ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Nigerian military authorities say the commandant at a military college in Kaduna state had prior knowledge of the Nov. 25, 2012 bombing that killed 20 Christians at the institution’s chapel. Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Isa knew of Islamic extremist plans to attack the St. Andrews Chapel at the Command and Staff […]
Nigerian Army Chief Says Officer Had Prior Knowledge of Church Bombing
Former college commandant denies allegations; Boko Haram members arrested
February 27, 2013 By -
Estranged Christian Father Struggles in Harsher, Hard-line Sudan
Convert from Islam whose wife divorced him can now visit children – with caution.
February 26, 2013 By -
KHARTOUM, Sudan (Morning Star News) – Mohammed Khidir Khalil Hassan, a Sudanese convert from Islam, has to be careful what songs he sings to his sons. Nearly a year ago, after his wife left him and Christianity behind, a Sudanese court had ruled that as a convert from Islam he was forbidden to see his […]
Christian Bookstores Raided, Church Buildings Demolished in Sudan
Authorities confiscate literature, arrest personnel; church leader beaten.
February 22, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Having deported scores of foreign Christians and demolished several church buildings in the past few months, Sudan continued ridding the country of Christianity this week by raiding Christian bookshops in Khartoum and arresting Christians, sources said. Men who described themselves as agents of Khartoum State Security on Monday […]
Islamic Extremists Suspected in Killing of Catholic Priest in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Second priest shot on the Muslim-majority archipelago in less than two months.
February 20, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Sunday (Feb. 17) shot and killed a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, area sources said. Two assailants on a motorbike approached the Rev. Evaristus Mushi as he arrived in his car to the Mass he was about to officiate in the […]
Two Pastors in India Arrested after Being Beaten, Threatened
Hindu nationalist mob tries to force them to worship idols in temple.
February 15, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Mallik Arjun knew something was wrong when he received a call from the mobile phone of his friend and fellow pastor in Gadag District, Karnataka state – but it was a stranger on the other end of the line. The stranger told him that pastor Nagesh Naik was […]
Violence against Christians Spreading in India
Maharashtra state increasingly vulnerable, rights leaders say.
February 11, 2013 By -
MUMBAI, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremist attacks on Christians in Maharashtra state could expand even as violence elsewhere in India grows in areas where extremist groups had not beeen so active, Christian leaders said. Ram Puniyani of the All India Secular Forum said at press conference in Mumbai this month that Maharashtra is […]
Alleged Kidnapper Threatens Family of Christian Girl in Pakistan
Police refuse to arrest politician’s aide who allegedly forced 15-year-old to convert, marry.
February 6, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A powerful Pakistani politician’s aid who abducted a Christian girl from her home in Karachi has warned her parents that the same fate awaits their other daughters unless they drop charges against him and leave the city, the family said. Khursheed Bibi told Morning Star News that Ghaji Khan, […]
Iran Sentences Pastor Abedini to Eight Years in Prison
Iranian-American church leader accused of ‘threatening national security.’
January 27, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini was sentenced to eight years in Iran’s most notorious prison today for allegedly threatening “national security” by planting house churches years ago. Judge Pir-Abassi of Branch 26 of the Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced the 32-year-old pastor. Sentencing in this court most likely required the approval of […]
Algerian Convert Fights Proselytism Verdict
Christian did not know of his conviction; accuser absent from hearing.
January 25, 2013 By -
TIZI OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – The attorney for a Christian shocked to learn that he had been convicted of pressuring a Muslim to leave Islam said after an appeals hearing on Wednesday (Jan. 23) that the verdict was utterly unfounded. Mohamed Ibaouene, 36, learned on Dec. 11 that he had been convicted in […]
Iranian-American Detained in Iran Facing Death Penalty
Pastor beaten, threatened with hanging.
January 15, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – An Iranian-American who will go on trial in Iran on Monday (Jan. 21) for apostasy, or leaving Islam, has been beaten and threatened with the death penalty during interrogation, sources said. Saeed Abedini, 32, will have his case handled by a judge notorious for handing death sentences to human rights […]