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Iran: Former prisoner pardoned

Iran: Former prisoner pardoned

HYDERABAD, India, August 11, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in central India on July 26 beat a Christian educator and filed baseless charges against him of human trafficking and fraudulent conversion of eight Christian students he was escorting to a Bible...

Algeria: Convert released from prison

Algeria: Convert released from prison

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (July 16) killed six Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 37 Christians slain the past three weeks in the state, sources said. The assailants arrived on...

Muslims Again Break Up Worship of Church in Indonesia

Muslims Again Break Up Worship of Church in Indonesia

SURABAYA, Indonesia, July 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – As police looked on, a group of Muslims in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on July 2 asked why a church should be present in a Muslim-majority area as they broke up its worship service, a video shows. The...

New Christian in Uganda Slain for Leaving Islam

New Christian in Uganda Slain for Leaving Islam

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 13, 2023 (Morning Star News) – About two weeks after a 22-year-old Muslim in eastern Uganda put his faith in Christ, villagers on Saturday (July 8) killed him for leaving Islam, sources said. Abudu Amisi of Kasanvu village, Pallisa District was...

Churches in Indonesia Fight to Regain Worship Venues

Churches in Indonesia Fight to Regain Worship Venues

SURABAYA, Indonesia, July 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Christians broke into joyful celebration when local officials in East Jakarta, Indonesia removed the seal on their church building on June 26, three months after it was closed. Citing lack of a permit, the East...

Muslim in Pakistan Confesses to Killing Christian Woman

Muslim in Pakistan Confesses to Killing Christian Woman

LAHORE, Pakistan, July 3, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Lahore, Pakistan is seeking justice and protection after four Muslims abducted, gang-raped and killed a widow for refusing to convert to Islam and marry the primary suspect, sources said. In...

More than 150 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria

More than 150 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, June 27, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists in Plateau state, Nigeria killed more than 150 Christians in the first three weeks of June, including a church pastor, sources said. The killing of the Rev. Nichodemus Kim of the Church of Christ in...

Christian Family Traumatized by Ethnic Violence in India

Christian Family Traumatized by Ethnic Violence in India

NEW DELHI, June 26, 2023 (Morning Star News) – On the evening of May 3, an ethnic Christian in northern India’s Manipur state received a call from a relative advising her to pack up and leave home with her children immediately. Manngaihlun Tombing, of the Kuki ethnic...

Christians Fear Implication in Attack on Government

Christians Fear Implication in Attack on Government

June 25, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Christians in Vietnam are bracing for potential fallout should they be blamed for recent anti-government violence. In the pre-dawn hours of June 11, four policemen, two government officials and three bystanders were killed by...

Muslims Block Worship at Two Churches in Indonesia

Muslims Block Worship at Two Churches in Indonesia

SURABAYA, Indonesia, June 23, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A local official and other Muslims on Sunday (June 18) stopped worship at a house church outside Jakarta, Indonesia, and a church site in Central Java Province was temporarily blocked, according to local...