CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Security police in Morocco detained a Christian for 24 hours after finding Christian literature in his backpack, according to published reports. Spanish news agency EFE reported that authorities stopped the 35-year-old Moroccan, whose name was not disclosed, as he came out of his home in Rabat on Wednesday morning (April […]
Security Agents in Morocco Reportedly Detain Christian for 24 Hours
Harassment comes amid calls for religious freedom.
April 20, 2018 By -
Gunmen Kill Two More Christians, Wound Three, in Quetta, Pakistan
Two girls, 11 and 13, injured in second attack this month in city.
April 17, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians in Quetta, Pakistan are living in fear after the second attack this month by suspected Islamist militants killed two Christians in front of a home. Three other people were injured, including two girls, in the shooting on Sunday (April 15) in the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, […]
Christians in Sudan Charged in Defense of Church Property Case
Court drops charges against five others.
April 13, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Omdurman, Sudan on Wednesday (April 11) charged four Christians who defended church property from a takeover by a Muslim business interest, sources said. Azhari Tumbara, Muna Matta, George Adam and Kudi Abderhman last year tried to keep authorities from seizing Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) property […]
Hard-line Hindu Confesses to Attempted Murder of Pastor in Southern India, Police Say
Axe attack leaves house church leader within 30 minutes of death, doctor says.
April 9, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A hard-line Hindu has confessed to attempting to murder a pastor in southern India as the Christian leader was praying at night, according to police. Pastor Madira Koti Reddy, who leads a house church in Rentachintala village, Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh state, on March 29 had gone to his […]
Four Christians Killed, Girl Wounded in Easter Monday Attack in Pakistan
Islamic extremist groups suspected.
April 3, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Four Christians, including a woman, were killed and a young girl wounded in a terrorist attack in Pakistan on Monday (April 2), sources said. Rickshaw driver Pervaiz Masih was transporting his brothers-in-law Imran Masih and Tariq Masih, along with their sister-in-law Firdous, in Quetta, capital of the restive province, when […]
Staff Members at Emergency Maternity Ward in Pakistan Kill Christian, Relatives Say
Muslim doctors upset that Catholic woman in labor asked for immediate attention, brother says.
March 28, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Medical staff and security guards at a major government hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (March 26) killed a Christian father of four and injured five members of his family, including the pregnant sister he had brought because she was in labor, sources said. Anil Saleem said that he, his […]
Hindu Extremists Turn Tribal, Animist Villagers against Christians in India
Assault drives five families out of village for nearly a week.
March 27, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – About 20 villagers questioning Christians gathered for worship in a home in Odisha state, India were animists who worshipped objects in nature and other gods, but Hindu nationalists had led them there. “Why have you left your ancestral faith and begun following the Christian faith?” a few of them asked, […]
Kidnapped Girl’s Church Calls on Buhari to Win Her Release from Boko Haram in Nigeria
Leah Nathan Sharibu remains hostage for refusing to renounce Christ.
March 26, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria retained the only Christian among more than 100 kidnapped girls who were freed last week, prompting the head of her church denomination to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to obtain her release. Boko Haram refused to release Leah Nathan Sharibu, 15, because she would not […]
Court in Pakistan Acquits 20 Muslims Suspected in Brick-Kiln Killing of Christian Couple
Separately, Christian on death row wins appeal.
March 25, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – An anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday (March 24) acquitted 20 Muslims suspected of involvement in the killing and burning in a brick kiln of a Christian couple in 2014, sources said. A frenzied Muslim mob of hundreds, incited by announcements made over a mosque loudspeaker, tortured and killed […]
Muslim Relatives of New Christian in Eastern Uganda Attack Him with Hot Oil
Assault comes a week after converting.
March 23, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A week after a young Muslim in eastern Uganda put his faith in Christ, relatives attacked him with hot cooking oil, sources said. Gobera Bashir, 27, is still in pain with burns on 40 percent of his body after the assailants attacked him the night of March 10. Bashir, from […]