(Morning Star News) – Uniformed men suspected of belonging to the Muslim Defense International (MDI) Islamist militant group have killed five women and four men near a predominantly Christian town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two months after a massacre in the same area. Armed with guns and machetes, the suspected militants from the […]
Islamist Militants Kill Nine Christians in Democratic Republic of Congo
Armed assailants suspected of belonging to Ugandan militant group.
July 25, 2016 By -
Baptist Pastor Loses Hand to Muslim Fulani Herdsman in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Second pastor in the state attacked on his farm in one week.
July 22, 2016 By -
KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two days after a slain pastor in one part of Nasarawa state, Nigeria was buried, a Muslim Fulani herder in another part of the state cut off part of the hand of another pastor working on his farm. The Rev. Hamza Alkali, 66, had to have the rest of his […]
Government Fires Teacher from Christian School in North Khartoum, Sudan
Police physically remove headmistress from her office.
July 21, 2016 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in Sudan last month showed up at a Christian school, handed over a letter of dismissal of the headmistress and physically removed her, installing another teacher in her office, sources said. Civilians supporting Muslim investors’ desire to take over the church property on which the Bahri Evangelical School […]
Former Imam in Eastern Uganda Loses Home, Family, Work after Turning to Christ
Muslim relatives take wife, children, damage his plantation.
July 21, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 53-year-old man in eastern Uganda sits alone in a small shanty after losing his family, house and business because he left Islam for Christianity. Muslim relatives drove Kuluseni Iguru Tenywa, a former imam, from his ancestral home the night of June 27 in Budhagali village, Jinja District. Led by […]
One Dead, Several Injured in Islamist Attacks on Copts in Egypt
Weekend of violence abetted by impunity.
July 19, 2016 By -
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 […]
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 […]