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...
China’s New Policy Expected to Lead to More Religious Persecution
March 13, 2017 (Morning Star News) – China Aid’s 2016 Annual Persecution Report details a seismic shift in the Chinese government’s approach to religious policy that is expected to lead to further persecution.The report’s core subject tracks a deviation in the Chinese...
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Secret Christian, Her Son, Wound Husband, Sources Say
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 6, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in Somalia identified as Al Shabaab rebels last month shot to death an underground Christian woman and her son and seriously wounded her husband, sources said. The family was asleep at their home...
Sheikh in Uganda Incites Muslim Villagers against Evangelist Released on Bail
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 3, 2017(Morning Star News) – Hours after an evangelist in Uganda accused of kidnapping was released on bail today, an Islamic leader urged village Muslims to kill him, an area source said. Muslims in eastern Uganda’s Kachomo village, Budaka...
Evangelist in Uganda Arrested on False Kidnapping, ‘Human Sacrifice’ Claims, He Says
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 1, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Police in eastern Uganda on Sunday(Feb. 26) arrested an evangelist after a Muslim accused him of kidnapping his adult daughter, who had taken refuge with the Christian after leaving Islam, sources said. In an effort...
Christians in Al-Arish, Egypt Flee after Killings in Northern Sinai
ISTANBUL, Turkey, February 28, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christians continue to flood out of the Egyptian town of Al-Arish in northern Sinai after the third Copt in a week was gunned down on Thursday (Feb. 23), reportedly by Islamic State-linked...
Sudan Releases Czech Aid Worker Imprisoned for ‘Espiongage’
JUBA, South Sudan, February 27, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Sudan released Czech aid worker Petr Jasek on Saturday (Feb. 25), nearly one month after a court in Khartoum sentenced him to life in prison for espionage and other charges, according to reports. Jasek...
Christians in Sudan Arrested in Tussle over Evangelical School in Omdurman
JUBA, South Sudan, February 24, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Police in Omdurman, Sudan arrested four Christians this week and accused them of destroying the sign board of a Muslim interest trying to take over their Christian school, source said. Police arrived at the...
Turkey: Court blocks deportation order for Christian worker
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 22, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A 16-year-old Christian in Pakistan is languishing in jail under a baseless blasphemy charge after a judge declined to grant him bail this month, his attorney said. The judge in Punjab Province’s Kasur District...
US CONGRESS MEMBERS APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF AMERICAN PASTOR UNJUSTLY DETAINED IN TURKEY
JUBA, South Sudan, February 20, 2017(Morning Star News) – State officials in Sudan plan to demolish at least 25 church buildings in the Khartoum area, according to Christian leaders. A June 13, 2016 letter from the Executive Corporation for the Protection of...
Church Leader in Eastern Uganda Refutes News Story on Church Attack
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 16, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A regional church leader convened an emergency meeting of pastors in eastern Uganda on Friday(Feb. 10) to refute what he called a false news story aimed at covering up a Muslim assault on a prayer meeting. The...