(Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has killed an aid worker as an “apostate” from Islam and vowed to keep kidnapped high school girl Leah Sharibu as a “slave for life,” Nigerian news outlet The Cable reported. Leah, kidnapped along with more than 100 schoolgirls from Dapchi, Yobe state in February but […]
Leah Sharibu Kept as Slave, Aid Worker Killed as ‘Apostate,’ in Nigeria, Report Says
Boko Haram’s Islamic law allows ‘infidels’ to be enslaved, group says.
October 16, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
Fear Grips Churches in Northeastern Kenya as Muslim Extremists Kill Two Christian Teachers
In coastal Kenya, economic persecution, residents say.
October 15, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists suspected to be Al Shabaab militants on Wednesday at 1 a.m. (Oct. 10) killed two Christians in northern Kenya, sources said. In Mandera East, in Mandera County on Kenya’s border with Somalia, more than 20 suspected Somali Al Shabaab rebels detonated an Improvised Explosive Device at the block […]
Crack-Down on Christians in Iran Continues with Two More Prison Sentences
Regime threatened by rampant growth of Christianity, advocates say.
October 12, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Rights groups learned last week that two Christians in Iran have been sentenced to prison, the latest in a series of convictions on fabricated charges. Saheb Fadaei, already serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran, and Fatimeh Bakherti, both converts from Islam, were sentenced on Sept. 22 to 18 months and […]
Christians Face Trial in Algeria over Wife’s Accusations of Evangelizing
Muslim relatives forced her to file complaint, husband says.
October 10, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Two Christians in Algeria are facing trial after the Muslim wife of one accused them of suggesting she leave Islam, her husband said. Rachid Ouali and his 67-year-old friend, Ali Larchi, went before a judge in Bouira, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of Algiers, on Tuesday (Oct. 9), after […]
Violence against Christians Ratchets Up in Southern India
Worshippers increasingly live in fear.
October 9, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Christians in southern India are increasingly living in fear as the level of violence against them continues to rise, sources said. The southern states of Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala saw at least 60 cases of persecution of Christians in the first nine months of 2018, compared […]
Six Months after Medical Personnel Kill Christian in Pakistan, No Arrests, Brother Says
Counter-case against victim’s family rejected.
October 8, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – More than six months after doctors and hospital staff members killed a Christian at a government hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, none of the suspects has been arrested, the victim’s brother said. Anil Saleem, brother of Sunil Saleem, told Morning Star News that police efforts have been lax in the Catholic family’s quest […]
Sudan Releases Bible Shipments Detained in Port Years Ago
Country long starved of Arabic-language Scripture.
October 5, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In a surprise move, Sudan has released shipments of Bibles long held in port, including one detained nearly six years ago, according to the head of the Bible Society in Sudan. The Rev. Ismail Abdurahman Kenani, Khartoum-based director of the Bible Society in Sudan, said port authorities had been […]
Authorities Seal Shut Three Church Buildings in Indonesia
Islamists pressure local officials, Christian leaders say.
October 4, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Police in Jambi, on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, last week escorted members of a Methodist church congregation out of their building and sealed the door shut. While church members wept, the Jambi Civil Service Police pasted a notice declaring the building was sealed due lack of a permit, as seen in […]
Kurdish Authorities in Syria Close Schools Run by Assyrian Christians
De facto regional government discouraging return of Assyrian refugees, critics say.
October 3, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have closed private schools administered by the Syriac Orthodox Church, which Assyrian Christians say threatens the survival of the Christian community in the region. The schools in the Kurdish-governed northeastern region of Syria were forcefully closed for refusing to implement a curriculum that school officials say […]
Rebels in Burma Detain More than 90 Christian Leaders, Shut Down More Churches
Some students forced to serve in UWSA forces, sources say.
October 1, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – After shutting down at least 10 churches in early September, ethnic Wa rebels in eastern Burma (Myanmar) have closed dozens of other churches and detained 92 Christian leaders and 42 students in a bid to curtail Christian activities, sources said. The United Wa State Army (UWSA) in late September detained […]