Five Muslims Sentenced to Death in Pakistan for Brick Kiln Murders
LAHORE, Pakistan, November 26, 2016 (Morning Star News) – A court in Lahore has handed the death sentence to five Muslims for torturing and killing an impoverished Christian couple over allegations of burning the Koran, sources said. Eight others charged in the attack...
Pastor in China Upholds Faith after Nearly Year in Prison
November 21, 2016 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in southwestern China, jailed for nearly a year on fabricated charges and suffering a liver disease, focuses on trusting God in a letter of encouragement to his wife, according to China Aid. Authorities took pastor Li...
Christian School Closed in Sudan Ordered to Re-Open
JUBA, South Sudan, November 14, 2016(Morning Star News) – A judge in eastern Sudan today ordered a Christian school that government officials had taken over to resume classes under the prior Christian administration, according to the headmaster. The Appeal Court for...
Fulani Herdsmen Increasingly Militant in Killing 22 Christians in Kaduna, Nigeria
KAFANCHAN, Nigeria, November 10, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen or allied gunmen in southern Kaduna State appear to be increasingly militant, marked by greater sophistication in training and arms, sources said. Advocacy group Jubiliee...
Kidnapped Woman’s Fate Still Unknown Two Years after Herdsmen Kill Husband
ANGWAN MALLAM CHUNG, Nigeria, November 9, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Sunday Maidawa, a Christian in this town in southern Kaduna state, feels the loss of his brother and sister-in-law daily in the four children left to him. Muslim Fulani herdsmen two years ago killed...
Muslims in Uganda Burn Home Where Boys Threatened with Violence Took Refuge
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 3, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Oct. 30) gutted the home of a Christian family for housing two boys threatened with violence for leaving Islam, sources said. Stephen Muganzi, 41, told Morning Star...
Anti-Christian Motives for Pastor’s Death in Andhra Pradesh, India Surface
NEW DELHI, November 2, 2016(Morning Star News) – Contrary to the reasons communist guerrillas in India gave for murdering a pastor in July, area church leaders said he was killed for carrying out his Christian calling. Communist Party of India (Maoist) guerrillas...
Emergency Order Broadens Turkey’s Power to Deport Foreigners
October 31, 2016 (Morning Star News) – An emergency order issued over the weekend makes it significantly easier for Turkey to deport expatriates, further unsettling foreign Christians after the government this month ordered the deportation two U.S. Christians. The...
Christian School in Sudan Closed Down after Police, Civilians Seize Property
JUBA, South Sudan, October 30, 2016 (Morning Star News) – The future education of more than 1,000 pupils was unclear after authorities closed down a Christian school in eastern Sudan last week, sources said. Civilians who bused in from Khartoum and elsewhere aided...
Christians in Iran Appeal Sentence of 80 Lashes for Drinking Communion Wine
ISTANBUL, October 29, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Three Iranian Christians sentenced to receive 80 lashes for drinking wine during a Communion service filed an appeal Wednesday (Oct. 25) to have their case overturned, a noted advocacy group reported. In a trial that...
Pastor’s Faith Steadfast as Hindu Extremists Abuse Him in Maharashtra, India
NEW DELHI, October 28, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in Maharashtra state had severely beaten a pastor, pointed a gun at his head and were sprinkling gasoline on him to burn him to death when he began praying and praising Jesus. Pastor Prashant...
Church Buildings in Khartoum, Sudan at Risk of Demolition
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...
Pastor in Cuba Sentenced to One Year of House Arrest
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia, October 27, 2016 (Morning Star News) – A civil court in Cuba sentenced the pastor of a house church to a year of house arrest on Saturday (Oct. 22) for loud worship services, sources said. Juan Carlos Nuñez received the hastily delivered sentence...
Dangerous Area in Kaduna, Nigeria a Virtual Ghost Town; 13 More Deaths Discovered
DOGON FILI, Nigeria, October 26, 2016(Morning Star News) – Several people advised me that it was not safe to go to Godogodo in southern Kaduna state, but it was imperative to verify reports of violence against Christians in Nigeria, as authorities and mainstream media...
Islamic Extremists Kill 12 More People in Mandera, Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 25, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists targeted Christians in the shooting deaths of 12 non-local Kenyans at a guest-house in Kenya’s northeastern town of Mandera early this morning, sources said. Somali Al Shabaab rebels took...
Pastor, Family in Pakistan Evicted from Home with Police Help after Muslims Attack
LAHORE, Pakistan, October 22, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Defying a court order, police in Punjab Province forcibly evicted a pastor and his family from their home this week after Muslims attacked in a bid to seize the property, sources said. Pastor Michael Robert of...
Extended Family Expelled from Village in Chiapas, Mexico
October 21, 2016 (Morning Star News) – A Christian family of six and 10 other relatives are facing hunger and illness in Chiapas, Mexico after local officials drove them from their land for non-compliance with a “traditionalist” mix of indigenous pagan and Catholic...
More than 48 Christians Killed in Kaduna, Nigeria Massacres
GODOGODO, Nigeria, October 19, 2016 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed more than 40 Christians in an attack in this town in northern Nigeria on Saturday (Oct. 15) and left another eight dead in an assault three weeks earlier, area leaders said....
Persecution of Church in China to Escalate as Zhejiang Experiment Goes National
October 14, 2016 (Morning Star News) – In October 2012, the South China Morning Post ran a series of articles on China’s looming leadership transition. One line might prove prophetic, although not in the way intended: “For clues about how China’s leader-in-waiting Xi...
Pakistan Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Asia Bibi Case as Islamist Pressures Mount
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, October 13, 2016 (Morning Star News) – As Islamist groups warned of reprisals for a possible acquittal in Pakistan’s highest profile blasphemy case, the country’s Supreme Court today delayed ruling on an appeal against the death sentence given to...