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Arson Suspected in Church Fire in Pakistan

Arson Suspected in Church Fire in Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan, November 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A church building was set on fire in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday (Nov. 16), a month after the pastor received a letter threatening the congregation for worshipping too loudly, sources said. The blaze destroyed...

Pastor in Nepal Fears Conviction Sets Ominous  Precedent

Pastor in Nepal Fears Conviction Sets Ominous Precedent

NEW DELHI, November 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – As he awaits prison after a wrongful conviction for proselytizing, Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya fears his case will set a precedent for authorities in Nepal to incarcerate other Christians, he said. The 35-year-old...

16 Christians Slain in Attacks in Benue State, Nigeria

16 Christians Slain in Attacks in Benue State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, October 31, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Oct. 29) killed six Christians in Benue state, following the slaughter of 10 others earlier this month, sources said. In Tse Gamber village, Gwer West County, the...

Christian Doctor Slain in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Christian Doctor Slain in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, October 27, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian doctor was killed in a machete attack on him and his motorcycle driver on Oct. 17 in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said. Terrorists attacked Dr. Stephen Angbas, head of Angbas Hospital in the town...

Christian Couple Accused of Blasphemy Win Bail in Pakistan

Christian Couple Accused of Blasphemy Win Bail in Pakistan

ABUJA, Nigeria, October 25, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Personnel of Kaduna State University have aided in the kidnapping and forcible conversion to Islam of a Christian student, according to a campus watchdog group. Dorcas Adedayo Adekanola, a 20-year-old, first-year...

Terrorists Kidnap at Least 30 Christians in Nigeria

Terrorists Kidnap at Least 30 Christians in Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, October 10, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists on Saturday (Oct. 7) kidnapped more than 30 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, residents said. The assailants ambushed and took the Christians away at gunpoint at about 11 a.m. as they worked...

Anti-Christian Incidents in Israel Condemned

Anti-Christian Incidents in Israel Condemned

October 9, 2023 (Morning Star News) – The uptick in anti-Christian acts in Israel that began last December continued last week when police arrested five suspects accused of harassing Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City. Four adults and one minor were arrested Wednesday...

Terrorists Kill 11 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

Terrorists Kill 11 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, October 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Oct. 1) killed eight Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, and wounded five others, sources said. The assailants attacked Du village, in Bassa County’s Kwall...

Local Officials in Laos Stop Worship, Expel Christians

Local Officials in Laos Stop Worship, Expel Christians

October 3, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian family in Salavan Province, Laos lost their home and were expelled for their faith, officials in another province on Sunday (Oct. 1) disrupted the worship service of a house church and threatened to...

Terrorists Kill 16 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Terrorists Kill 16 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, September 29, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists this week killed 15 Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria, following the slaying of another one last week, sources said. The assailants on Wednesday (Sept. 27) attacked...

Herdsmen Kill Christian, Wound Three Others in Nigeria

Herdsmen Kill Christian, Wound Three Others in Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, September 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday morning (Sept. 20) attacked a village in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, killing one Christian and wounding three others, including a pastor, an area resident said. The herdsmen attacked...