JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim residents of Kasuwan Magani in northern Nigeria yesterday killed 12 Christians after an attempt to rescue two Christian teenage girls from Muslims who had kidnapped them and coerced them to convert, area residents told Morning Star News. James Madaki, a 50-year-old member of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), said […]
Kidnapping of Christian Girls in Kaduna, Nigeria Leads to Casualties, Area Christians Say
Attempt to rescue teenage girls prompts Muslim rampage, they say.
February 27, 2018 By -
Bible Burning in Southern India Shows Depth of Hostility Toward Christians
Report denotes leap in anti-Christian attacks in 2017.
February 27, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in southern India issued harsh threats to Christians distributing Bibles before snatching their car keys, taking Bibles out of their vehicle and setting the Scripture on fire, sources said. Christians associated with Gideons International, all senior citizens, told Morning Star News that their advanced age did not temper […]
Cousin of Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Injured While Fleeing Interrogators
Investigators ordered him to sodomize relative, he says.
February 26, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian man in Pakistan is in critical condition after jumping from a fourth-floor window when interrogators tried to force him to sodomize his cousin, a suspect in a blasphemy case, sources said. Sajid Masih, 24, was summoned for questioning in Lahore on Friday (Feb. 23) by the Federal […]
Highest Court in Malaysia to Hear Appeal of Christian Converts from Islam
Four people seek to have their faith legally recognized.
February 23, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – On Monday (Feb. 26) the highest court in Malaysia is scheduled to hear the appeal of four people who wish to have their conversions from Islam to Christianity legally recognized. In a country where there is no legal way to leave Islam, the four people are asking the Federal Court to […]
Church Building Demolished in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Local government, university give no prior notice.
February 22, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A congregation on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar has been without a place to worship this year after local authorities demolished their church building, the pastor said. Local government officials gave no prior warning to church leaders before a bulldozer arrived on Jan. 7 and razed the building in Zanzibar […]
Christian in Pakistan Arrested for ‘Blasphemy’ to Appease Islamist Throng, Sources Say
Hundreds of villagers flee.
February 20, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in a village near Lahore, Pakistan yesterday after Muslim protestors called for the death of a young Christian accused of blasphemy, sources said. Patras Masih, an 18-year-old resident of Dher village in Shahdara Town area of Lahore, was taken into police custody late Monday […]
Suspected Al Shabaab Militants Kill Three Christians in Northeast Kenya, Sources Say
Islamic extremists shoot two teachers and wife of one to death.
February 19, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected members of Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab shot three Christians to death in northeastern Kenya at 1 a.m. on Friday (Feb. 16), sources said. Targeting Kenyans who came from other areas to work in predominantly Somali Wajir, some 100 miles from the Somali border, the suspected terrorists from the […]
Muslim Extremist Who Attacked Church in Indonesia Tried to Go to Syria
Priest, three parishioners and policeman wounded in sword attack.
February 16, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – A Muslim extremist who attacked a Catholic church in Indonesia on Sunday (Feb. 11) had tried to go to Syria, according to reports. The 23-year-old identified as Suliyono of Bayuwangi in East Java wounded a priest and three others during Mass at St. Lidwina Catholic Church in Central Java’s city of Yogyakarta. […]
Authorities in Sudan Demolish Church Building in Khartoum
No notice given before bulldozers arrive two hours after service.
February 12, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan yesterday demolished a church building in North Khartoum, sources said. The 64 members of the Evangelical Church in Al Haj Yousif in the Sudanese capital will have no place to worship next Sunday after land officials sent a bulldozer accompanied by police to tear down their […]
Fiery Ordeal for Pastor, Church, Widower in Jammu and Kashmir State, India
Hindu extremist mob tries to burn husband along with deceased wife’s body.
February 8, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pastor Jeewer Joeswa wasn’t sure what to think when a massive, chanting Hindu throng in northern India brought the corpse of a Christian woman to his church site – then set the building on fire. Seema Devi, 23, had put her faith in Christ several months before, after the pastor had […]