ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A hotel’s outdoor wedding site near Jerusalem at the world’s only kibbutz for Messianic Jews remains shuttered after the kibbutz lost an appeal against a ruling calling for it to host homosexual wedding parties. Gay couples in Israel have forced the wedding hall at the Moshav (a kind of kibbutz) […]
Messianic Jewish Kibbutz in Israel Loses Appeal in Gay Wedding Party Row
Homosexual activism shutters marriage ceremony site near Jerusalem.
August 1, 2014 By -
Stay or Leave, Somali Christians in Kenyan Refugee Camps Face Danger
Islamic extremist threat reigns whether they remain or are repatriated.
July 31, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Somali convert from Islam and his wife were holding each other under their bed in a Kenyan refugee camp as gunmen outside their door threatened to shoot. Abukar Mohammed (surname withheld for security reasons), 36, suspected members of Somalia’s Islamic extremist Al Shabaab insurgency who lived in the camp […]
Four Christians Killed in Bomb Attack in Northern Nigeria
Catholic church targeted in Kano.
July 29, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A bomb attack in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday (July 27) killed four Christians and a soldier, sources said. The bomb was hurled over a fence of St. Charles Catholic Church as parishioners were leaving a worship service, they said; Islamic extremists from the Boko Haram terrorist […]
Noted Convert in Egypt, Released in Appeal, Quickly Imprisoned Again
Mohammed Hegazy, now called Bishoy Armia Boulous, faces 2009 charges.
July 23, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A noted convert in Egypt released on bail this week for the appeal of his disputed conviction for “inciting sectarian violence” was quickly imprisoned again on equally controversial charges from 2009 of “defaming Islam,” his attorney said. Local security officials on Monday (July 21) turned Bishoy Armia Boulous, previously known […]
Non-Hindu Religious Activity Banned in Area of Chhattisgarh, India
Christian organizations demand revocation.
July 21, 2014 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Church leaders in India have asked national and Chhattisgarh state officials to reverse a ban on non-Hindu religious activity that more than 50 villages have reportedly adopted. The head of the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) wrote to Union and Chhattisgarh officials on July 10 […]
Main Suspect in Bhatti Murder in Pakistan Released as Death Threats Stall Prosecution
Islamic extremist intimidation silences witnesses.
July 18, 2014 By -
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – More than three years after the assassination of Pakistan’s first Christian cabinet-level minister, Islamist extremists have silenced prosecution witnesses and the prime suspect was released on bail on July 11, the prosecutor said. With prosecution witnesses unwilling to record their statements in court due to Islamic extremist death threats, there […]
Soldier Shoots Civilian Christian in Sudan following Bombing of Church Building
Most of wounded man's church fled to Nuba Mountain caves.
July 16, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese government soldier on Saturday (July 12) shot a Christian near his farm in South Kordofan state, seriously wounding him, church sources said. Akhnouk Jamal, 27, a member of the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS), sustained wounds on his back and upper part of his stomach when a […]
Hostilities at Catholic Church in Istanbul, Turkey Leave Parishioners Fearing Worse
Congregation anxious after verbal assault, threats, and a lunge with a knife.
July 15, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Members of a Catholic church in Istanbul fear an attack after Muslims verbally assaulted and threatened them during a baptismal service and destroyed church property in the last two months. After two incidents at St. Stephanos Church, parishioners said they are waiting to see if hostilities will escalate into violence […]
Christians Killed, Church Buildings Destroyed in Sudan’s Bombing of Civilians
Four children, elderly woman among 10 dead in Nuba Mountains.
July 5, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan’s bombing of civilian targets in the country’s Nuba Mountains in the past two months has killed at least 10 Christians, sources told Morning Star News. Four children and an elderly woman were among the victims of bombings in Sudan’s South Kordofan state as part of the regime’s […]
Sudanese Authorities Demolish Another Church Building
Advance notice came previous day – during worship service.
June 30, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in North Khartoum demolished another church building today, just a day after giving verbal notice during the congregation’s worship service, sources said. Bulldozers demolished the Sudanese Church of Christ in the Thiba Al Hamyida area of the city as church members watched, with security personnel threatening to arrest […]