NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Attacks and other actions against Christians in Sri Lanka have escalated this year, with Hindu extremism beginning to take root along with long-time Buddhist aggression, according to rights advocates. “Last month there have been more incidents that have been documented than previous months,” an attorney with the National Christian Evangelical […]
Violence, Discrimination against Christians Escalate in Sri Lanka
Hindu extremism emerging along with Buddhist aggression, advocates say.
October 19, 2018 By -
Another Church Building Sealed Shut in Algeria
Compliance with building codes not enough to prevent closure.
October 18, 2018 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Algeria sealed shut a church site on Tuesday (Oct. 16) even after Christian leaders complied with orders to meet building codes, sources said. In Azaghar village near Akbou, about 185 kilometers (114 miles) east of Algiers in Bejaia Province, Kabylie Region, eight policemen sealed shut the doors of […]
Christians in Darfur, Sudan Arrested during Combined Worship of House Churches
Whereabouts of converts from Islam unknown.
October 17, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News)– Security officials in Sudan last week arrested 13 Christians during a worship service in the Darfur Region, sources said. Personnel from Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) interrupted the worship service the afternoon of Oct. 10 in Nyala, capital of South Darfur state in western Sudan’s Darfur Region and […]
Policeman Sexually Harasses Christian Woman in Sudan, Sources Say
Officer says he has mandate to target ‘indecently dressed’ women.
October 17, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A young Catholic woman has discovered personally that many Public Order Police in Muslim-majority Sudan believe they have a mandate to sexually harass those they deem inappropriately dressed. Nyankiir Kual Mayen, a 24-year-old university student in Al Qadarif in eastern Sudan, filed a complaint with police two days after […]
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 -
(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 […]
Fear Grips Churches in Northeastern Kenya as Muslim Extremists Kill Two Christian Teachers
In coastal Kenya, economic persecution, residents say.
October 15, 2018 By -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 […]