ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Impunity for terrorists and state-sponsored discrimination against Christians in northern Nigeria has led not to sectarian war but to “genocide,” the general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) told Morning Star News. Echoing a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) asserting this week that […]
Impunity Said to Abet Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
National Christian leader calls Islamic extremist assaults ‘genocide.’
August 23, 2013 By -
Imam in Pakistan Acquitted of Desecrating Koran, Framing Christian Girl for ‘Blasphemy’
Rimsha Masih’s accuser goes free after witnesses retract statements.
August 18, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Islamabad on Saturday (Aug. 17) dismissed charges against a Muslim cleric arrested on suspicion of framing a Christian girl for blasphemy. Khalid Jadoon, leader of a mosque in the Meherabadi suburb of Islamabad, had been charged with desecrating the Koran and planting false evidence – pages ripped […]
Churches Raided in China as Shouwang Leaders Remain under House Arrest
Pastors arrested in Xinjiang, Hebei; harassment of Beijing fellowship continues.
August 16, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Local police broke up the worship service of a house church and arrested its pastor in China’s Xinjiang region for the second time earlier this month as pastors at Beijing Shouwang Church remained under house arrest. In Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at least 20 police officers from the Urumqi Municipal […]
Algeria Slow in Ruling on Convert’s Appeal of Prison Sentence
Christian faces prison for alleged 'proselytizing,' defaming Islam, Muhammad.
August 7, 2013 By -
TIZI OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Nearly nine months since an Algerian court last heard his case, a Christian convert from Islam still awaits a ruling on the appeal of his unusually harsh sentence for allegedly “proselytizing” and defaming Islam and its prophet. Krimo Siaghi (also known as Karim Siaghi) was arrested on April 14, […]
Missing Clergymen Reflect Dangers for Christians in Syria
Regardless of who’s in power, Christians expected to suffer amid chaos.
August 5, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – The disappearance last week of an Italian Jesuit priest in Syria following the kidnapping of two other clergymen in April reflects the dangers Christians face in the war-torn country. The Rev. Paolo Dall’Oglio, who spent three decades in Syria before the Syrian government deported him last year for helping victims of […]
Pastor’s Daughter in Nigeria Allegedly Kidnapped, Forced to Convert to Islam
Sharia court in Niger state backs alleged abduction of 24-year-old woman.
July 26, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Muslim leader in central Nigeria has abducted a pastor’s daughter and forced her to convert to Islam with the backing of a sharia (Islamic law) court, the church leader said. Raymond Uzoechina, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Abuja, told Morning Star News by phone […]
Christian Students in Eritrea Punished for their Faith
Military beats them, threatens to keep them from attending university.
July 25, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Eritrean authorities are punishing 39 high school students for their Christian faith, excluding them from a graduation ceremony and subjecting them to beatings and hard labor, according to Christian support organization Open Doors. After completing a four-month military training required in Eritrea, the students, including 11 girls, have been arrested […]
Bill Passes in India Jailing Converts, Clergy for Failure to Give Prior Notice of Conversion
Madhya Pradesh legislature approves amendment to ‘anti-conversion’ law.
July 23, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Madhya Pradesh state has passed legislation that would send those who convert and their religious leaders to prison for failing to obtain permission from authorities at least one month prior to conversion. The bill requires the governor’s signature before becoming law. Existing law in Madhya Pradesh requires those who […]
Eight Christians in Iran Sent to Prison for Threatening ‘National Security’
Convictions typical of those in country who leave Islam.
July 19, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Eight Iranian Christians received heavy jail sentences on Tuesday (July 16) after being found guilty of “action against the national security” and “propaganda against the system” – charges typically leveled against Muslim converts to Christianity in Iran. Advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reported that the eight members of the Church […]
Dozens of Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Attack on village follows massacre in adjacent area.
July 19, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Gunmen killed six Christians in an early morning attack yesterday on Dinu village in southern Plateau state, a month after Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot a Christian to death in a nearby village, Christian leaders said. The identities of the gunmen and the victims were not immediately known, though the Rev. […]