LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – China’s shuttering of more than a dozen unregistered congregations in Hainan Province is evidence of a plan to do away with house churches, according to the China Aid Association (CAA). Besides the church closures on Hainan Island off China’s southern-most coast in the past several weeks, officials have threatened to […]
Rash of Church Closures Evidence of Plan to End Unregistered Congregations, CAA Says
More than a dozen churches in Hainan Province ordered to stop meeting .
June 4, 2013 By -
Christians Deported from Morocco Fight to be Reunited with Orphans
Court rules against Village of Hope, reversing ruling that it was a legal entity.
May 31, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Expatriate Christians who ran an orphanage in Morocco until they were deported on charges of proselytism said yesterday they will take their fight to be reunited with the children to the Supreme Court if necessary. An appellate court earlier this month delivered a verbal ruling in favor of the Moroccan […]
Christians in Morocco Fear Fatwa Portends Harsher Treatment
Converts unsettled by call for execution of those who leave Islam.
May 4, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Moroccan fatwa calling for the execution of those who leave Islam has left many Christian converts in turmoil. There is still much debate over how the fatwa, which only recently came to light after the government’s top authority on Islam issued it last year, could change laws in Morocco. […]
Sudan Intensifies Arrests, Deportations of Christians
Interrogations include threat to bury ministry group members alive.
April 30, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan, April 30, 2013 (Morning Star News) – Sudan has stepped up its targeting of Christians for deportation, with interrogation including threats to bury them alive, sources said. Besides the deportation to South Sudan of the secretary general of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference on April 12, other Christians have been targeted in […]
Christian Widow in Somalia Killed Four Months after Husband Slain
Islamic extremists shoot her to death; five children orphaned.
April 22, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamist militants in Somalia have killed the widow of a Christian who was slain for his faith in December, leaving the couple’s five children orphaned, sources said. Islamic extremist Al Shabaab rebels shot 42-year-old Fartun Omar to death on April 13 in Buulodbarde, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Beledweyne, according […]
Bomber of Messianic Jewish Family in Israel Imprisoned
Explosive planted in Purim gift basket nearly killed adolescent.
April 14, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – After five years of waiting for justice, a Messianic Jewish pastor in Israel says he is satisfied with the sentence given to an ultra-Orthodox, Jewish nationalist who bombed his home and almost killed his son. U.S. émigré Jack (Yakov) Teitel, 40, was sentenced on Tuesday (April 9) to two life […]
Turkish Church’s Faith Shines after Foiled Assassination Plot
Pastor, congregation undaunted after harrowing reminder of religio-political realities in Turkey.
April 10, 2013 By -
IZMIT, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Pastor Emre Karaali beams as he discusses the number of first-time visitors at his church’s Easter service – less than three months after a foiled plot to assassinate him that involved two visitors who pretended to be church members for a year. Police have released all but one of the […]
Christian Killed in Attack on Coptic Mourners in Egypt
Rocks, fire bombs, gunfire greet mourners leaving funeral of four slain Christians.
April 7, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Coptic Christians attending a funeral service here today for four Copts killed two days earlier in an anti-Christian rampage were in turn attacked themselves by at least 200 Muslim rioters. The incident, which started with a few dozen men pelting the mourners with stones, quickly escalated into a massive attack […]
Nigerian Pastor, Family Narrowly Escape Village’s Easter Carnage
Suspected Fulani Muslims shoot indiscriminately in ethnic Attakar areas.
April 5, 2013 By -
ATTAKAR, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The Rev. John Dakwat and his wife were at work in a back corner of their church building when they heard gunshots – just one in a series of attacks that killed at least 26 Christians in the border area between two states during Holy Week. Dakwat, who identified the […]
Hmong Christian Leader in Vietnam Beaten to Death in Police Custody, Sources Say
Electrical shock torture suspected; autopsy report claims he stuck hand in electrical outlet.
March 28, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – A Hmong church leader in Vietnam has been beaten to death in police custody, area sources said. Police beat Vam Ngaij Vaj around his neck and shoulders and likely used electric shock on him, resulting in his death on March 17, said a church leader who spoke with those who […]