Christian Killed in Islamic Extremists Attack in Northeastern Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 19, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Al Shabaab militants are suspected in the killing of two people, at least one a Christian, in a May 12 gun attack in northeastern Kenya, sources said. Five suspected rebels from the Somali Islamic extremist group...
Church Building, Pastor’s Home Burned Down in Tamil Nadu State, India, Sources Say
HYDERABAD, India, May 17, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Hindus in southern India, upset that members of their caste-based group have become Christians, burned down a church building and the pastor’s home this month, sources said. After pastor John Muller and...
Muslim Extremists in Uganda Threaten to Kill Family of Pastor Whose Property They Destroyed
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 12, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda who relocated after an Islamist attack has had to shift to yet another site, but he can only visit his family there briefly as his life is in danger, his wife said. Muslims continue to track...
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for ‘Blasphemy’
JUBA, South Sudan, May 11, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A pastor and another Christian serving a 12-year sentence in Sudan were freed today after they were granted a presidential pardon, sources said. The Rev. Hassan Abdelrahim Tawor had been in prison since his arrest...
Pastor in India Loses Hearing from Assault by Hindu Extremists
May 9, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Indonesia took a huge leap backwards in its reputation as a moderate Islamic democracy today when a court sentenced the Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, to two years in prison for “blaspheming” the Koran....
Church Building Demolished, Two Christians Arrested in Sudan
an SCOC building on Oct. 27, 2015 without prior warning, church leaders said. Local authorities said the SCOC building was on government land, a claim church leaders adamantly denied. Karari officials in Omdurman, across the Nile River from Khartoum, reportedly...
Girl, 14, Rescued from Muslim in Pakistan Accused of Forcibly Converting Her
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 2, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A 14-year-old Catholic girl in Pakistan, taken from her family in December and forcibly converted to Islam, was rescued on Wednesday (April 26), her lawyer said. Attorney Tahir Bashir said police officer Munir Ahmed...
Police, Local Officials Complicit in Buddhist Attacks on Churches in Sri Lanka, Report Indicates
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 1, 2017 – Gruesome violence against Muslims accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has reignited calls for amending blasphemy statutes commonly used to persecute Christians. The lynching of a Muslim student over blasphemy charges at a university in...
Quashing of Childcare Facility Application in Algeria Rooted in Religious Discrimination
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, April 14, 2017 (Morning Star News) – The social services agency of Tizi-Ouzou Province, Algeria, has denied a permit to a childcare facility without explanation, but almost certainly because of the owner’s Christian faith, sources said. The owner...
Bombings at Two Churches in Egypt Turn Palm Sunday into Scenes of Carnage
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 11, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Zanzibar have re-opened a child abuse case dismissed more than two years ago as a pretext for jailing a pastor on the semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania, church leaders said. Police in...
Christians Accused in Killings in Pakistan Tortured, Pressured to Recant Faith
YANGON, Burma, April 7, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma army have been jailed without trial for more than three months, sources said. Pastors Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, and 35-year-old La Jaw Gam Hseng were arrested on Dec. 24...
Christians Imprisoned in Iran Pine under Biased Justice System, Advocates Say
ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 31, 2017(Morning Star News) – Convert from Islam Ebrahim Firoozi learned only in the past week that an Iranian appeals court in December upheld his five-year prison sentence for crimes related to practicing his faith, advocates reported. At the...
Police in Sudan Arrest Christians at School, Prevent Others from Leaving
JUBA, South Sudan, March 30, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Police accused staff members of a Christian school in Sudan of obstructing the work of a Muslim-owned business interest trying to take it over, sources said. Police in Omdurman, across from Khartoum on the Nile...
Young Christian Shot Dead in Streets of Sheikhupura, Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 29, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A young Christian sanitation worker was gunned down in Pakistan on March 20 for refusing an influential Muslim’s order to clean his outhouse on his day off, sources said. Noman Munir Masih, 20, of Sheikhupura in...
More than 200 People Killed in Christian Areas of Nasarawa, Nigeria this Year, Group Says
KEFFI, Nigeria, March 28, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Armed attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen on predominantly Christian communities in Nasarawa state this year have left more than 200 people dead and destroyed homes and farms, sources said. One such attack on a...
Police Compliant in Hindu Extremist Attacks in Bihar State, India
NEW DEHLI, March 27, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Police in Bihar state this month obeyed Hindu extremist orders not to interfere as they beat a pastor and a Bible college student, sources said. The Hindu extremists in the eastern state of India lured Assemblies of God...
Court Drops Charges of Kidnapping, ‘Human Sacrifice’ against Evangelist in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 20, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A judge in Uganda last week dropped charges aimed at stirring up Islamist opposition against an evangelist who provides refuge to converts from Islam, sources said. A court in Tirinyi, Kibuku District on March 13...
More Christian Teachers in Sudan Arrested in Take-Over of School
JUBA, South Sudan, March 17, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Police in Omdurman yesterday detained three Christian teachers from the Evangelical School of Sudan in a bid to help a Muslim businessman take ownership of the school, Christian sources said. They were released...
Nigeria Orders Christian Leaders to Cancel Day of Mourning, Prayer for Killed Christians
JOS, Nigeria, March 17, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Having warned journalists and Christian leaders to stop speaking out about anti-Christian violence in Nigeria, the government this week also ordered the cancellation of a day of prayer and national mourning for slain...
One Year after Agatu Massacre, Christians Continue To Be Killed in Benue, Nigeria
MAKURDI, Nigeria, March 15, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A year after Muslim Fulani herdsmen slaughtered an estimated 300 predominantly Christian farmers in Agatu, Benue state, deadly attacks continued in the state the first 10 weeks of the year, sources said. More than...