JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has fined seven church leaders fighting a takeover of their school in Omdurman for “objection to authorities,” a church leader said. The court yesterday (Feb. 5) found Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) elder Yohanna Tia guilty under articles 182/183 for objection to authorities and fined […]
Court in Sudan Fines Christian Leaders for Defending Church Property
Government helping Muslim business interest take over school, sources say.
February 6, 2018 By -
Muslim Herdsmen, Terrorists Kill Eight Christians in Central Nigeria, Sources Say
Church building, 50 houses set on fire.
February 2, 2018 By -
JEBU-MIANGO, Nigeria, (Morning Star News) – Attacks on villages in north-central Nigeria that killed eight Christians in the past two weeks were carried out by Muslim Fulani herdsmen aided by terrorists from Islamic extremist groups, a local pastor said. The Rev. Sunday Gado Biri told Morning Star News that the assailants also torched 50 houses belonging […]
Christian Convert in Uganda Suffers Sudden Loss of Father, Wife, Children
‘Infidel’ fears for his life.
January 31, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – In a village in eastern Uganda, it took no more than a day for Munabi Abudallah to lose his wife and seven children after putting his faith in Christ. “The Muslims are searching to kill me,” Abudallah, 37, told Morning Star News by phone. “My family members have deserted me. I […]
Muslim Student Accused of Killing Christian in Pakistan Released on Bail
Move suggests suspect could be acquitted, advocates fear.
January 30, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim high school student accused of killing a Christian in Pakistan has been freed on bail due to gaps in police investigations, sources said. Sharoon Masih, 17, died on Aug. 27, 2017 after Ahmed Raza beat him for drinking water from a glass used by all students in a […]
Christian Students Knifed, Beaten in High School Clash in Kenya
Muslim boys stab those who refused to convert, source says.
January 29, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim students at a high school in Nairobi on Tuesday night (Jan. 23) beat and stabbed Christians who refused to convert to Islam, a local source said. Tensions had been growing for weeks at Jamhuri High School in northern Nairobi, with Muslims primarily of Somali, Boran and Oromo descent complaining […]
Harassment of Messianic Jews’ Center in Israel Begins Anew
Meeting place had temporarily closed after last year’s attacks.
January 26, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – After opposition shut down a meeting center for Messianic Jews in southern Israel last May, ultra-Orthodox Jews are harassing it again since it re-opened this month, sources said. Ultra-Orthodox Jews protested the presence of the center in Dimona, Israel on Tuesday (Jan. 23) and threatened some of the Messianic Jews, followers […]
Government, Police in India Thwart Threatened Attacks on Christians
Striking example of what officials can do with political will, bishop says.
January 24, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The Rev. Shaju Devassy was quietly attending to his work as director of a Catholic graduate college in central India on Dec. 30 when police showed up and told him a mob of angry Hindu protestors was on its way. Police in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh state held the 70-strong mob […]
Pastor Found Dead in Tamil Nadu, India
Body appears to have been hung after death, church members say.
January 21, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor in southern India was found hung from the thatched roof of his house early Saturday morning (Jan. 20), a week after he complained to police about opposition from Hindu extremists, sources said. Congregation members said they found the body of pastor Gideon Periyaswamy of Maknayeem Church […]
Coptic Christian Slain in North Sinai, Egypt
Islamist militants spare his brother, Muslim friend.
January 16, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian killed by Islamic militants in Egypt’s northern Sinai was buried in his home village yesterday amid wailing and tears, religious rights activists said. Bassem Herz Attalhah, 27, was shot to death on a street in El Arish, capital of the North Sinai Governorate, on Saturday (Jan. 13) after […]
Pastors Draw Close to God as Tribal Churches Are Attacked in India
Indigenous leaders appear to join forces with Hindu nationalists to assault Christians.
January 15, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – When Hindu extremists in India told pastor Karma Oraon they would not stop beating him until he worshipped the monkey god, he felt Christ close to him, he said. “In those moments when they were kicking and beating me, I felt that even if I die now, the Lord will […]