Thwart Threatened Attacks on Christians
NEW DELHI, January 24, 2018 (Morning Star News) – The Rev. Shaju Devassy was quietly attending to his work as director of a Catholic graduate college in central India on Dec. 30 when police showed up and told him a mob of angry Hindu protestors was on its way. Police...

Pastor Found Dead in Tamil Nadu, India
HYDERABAD, India, January 22, 2018(Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor in southern India was found hung from the thatched roof of his house early Saturday morning (Jan. 20), a week after he complained to police about opposition from Hindu extremists, sources...

Coptic Christian Slain in North Sinai, Egypt
January 16, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian killed by Islamic militants in Egypt’s northern Sinai was buried in his home village yesterday amid wailing and tears, religious rights activists said. Bassem Herz Attalhah, 27, was shot to death on a street in...