NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A widow in central Uganda has fled her homestead after receiving Islamist threats when she arranged for a pastor to bury the body of her husband, sources said. Local leaders on July 11 gave Sharifa Kasozi Nakamate, of Kirinda in Wakiso District, one day to recant her Christian faith or […]
Christian Widow Driven from Home in Central Uganda
Hard-line Muslims give her one day to recant.
July 18, 2019 By -
Unable to Finish School for Becoming Christian, Young Man in Uganda Faces Bleak Future
Beaten, disowned and homeless.
July 2, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Asuman Kaire is missing his last year in high school in eastern Uganda for having become a Christian two years ago. Homeless and without money to pay school fees since his Muslim stepfather disowned him earlier this year in Lelya-A village, Kabweri County in Kibuku District, the 20-year-old Kaire said […]
Part of Christian School in Eastern Uganda Torn Down
Area Muslims opposing it issued threat.
June 14, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – One of two buildings of a Christian primary school in eastern Uganda was demolished after local Muslims who opposed it threatened “tough action,” sources said. The building containing three of Hope of Glory Primary School’s seven classrooms was destroyed before dawn on June 2 in predominantly Muslim Kabuna village, Budaka […]
Converts, Pastors Threatened with Death; Gospel Meetings Banned in Town in Uganda
Success of evangelistic event, threats lead police to shut it down.
June 3, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Police have banned evangelistic events in a town in western Uganda following open-air preaching in which many Muslims put their faith in Christ, sources said. Churches in Bwera, on Uganda’s western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, held a joint evangelistic event amid the large Muslim population in Bwera […]
Large Family in Eastern Uganda Becomes Big Target for Muslim Extremists
Six months after putting faith in Christ, they are homeless.
May 13, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Yusuf Tulo and his sizeable family were worshipping in their home in eastern Uganda on April 28 when they heard their neighbors shouting, “Fire!” Tulo, 35, had left Islam to put his faith in Christ last October. He still had three wives and 14 children dependent on him living on […]
Imam in Eastern Uganda Faces Wrath of Muslims after Putting Faith in Christ
Family turns on him after absences from mosque prayers.
April 9, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Sheikh Hassan Podo, a 28-year-old imam in Kerekerene village in eastern Uganda, missed mosque prayers for three consecutive weeks and was seen entering a church building around noon on March 16. He had kept his faith in Christ a secret for three weeks. The young Muslim who saw Podo enter […]
Pastor of Underground Church in Kenya Beaten Unconscious
Relocated family seeks safe home.
March 11, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Somali pastor of an underground church in Kenya near the Somali border suffered a broken thigh bone and other injuries after Muslim extremists beat him with wooden clubs on Friday night (March 8), sources said. Pastor Abdul (surname withheld for security reasons), a 30-year-old father of three, had finished […]
Muslim Mobs Attack 10 Church Buildings in Ethiopia
Unprecedented religious destruction in town sparked by false rumor.
March 1, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Christians in a town in southern Ethiopia were stunned when local Muslims attacked 10 church buildings on Feb. 9, destroying one and burning the property inside all the structures, according to aid agencies. Chanting the jihadist slogan, “Allahu akbar [God is greater],” Muslims in Halaba Kulito targeted worship buildings belonging to […]
Christian Mother from Somalia Beaten, Raped in Kenya
Somali Muslims attack convert from Islam.
February 11, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Somali Muslims who beat and raped a Christian mother of four last month began sending threatening messages more than a year ago at a refugee camp in Kenya, she said. The 41-year-old Somali woman was a Muslim living in Somalia with her husband when he sent her and their four […]
Muslim Police Officers, Others Beat and Arrest Christian in Kenya
Young man held in police jail in Industrial Area of Nairobi.
January 25, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim policemen on Saturday (Jan. 19) beat and arrested a Christian man on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya in retaliation for refusing to recant Christianity, sources said. Accompanied by two Muslims of Somali descent who had attacked him previously, the policemen arrived at the home where Hassan (surname withheld for […]