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 […]
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 -
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 […]
Ferocity of Hindu Extremist Attacks Stuns Christians in Tamil Nadu, India
Assailants try to humiliate church members into becoming Hindus.
March 21, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Before Hindu extremists attacking a church in southern India this month repeatedly kicked a pastor’s wife in the face, rendering her unconscious, they tried to snatch her Bible from her. Persia Jacob, 38, clasped the Bible close to her heart as they tried to seize it. “I will die, but […]
Christians Wounded in Muslim Attack on Church Service in Pakistan
Assailants beat worshippers with bricks, open fire on them.
March 20, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – At least seven Christian worshippers were injured in an armed attack by local Muslims on a church service on Sunday (March 18) in southern Punjab Province, Pakistan, the church pastor told Morning Star News. Pastor Haleem Feroze Masih of the King Jesus Church in Burewala, 155 miles (251 kilometers) southwest of […]
Christian Widow, Bereaved Father Show Reality behind Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria
Mother of nine loses husband to killers.
March 19, 2018 By -
MIANGO, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Crestfallen, the 48-year-old Christian sat in his house in Miango, central Nigeria, where three of his children were killed a week before. “These series of attacks have been carried out against us Christians in this area for some time now by these armed herdsmen, and we don’t know precisely why […]
Christian Woman in Hiding after Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Husband in Nigeria
Predominantly Christian village abandoned.
March 17, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A young Christian mother of three has been in hiding for more than four months since Muslim Fulani herdsmen threatened her ter lling her husband, she said. Soon after the herdsmen killed her husband in an attack on Zanwra village, near Jos in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, 25-year-old Lami Bulus […]
Pastor’s Family Assaulted in Southern India
Police come under pressure to file counter charge against Christians.
March 14, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – On a recent Monday at noon in southern India, a pastor’s family in Telangana state noticed motorcycles parked outside their church gate and a gang of young men loudly reading the church banner. The banner of the church in Ramachandrapuram village, Karimngar District, included 2 Cor. 12:9, “My grace is sufficient […]
Sentencing of Pastor Adds to Uptick in Persecution in Algeria
Rights advocates fear coordinated campaign against Christianity.
March 12, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – In the latest of a rash of persecution incidents in Algeria, a judge on Thursday (March 8) sentenced a pastor to a fine and a suspended prison sentence under a law that prohibits causing Muslims to doubt their religion, sources said. In Frenda, Tiaret Province, pastor Nordine B. was ordered to […]
Hindu Extremists in Eastern India Attack Christians Coming Off Bus
Two Christians hospitalized.
March 7, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians on their way to a recent Christian camp in eastern India shared the purpose of their trip with fellow bus passengers, not realizing one of them was a Hindu extremist. He began to argue about conversion with the Christians, mostly women and children, including a native missionary from a […]