KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The latest in a series of Muslim Fulani attacks on a village in northern Nigeria has killed a Christian’s two adult sons, closed churches and sent residents fleeing the area. “We pray God will convict our attackers and make them to repent from these evil acts against us,” Madami Agiya, […]
Muslim Fulani Kidnappers Ravage Village in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Killings, abductions terrorize families, close churches.
December 18, 2017 By -
Suicide Attack on Church in Pakistan Darkens Christmas Celebrations
At least nine killed, more than 50 wounded, sources say.
December 17, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Terror struck Christians in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province today as four terrorists allegedly linked with the Islamic State (IS) attacked a church, killing at least nine worshippers and injuring more than 50 others. Police and church officials told Morning Star News that four suicide attackers stormed the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church […]
Christians Beaten, Falsely Charged and Jailed in Mob Attack in India, Sources Say
Come, let us burn them alive,’ Hindu extremists shout.
December 14, 2017 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Seven Christians in India have been booked on charges of hurting religious feelings after Hindu extremists savagely beat them when they gathered to pray for a sick man at his home, sources said. Police in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh state on Dec. 4 charged the six Christian men and one woman […]
Eviction of Pastors Upheld, Scores of Christians in Court as Sudan Takes Over Church Properties
Government ramps up campaign to rid country of Christianity.
December 13, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – An Islamist judge in Sudan upheld the eviction of two pastors from their church-owned homes while 60 other Christians have been summoned to court over their refusal to relinquish property, sources said. Judge Adam Tahir Haj Adam on Dec. 3 rejected an appeal of the Aug. 15 eviction of […]
Hindu Extremists Beat Pastors, Stop Gospel Event in Chhattisgarh State, India
Police complicit in harassment, Christian leaders say.
December 11, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Berating and slapping two pastors into signing an apology letter before police, Hindu extremists stopped a planned three-day gospel meeting in Chhattisgarh state, India minutes before it was to begin, sources said. Hindu nationalists beat pastor Vijay Jogi and pastor Santosh Rao minutes before the start of the first meeting, […]
Occult Groups in Nigeria Kill, Kidnap Christians
Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen not only ones terrorizing the church.
December 8, 2017 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Besides Islamic extremist Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen, occult groups are also terrorizing Christians in Nigeria. Pastor Victor Kanayo of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) was killed in a town in Lagos state on Nov. 26 by an occult group known as Badoo, a week after suspected Badoo […]
Christian in Uganda Who Lost Family to Muslims Beaten Unconscious
Former sheikh lost wife, three children.
December 7, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A former sheikh (Islamic teacher) in eastern Uganda has been in hiding since he lost his family for putting his faith in Christ two years ago, but last month he was tricked into a life-threatening encounter. Mulangira Ibrahim, 27, was on his way to his pastor’s house after a church […]
Kidnappings, Threats of Massacre Terrorize Christians in Kano State, Nigeria
Officials are complicit and security forces lax, church leaders say.
November 29, 2017 By -
KANO, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – When the 50-year-old church elder and leader of Kano state’s Samaila village heard gunshots shortly before midnight, he rushed out of his house to try to find security agents. It was a natural reaction for Mai’angwa Samaila, given recent Islamist attacks in northern Nigeria. What the elder for the Evangelical […]
Somali Muslims Break In, Beat Children of Christian Widow in Kenya
Two of three victims spend four days in hospital.
November 28, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya attacked a Christian widow’s children, ages 13, 17 and 21, leaving two of them seriously injured and still in pain 11 days after the assault, sources said. Hadiya (surname withheld), an immigrant from Somalia, had not yet returned from a trip to […]
Christians in Egypt Lose More Worship Sites
Fear of Islamist attacks again cited for closing churches.
November 27, 2017 By -
ABERDEEN, Scotland (Morning Star News) – Fear of Islamist attacks was again cited as the cause of stopping worship in Egypt this month, even though parishioners said local Muslims supported the opening of the shuttered church outside Cairo, sources said. Anba Morcos, Coptic Orthodox bishop of Shobra El-Kheima, decided to close the Pope Kerlis VI and […]