LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 14-year-old Catholic girl in Pakistan, taken from her family in December and forcibly converted to Islam, was rescued on Wednesday (April 26), her lawyer said. Attorney Tahir Bashir said police officer Munir Ahmed on Dec. 6 illegally detained Sumbal Arif of Hafizabad District, Punjab Province and coerced her into […]
Girl, 14, Rescued from Muslim in Pakistan Accused of Forcibly Converting Her
Police officer held her captive at his home, family says.
May 2, 2017 By -
Violence against Muslims Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Spurs Calls for Reform of Laws
Christians long persecuted under the statutes are hopeful.
May 1, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Gruesome violence against Muslims accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has reignited calls for amending blasphemy statutes commonly used to persecute Christians. The lynching of a Muslim student over blasphemy charges at a university in northwestern Pakistan, the murder of a blasphemy accused Muslim in Punjab Province and mob violence against […]
Police, Mob Attack Synod Guard’s Quarters, Arrest His Family in Omdurman, Sudan
Mother, three young children released without charges.
April 26, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Three weeks after an elder was killed in an attack on church property in Omdurman, Sudan, a mob with police on Monday (April 24) ransacked the living quarters of the compound guard and arrested his family, sources said. Police accompanied by a mob demolished part of the room where […]
Muslim Extremists Destroy Pastor’s Farm, Church Building in Eastern Uganda
Assailants to threaten to kill him for taking legal action, he says.
April 21, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda is without his home, farm and church building after Muslim extremists armed with swords and clubs rampaged through his property on March 27, he said. The band of nine Muslims, who also carried blunt metal objects, were shouting the jihadist slogan “Allah Akbar [God is […]
Police, Local Officials Complicit in Buddhist Attacks in Sri Lanka, Report Indicates
Worship services ordered to stop.
April 20, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – Police and local officials in Sri Lanka declined to recognize Buddhist aggression against churches and in some cases encouraged persecution of Christians in the first four months of the year, a report indicates. Police initially refused to register a case when a mob led by Buddhist monks assaulted the pastor of […]
Muslims in Zanzibar, Tanzania Jail Pastor in Child Abuse Allegation Scheme, Group Says
Church leader could face 30 years in prison.
April 11, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Zanzibar have re-opened a child abuse case dismissed more than two years ago as a pretext for jailing a pastor on the semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania, church leaders said. Police in November 2014 had closed the case against pastor Yohana Madai of the Free Pentecostal […]
Bombings at Two Churches in Egypt Turn Palm Sunday into Scenes of Carnage
Blasts in Tanta and Alexandria kill at least 44 people.
April 9, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – Bomb attacks on two Coptic churches holding Palm Sunday services in Egypt today killed at least 44 people and injured more than 100 others, according to reports. The first bomb exploded in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, at St. George’s Church about 60 miles north of Cairo, killing at least […]
Two Pastors in Burma Detained More than Three Months Without Trial
Baptist leaders tried to help couple who lost their house.
April 7, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma army have been jailed without trial for more than three months, sources said. Pastors Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, and 35-year-old La Jaw Gam Hseng were arrested on Dec. 24 after helping local journalists cover military conflict in northern Shan state, eastern Burma […]
Mob Kills Christian Elder at Evangelical School of Sudan in Omdurman
Church leader defended women after police arrested men at embattled institution.
April 5, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A church elder on Monday (April 3) died from injuries sustained in a raid on an embattled Christian school by supporters of a Muslim business interest in Omdurman, Sudan, sources said. Younan Abdullah, an elder with Bahri Evangelical Church, died in a hospital after being stabbed while he and […]
Christians Accused in Killings in Pakistan Tortured, Pressured to Recant Faith
42 suspects in lynching of Muslims offered freedom if they convert to Islam.
April 3, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Relatives of jailed Christians in Pakistan said police who tortured the prisoners offered freedom if the detainees converted to Islam, and that a public prosecutor made the same offer in exchange for bail. The accusations come days after the government of Pakistan decried forced conversions of people of minority faiths. […]