JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – The latest in a string of harsh sentences against church leaders in Iran has been handed down to four Christian converts for promoting Christianity, according to human rights activists. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, along with deacons Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb Fadaie, were sentenced to 10 years in prison in a […]
Harsh Punishments Meted Out to Christians in Iran as Tehran Sends Chilling Signal
Converts from Islam sentenced to 10 years in prison.
July 13, 2017 By -
Christians in Coastal Kenya Fearful after Slaughter of 13 Non-Muslims
Area Muslims collude with Al Shabaab militants.
July 12, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Al Shabaab militia over the weekend killed 13 non-Muslims, mostly Christians, in coastal Kenya, sources said. Village Muslims in the Pandanguo settlement of Lamu County helped Islamic extremists from the Somalia-based Al Shabaab identify locations where the Christians resided, a survivor of the attack told Morning Star News from […]
Hindu Extremist Attack in Odisha State, India Ends in ‘Agreement’ Stopping Worship Services
Injured Christians forced to sign document.
June 30, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – After an attack in eastern India in which a Christian was seriously injured, police and Hindus this month created an “agreement” – without participation of church members – effectively halting worship services, sources said. Church members were bullied into signing the agreement, they said. As a result, in the tribal […]
Hospital in Pakistan Accused of Letting Christian Die Requests Arrest of Relatives, Colleagues
Medical superintendent tries to pressure family to drop case, sources say.
June 27, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hospital officials are trying to pressure family members of a Christian who died from lack of treatment to drop charges against them by ordering their arrest, sources said. A court in Pakistan has ordered police to register a case against family members and colleagues of Christian sanitation worker Irfan Masih, […]
Christians Taking Children to Camp in India Charged with Kidnapping, Forced Conversion
One minor held for 25 days, another still in custody along with five adult volunteers.
June 23, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Six Christians taking children to a Vacation Bible School camp remain in custody in Madhya Pradesh state, India after police detained them last month on charges of kidnapping and forcible conversion, sources said. Also detained was a 15-year-old boy who was held in a juvenile detention center for nearly […]
Pastor Jailed in Burma Falls Ill
65-year-old Baptist leader on trial for ‘spying.’
June 20, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – One of two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma army last Christmas Eve is suffering deteriorating health from malnutrition, sources said. Pastor Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, has become weak, lacks energy and suffers from asthma and diarrhea, according to his wife and a lawyer for Nawng Latt and fellow […]
Christian Father of 2-Year-Old in Pakistan Jailed on Flimsy Blasphemy Charge, Brother Says
Arrested amid government crack-down on online ‘blasphemy.’
June 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Amid a government campaign in Pakistan against “blasphemous” content online, a Christian was arrested on Friday (June 16) when a Muslim accused him of blasphemy after a dispute over a repair bill, sources said. After millions of Pakistanis last month began receiving text messages from the government warning them against […]
Christian Families in India Forced into Hindu Ritual, Denied Water
Village head allows Hindus to deprive, isolate Christians, they say.
June 16, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Villagers in Uttar Pradesh state, India beat Christians, forced them to participate in Hindu rituals and have refused to provide them water, sources said. Four families who were attacked in Jalalabad village, Ghazipur District rely on the water to irrigate their fields, they said. “How will we survive if we […]
Christian Teacher Killed, another Abducted along with Muslim in Northeastern Kenya
Al Shabaab militants suspected.
June 14, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Al Shabaab militants walked into an elementary school compound in northeastern Kenya on May 31 and shot a Christian teacher to death, sources said. Elly Oloo Ojiema was shot at Fafi Primary School in Fafi, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Garissa. “The suspected Al Shabaab militants entered the […]
Young Christian Woman Said To Be Kidnapped Outside Cairo, Egypt
Third apparent abduction in area since accidental shooting of Muslim.
June 12, 2017 By -
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – A young Coptic woman in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt remains missing after her disappearance last week from an area where Muslim attacks against Christians have surged, sources said. Suzan Ashraf Rawy, 22, left for work by foot from her home in Al Khosous on the morning of June 5 but […]