NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese father of two who once worked as a human rights defender now lives in a refugee camp after surviving an attempt on his life by Islamic extremists. Before Ibrahim Ismaeil Ibrahim, 34, left Islam and dared to criticize the religion, he worked as a writer and human rights […]
Human Rights Defender in Sudan without Home, Country after Muslim Extremist Attack
Convert from Islam flees Darfur after trying to exercise right to free speech.
October 29, 2014 By -
Muslim Extremists Kill 31 Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria
Boko Haram insurgents collaborate with Fulani herdsmen, church leader says.
October 24, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim extremists stormed two churches in Taraba state on Sunday (Oct. 19) and killed 31 people as they worshipped, a church leader said. Two pastors, one pastor’s son, and 28 other Christians were slain in the attacks in the villages of Gindin Waya and Sondi, said the Rev. Caleb […]
Sudanese Air Force Bombing Kills Six Christian Children
Plane drops bombs on crowded market, homes.
October 22, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese Air Force on Thursday (Oct. 16) dropped bombs on Nuba Mountain civilians that killed at least six Christian children and seriously injured another. In Heiban, South Kordofan, a Russian-made Antonov dropped five bombs – three on a crowded square during the weekly market day, and two others […]
Sudanese Air Force Bombs Church Complex in Nuba Mountains
Family able to escape house in compound.
October 14, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese Air Force dropped four bombs on an Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) complex in the Nuba Mountains on Friday (Oct. 10), church leaders said. “The bombs have completely destroyed our church compound in Tabolo,” the Rev. Youhana Yaqoub of the ECS in Al Atmor, near the Tabolo […]
Messianic Jew Deported from Israel Will Appeal to Supreme Court
Banned from country for 10 years, Barry Barnett fights for rights.
October 6, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A British messianic Jew deported from Israel last year for participating in an evangelistic outreach to Jews confirmed that he will appeal his case to the nation’s supreme court. Barry Barnett, 50, left the country on Dec. 2 under a deportation order issued by Israel’s Ministry of the Interior. He […]
Seven Christians Arrested in Laos for Meeting for Worship
Local officials ban Christian services in village.
September 29, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Local officials in Laos arrested seven Christians for meeting for worship on Sunday (Sept. 28), according to a rights group. The chief of Boukham village, in Atsaphangthong District, Savannakhet Province, along with village security officials and police arrested the Christians as they ate lunch after meeting for worship in the home […]
Islamic Extremists Kill at Least 10 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen attack village three times in one week.
September 23, 2014 By -
BOKKOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Fulani gunmen shouting the jihadist chant “Allahu Akbar” attacked three villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state this month, burning down a church building and killing at least 10 Christians, sources said. Heavily-armed Fulani Muslim extremists on Sept. 14 attacked the Bokkos area, shooting five members of the Church of […]
Attorneys for Meriam Ibrahim Banned from Leaving Sudan
Government using lawyer’s complaint to retaliate against Christian mother’s defense team, lawyers say.
September 19, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan this week banned five attorneys from leaving the country after another lawyer accused them of tainting the country’s image by defending Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian mother of two falsely accused of apostasy, two of the attorneys said. The move came in response to attorney Iman Hassan submitting a letter […]
Hindu Extremists Resolve to Kill Christians They Beat in Bihar, India
Assailants prohibit residents from leaving village to contact police.
September 13, 2014 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Among a wave of attacks against non-Hindus since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took power in India on May 26, a Christian couple in Bihar state required hospital treatment after Hindu extremists beat and publicly resolved to kill them. A small band of men forcefully entered the home of Shri […]
Pastor in Bhutan Sentenced to Prison for Accepting Funds for Ministry
Second pastor also convicted but freed after paying fine.
September 12, 2014 By -
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Morning Star News) – A court in Bhutan on Wednesday sentenced pastor Tandin Wangyal to three years, 11 months in prison for receiving funds for ministry activities from a Christian organization. The verdict from the court in Dorokha, Samtse District asserts the pastor received US$11,864 in funding from a foreign Christian organization to conduct […]