(Morning Star News) – Four Christians in Nepal sentenced to five years in prison on false charges of “witchcraft” and “violence” were released today after a high court annulled their convictions, church leaders said. Lali Pun, Bimkali Budha, Suk Lal Pariyar and Ganga Pariyar had been accused in Salyan District Court on May 19, […]
Christians in Nepal Sentenced to Prison for Praying for Ill Woman Are Released
Church leaders believe they were set up.
September 22, 2017 By -
Christian Father of Two in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for ‘Blaspheming’ Prophet of Islam
Muslim accuser had personal conflict with him, attorney says.
September 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of two in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for blaspheming Islam’s prophet in a phone text even though he is illiterate, sources said. Nadeem James, 27, was charged in July 2016 in Gujrat District after a friend, Yasir Bashir, complained to police that he received a […]
Christian High School Student Killed in Pakistan
Muslim classmates apparently covering up religious motive.
September 8, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The father of a 17-year-old Christian who was killed in a school in Pakistan by at least one Muslim classmate said the attack was religiously motivated, a charge that police dispute. Ilyasab Masih told Morning Star News by phone from his home in Chak 461 village, Vehari District in Punjab […]
Al Shabaab Militants in Kenya Kill Four Christians
Somali Islamic extremists identify non-Muslims for slaughter.
September 7, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Somali militants from the Islamic extremist Al Shabaab killed four Christians in coastal Kenya on Wednesday (Sept. 6), a local source said. Shaken residents of Bobo village in Lamu County left their homes and slept in the cold of the wilds or in nearby Hindi after Al Shabaab members accompanied […]
Catholic Priest in Nigeria Kidnapped, Killed
No ransom demanded, no sign of robbery.
September 4, 2017 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Catholic priest who was kidnapped in southeastern Nigeria on Friday (Sept. 1), was found dead on Saturday, sources said. Gunmen dragged the Rev. Cyriacus Onunkwo, of the diocese of Orlu, Imo state, from his car in the town of Orlu, Imo state, and the next day police found his […]
Pastor in India Perseveres amid Persecution by Hindu Extremists
Assailants demand he renounce Christ for savage beating to end.
August 31, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A band of Hindu extremists who had snuck into a house-church service beat a pastor with steel rods and sticks, one of them yelling that they would stop if he shouted, “Hail, Lord Ram [Jai Sri Ram]!” “I remained mum,” pastor Harjot Singh Sethi, 26, told Morning Star News. “I […]
Mother in Uganda Beaten, Driven from Home for Embracing Christianity
Woman leaves Islam after daughter is healed.
August 30, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ is in hiding after her husband beat her for leaving Islam, sources said. Sophia Nakisaala, 35, turned to Christ on Aug. 7 after her daughter was healed when a street preacher she’d heard in Bulopa village, Kamuli District, prayed […]
Pastors Arrested in Sudan as Government Moves to Take Over Church
Seven leaders interrogated, released on bail.
August 28, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in Sudan arrested and interrogated seven church leaders last week in Omdurman, Sudan before releasing them on bail, sources said. The Christian leaders were jailed for six hours on Wednesday (Aug. 23) and charged with refusing to comply with an order to turn over leadership of their congregation […]
Christian Mother Who Died in Detention in Eritrea Showed Signs of Torture, Mourners Note
Maltreatment may have contributed to her death, relative says.
August 25, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A relative at the burial of a Christian mother of three who died in detention in Eritrea told Morning Star News her body showed signs of torture that could have contributed to her death. Eritrean authorities arrested Fikadu Debesay and her husband in the southern town of Adi Quala as […]
Egypt Closes One Church, Blocks Worship at Another
Officials use security risk as pretext to keep places of worship closed.
August 24, 2017 By -
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – Authorities have closed a church that serves three villages in Upper Egypt on the pretext that area Muslims object to it – one of at least 15 Christian worship sites shuttered in the bishopric of Minya, sources said. Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Minya Anba Makarios spent weeks appealing to security officials […]