JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two Nigerian pastors have been abducted this month in Kogi state, as kidnapping cartels that have plagued the central state the past three years directed their aim at Christian leaders. In a departure from numerous kidnappings of high-profile business and government leaders in Kogi state since 2013, gunmen abducted pastor […]
Pastors in Nigeria Fall Prey to Kidnappers
Two kidnapped, another wounded by gunshot amid abduction of parishioner.
January 27, 2016 By -
Muslim Extremists from Sudan Suspected of Burning Church Building in South Sudan
Suspect tells police they were ‘sent’ from Sudan, source says.
January 26, 2016 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists from Sudan have been arrested in connection with the burning of a church building in South Sudan, sources said. Members of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in the refugee settlement of Yida awoke the morning of Jan. 16 to find their worship building in flames, area […]
Police in Pakistan Torture Christian to Death, Family Says
Muslim employers order mistreatment after filing false theft charge, they say.
January 18, 2016 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Pakistani police last week tortured a devout Catholic to death in Punjab Province after the victim’s employer singled him out for a theft charge because of his faith, family members said. Riasat Masih of Kalaskey village, Purana Kot in Gujranwala District, told Morning Star News that police killed his brother, […]
Iran Releases U.S.-Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini in Prisoner Swap
Wife, children excited to see him after more than three years of imprisonment.
January 16, 2016 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Iran released U.S.-Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini today, more than three years after authorities arrested him on charges of “threatening national security” by planting churches, according to several sources. Abedini was released along with four other prisoners, including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, in a prisoner swap, Iran’s official Islamic Republic […]
Muslims in Pakistan Disrupt Christians’ Worship, Storm Homes
Police decline to arrest Muslims after attacks, seizure of church building.
January 14, 2016 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a town in Pakistan’s Punjab Province who seized a church property have disrupted a prayer meeting at a private residence, sources said. After police arranged a reconciliation meeting between the Muslims and members of the congregation in Sialkot District on Jan. 4, the Muslims instead armed themselves with […]
Ban on Christmas in Somalia Darkens Season for Secret Christians
Government asserts all Somalis are Muslims.
January 6, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Secret Christians in Somalia were not surprised by a sudden government ban on Christmas celebrations, but it did darken their plans, Christian leaders said. The government on Dec. 22 announced a ban on Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations, with Mohamed Khayrow, director general of Somalia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs, […]
Non-Muslims Targeted in Islamic Extremist Attacks in Mandera, Kenya
Two Christians killed, others injured in assaults in northeast, coast.
January 3, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An attack on a bus and a truck in Kenya by Islamic extremists from Somalia’s Al Shabaab insurgency took two Christian lives in December. In the attack on a bus with more than 100 passengers in Kenya’s northeast on Dec. 21, the Al Shabaab rebels tried to separate Christians from […]
Another Christian Leader Arrested in Sudan
Head of discipleship for embattled North Khartoum church held without charges.
December 30, 2015 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The head of discipleship at a North Khartoum, Sudan church has been arrested, sources said. Agents of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) went to the home of Telahoon Nogose Kassa, 36, the night of Dec. 13 and told him to report to their offices, the sources said. […]
Textbooks in Turkey Improved, but Biased against Non-Islamic Faiths, Study Says
USCIRF notes misrepresentations of Christianity.
December 27, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Newly revised textbooks for schoolchildren’s mandatory religion classes in Turkey are markedly improved but still have notable shortcomings, according to a study by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The textbooks do not adequately address Christianity and other non-Islamic religions, according to USCIRF. “The current books are a […]
Muslim Extremists in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian Policeman, Kidnap Three Children
Bloodshed continues for converts in heavily Islamic region.
December 14, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda on Tuesday (Dec. 8) set a deadly trap for a Christian policeman who had left Islam, and the next day other hard-line Muslims kidnapped three children from another convert in a nearby village, sources said. More than 20 Muslim extremists in the Komodo area of […]