TIZI OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A Muslim woman in this northern Algerian city seeks to divorce a convert from Islam because of his new faith, while her brother and lawyer suggest he should be killed for apostasy. At a session for the purpose of reconciling the couple yesterday, the judge suggested the first option […]
Convert in Algeria Risks Losing Wife, Daughter
Judge in divorce case suggests he recant in order to reconcile.
January 23, 2014 By -
Beleagured Church in Indonesia Forced Out of its Building
Threat of violence from Islamic extremist group leads to closure of newly opened facility.
January 18, 2014 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – A small church in Central Java, Indonesia that has struggled for more than a decade to keep its worship facility celebrated a re-opening last month, only to see it shut before Christmas due to protests from hard-line Islamists. The 41 Christians of the rural church in Pepanthan Dermolo village, Jepara […]
Jews for Jesus Worker Recounts Deportation from Israel, Fights Potential Legal Precedent
Incident deeply disturbing for Messianic Jew with deep ties to country.
January 16, 2014 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – As Barry Barnett’s plane lifted off from Tel Aviv, Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport last month, he sat torn with emotion. Over the prior two weeks the British citizen had been harassed, arrested, interrogated, locked in jail and deported from a country that he had loved deeply since childhood. Born […]
Egypt’s Christians Vote on New Constitution
Seeking stability, Copts appear resigned to support document.
January 15, 2014 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Across Egypt, Christians are lining up today and Thursday to vote on a new constitution that many consider highly flawed but the best option – and a substantial improvement over the last constitution drafted by Islamists. The nation’s Christian leaders are urging the rank-and-file to vote in favor of the […]
Raid on Bible Society of Malaysia Legally Unfounded, Critics Say
Bibles seized, BSM leaders temporarily detained.
January 13, 2014 By -
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Morning Star News) – Calling this month’s raid on the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) “a flagrant violation of religious liberty” via his website, the director of a Christian research institute in Malaysia said the agency that arrested two BSM officials has produced no evidence that the BSM violated any law. Aided by […]
Soldiers Join Slaughter of Christians in Nigerian Village, Survivors Say
Special Task Force helps Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 33 people, they say.
January 8, 2014 By -
RIYOM, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Survivors of Monday’s (Jan. 6) slaughter of 33 Christians in a village in Nigeria’s Plateau state said Special Task Force (STF) soldiers stationed to protect them turned their weapons on those fleeing the attack. Speaking from her hospital bed with bullet wounds in her legs, 25-year-old Antele Alamba told Morning […]
Boko Haram Frees French Priest Kidnapped in Cameroon
Nigerian terrorist organization says it received no ransom.
January 6, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Nigerian Islamic extremists have released a French Roman Catholic priest they kidnapped in Cameroon in November, according to published reports. Members of the Islamic extremist terrorist organization Boko Haram freed Georges Vandenbeusch on Tuesday (Dec. 31) but received no ransom money, according to Agence France-Press (AFP). Vandenbeusch, abducted from Cameroon near […]
Death Penalty Order Deepens Hard-line Islamist Trend in Pakistan, Critics Say
Ruling could broaden powers of Federal Shariat Court, they fear.
December 30, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Compliance with an order that only the death sentence can be given to those convicted of insulting Islam’s prophet will further endanger Christians and increase the powers of the Islamic court that issued it, critics said. While Christians fear that government compliance with the Federal Shariat Court’s (FSC) Dec. 4 […]
Verdict for Moroccan Convert from Islam Sentenced for ‘Proselytism’ Expected Feb. 6
Hastily convicted Mohamed El Baladi received 30-month prison term.
December 27, 2013 By -
TIZI OZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A Moroccan appeals court on Thursday (Dec. 26) heard arguments for a Christian convert from Islam hastily sentenced to prison for alleged “proselytizing,” sources said. The Court of Appeal in Fez is expected to deliver a ruling on Feb. 6. Mohamed El Baladi was sentenced to 30 months in prison […]
Christians Not Target of Baghdad Bombings, Iraqi Officials Say
Worshippers unhurt, and victims include Muslims and Christians, they say.
December 26, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Government and church officials in Iraq refuted initial claims by police that bombs in southern Baghdad targeted Christians, saying no worshippers leaving a nearby church were hurt. A car bomb that went off near St. John Catholic Church in the Doura area of Baghdad on Dec. 25 as worshippers were […]