ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – One Christian is dead, several others have been wounded and a fire gutted a church building after Muslims across Egypt waged a weekend of violence against Copts. In Tahana El-Gabal village in Minya Governorate, on Sunday night (July 17) Fam Mary Khalaf, 27, was overpowered by a group of Muslims […]
One Dead, Several Injured in Islamist Attacks on Copts in Egypt
Weekend of violence abetted by impunity.
July 19, 2016 By -
Deep Love, Indescribable Pain for Family of Slain Evangelist in Nigeria
Pastor husband says she had premonition of being in heaven.
July 15, 2016 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The last words of an evangelist who was killed while she was street-preaching here on Saturday (July 9) were, “Blood of Jesus,” her husband told Morning Star News. Eunice Mojisola Olawale, a deaconess in the Redeemed Christian Church of God that her husband pastors in a suburb of Abuja, was […]
Authorities in Sudan Jail Christians Defending School on Property of Embattled Church
Government helping Muslim business interest to seize facilities.
July 15, 2016 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese security personnel in North Khartoum last week jailed 14 Christians after raiding an evangelical school on a church property the government is helping a Muslim business interest to seize, sources said. Leaders of the Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church were inside the Bahri Evangelical School in North Khartoum trying […]
Christian in Pakistan Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ after Argument with Muslim
Two female relatives taken into custody are released after his arrest.
July 13, 2016 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of two in Pakistan was arrested last night under blasphemy charges after a Muslim friend accused him of forwarding a poem on an instant messaging application, sources said. Nadeem James, a 26-year-old Catholic in Gujrat District, had argued about religion with his Muslim friend, Yasir Bashir, a […]
Imprisoned Christian in Iran Hopes for Appeal; Inmate Returns after Medical Leave
Separately, incarcerated woman on hunger strike wins medical furlough.
July 7, 2016 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam sentenced to five years in prison on a concocted charge of “disturbing the national security of Iran” is expected to be granted an appeal this month after waiting more than a year for a hearing. Although there is no evidence that any action will be taken […]
Copt Stabbed to Death in Egypt Less than Week after Islamic State Kills Priest
Islamic month of Ramadan marked by violence.
July 6, 2016 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Coptic pharmacist was stabbed to death and then beheaded by a group of Salafi Muslims in Egypt’s Delta region Monday (July 4), the latest in a string of attacks against Copts during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Family members found the body of Magdy Attia, 33, in an apartment […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
ECWA leader attacked with machete blows.
July 5, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Nasarawa state killed last week in Obi was buried today in his hometown of Zonkwa, Kaduna state. Muslim Fulani herdsmen with machetes killed the Rev. Zakariya Joseph Kurah of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) on Thursday (June 30) while he was working at his farm, sources […]
Muslim Villagers in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian Woman, Infant Girl, Sources Say
Widow refused mosque on her land; mother accused of violating Ramadan.
June 30, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers in eastern Uganda last week killed a Christian woman for refusing to allow a mosque on her property, and in the same district Muslim relatives of a young Christian mother poisoned her baby, sources said. Efranse Kadondo, a 50-year-old Catholic of Naigobya village, Kiyunga Sub-County in Luuka District, […]
Blasphemy Law in Pakistan Claims another Victim – and His Accusers
Death sentences meted out to Christians, Muslim under draconian statute.
June 29, 2016 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan who reported an attempt to blackmail him for allegedly blaspheming Islam’s prophet was sentenced to death this week in a bizarre case riddled with police irregularities, sources said. Anjum Naz Sindhu, 65-year-old Catholic owner of a prominent chain of schools in Gujranwala, received the death sentence […]
Police in India Threaten to Fine Christians Attacked by Hindu Extremists
Villagers deprive impoverished Dalits of state benefits.
June 29, 2016 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A month after a crowd of village Hindus in Jharkhand state, India summoned 25 Christians, tied up six of them and beat them with sticks, some of the assailants ran into one of the Christians and asked if he was still worshipping Christ. The Hindu extremists in Hunter village, Palamu […]