LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 13) sentenced a Christian to life in prison for alleged blasphemy in spite of the complainant retracting the accusation and admitting police pressured him into making it, his attorney said. Attorney Javed Sahotra told Morning Star News by phone that prosecutors in the […]
Christian in Pakistan Sent to Prison for ‘Blasphemy,’ in Spite of Accuser’s Retraction
Clamoring Islamists pressure judge, threaten attorney.
July 15, 2013 By -
Morsi Supporters Attack Christian Targets in Egypt after Removal of President
Christians wonder how long violence could last.
July 6, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – In scattered locations across Egypt, mobs of hard-line Muslims enraged over the deposing of the country’s Islamist president this week attacked Christian homes, business and church buildings and were suspected in the shooting death of a priest. In Northern Sinai, gunmen reportedly killed priest Mina Aboud Sharween as he […]
Church Permit from Morsi Viewed as Token, Given Difficulties Egyptian Christians Face
With so many denied and unrepaired worship structures, move seen as mere gesture.
July 2, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt, (Morning Star News) – With Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s hold on power appearing tenuous a year after taking office, his much-celebrated permission for construction of a church building looks increasingly like a token gesture to placate a non-Muslim minority, Christians say. Christians across Egypt met the president’s June 7 announcement that he had […]
Hagia Sophia, Gezi Park Initiatives Reflect Bid to Put More Islamist Face on Turkey
Mosques multiply across country as government mulls turning iconic sites into Muslim symbols.
June 29, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – While protests in Turkey against the destruction of Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park have grabbed international headlines, the conflict is only a small part of a wider government campaign to transform public areas and non-Muslim holy sites into Islamic spaces – including what was once the world’s largest church building. This spring […]
Assault on Pastors’ Meeting in India Shows Depth of Extremist Hostility
Hindu nationalists in Andhra Pradesh presume engagement in ‘forceful conversion.’
June 26, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Even in a state with no “anti-conversion” law, Hindu extremists in Andhra Pradesh this month leveled the accusation of forceful conversion at pastors as they belted the Christian leaders with iron bars. At their monthly prayer gathering in Thukkugudu, Hyderabad, on June 4 about 20 pastors from various denominations were […]
Two Christians Slain by Islamists in Nigeria
Muslim ethnic Fulani mount attacks in Plateau state; Boko Haram strikes in Borno.
June 21, 2013 By -
WASE, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Fulani Muslims killed a Christian in a village near here on Tuesday (June 18), less than a week after the Islamic extremist Boko Haram sect killed a pastor in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno. In the latest of a series of attacks this year in the Wase area, 216 […]
Christians Sentenced to Prison as ‘Moderate’ Comes to Power in Iran
Persecution expected to continue as long as Ayatollah Khamenei in control.
June 19, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Six more Christians were sentenced for practicing their faith last week, while Iran’s presidential election of a moderate politician was not expected to soften the regime’s persecution of religious minorities. After eight years of the hard-line rule of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan Rouhani proclaimed a “victory for moderation … not extremism,” expressed […]
Explosion in Attack on Church in Kenya Injures 15
Two pastors among those seriously hurt in blast.
June 12, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Assailants on a motorbike threw an explosive device into a church compound in southeastern Kenya on Sunday (June 9), injuring 15 people. Two pastors were among the wounded from the explosion at an evangelistic service of Earthquake Miracle Ministries Church in Mrima village, near the coastal town of Likoni, Mombasa […]
Teacher in Egypt Sentenced for ‘Defaming’ Islam
Christian fined beyond ability to pay; civil trial looms.
June 11, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A judge in Upper Egypt found a Christian teacher guilty of defaming Islam today and levied a massive fine against her after prohibiting her lawyers from presenting a single witness during the trial. Dimyana Obeid Abd Al-Nour escaped jail time, but she was fined 100,000 Egyptian pounds (US$14,270), far beyond […]
Police Back Off Statement of Religious Motive in Murder of Christian in India
Investigator also denies tribal ritual took place before slaying; a more senior officer says it did.
June 7, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India’s remote Tripura state are backing away from earlier statements that the Christian faith of a convert from Hinduism was a factor in his murder. Days after the beheaded body of 35-year-old Tapas Bin was found in a stream in the Teliamura area of West Tripura District on […]