ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Turkish authorities have released a U.S. evangelist who was detained last week and ordered to be deported, sources said. Declaring David Byle “a danger to public order,” authorities in Turkey took him into custody on April 6 after asking him to report to the immigration office in Istanbul regarding his […]
Detained U.S. Evangelist in Turkey Released, Ordered To Be Deported
David Byle is declared a ‘danger to public order.’
April 15, 2016 By -
Hindu Extremists on Motorcycles Chase Down Pastor in Northern India
In eastern India, new convert undeterred by assault.
April 14, 2016 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Late one morning in northern India last month, pastor Ram Prakash, 42, was riding his motorcycle home when he noticed men on three motorcycles shouting obscenities as they followed him. The pastor had just visited four Christian families that day, March 24, praying with them at their homes in Karoate […]
Muslim in Uganda Attacks, Threatens to Kill Wife for Becoming Christian
Husband tells judge Islam allows apostates to be killed.
April 12, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda who last week attacked his wife for becoming a Christian had told a judge that Islam allows him to kill any apostate, sources said. Having moved to another village with their four children following an attack last year, Ntende Hawa, 38, said she was visiting […]
Family, Church Buildings Lost in Predominantly Christian E. African Countries
A Kenyan loses wife, kids; Ethiopians lose worship venues.
April 5, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Kenya who put his faith in Christ last November has lost his wife and children, and now he fears for his life. When his wife was hospitalized last October, Abdu Godana, 35, could not have guessed that the healing she received after an evangelist’s prayer would lead […]
Amid Crackdown, Prisoner in Iran Encourages Faithful to Stand Strong
Christian sneaks out message to flocks increasingly without pastors.
April 1, 2016 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In the face of a crackdown that has crippled Iran’s house-church leadership, an imprisoned convert from Islam has managed to sneak a message of encouragement to Iran’s Christians. With Iran’s house churches mushrooming even as the government has imprisoned or harassed most pastors into exile, a Christian held in Rajai […]
Taliban Splinter Group in Pakistan Targets Christians in Easter Suicide Bombing
Explosive detonated near children’s rides at park.
March 28, 2016 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A deadly suicide bombing in a public park here marred Easter celebrations in Pakistan on Sunday evening (March 27), as an Islamic extremist group targeted Christians. At least 74 people have been reported dead, most of them women and children, while 362 others were injured. Of those being treated at […]
Authorities in Khartoum, Sudan Arrest Another Church Leader
Pastor required to report to NISS office daily for interrogation.
March 25, 2016 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan are requiring a church leader in the Khartoum area to report to security officials daily until midnight after arresting and releasing him on Monday (March 21), sources said. Pastor Ayoub Tilian, moderator of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) was arrested at his office in Omdurman, […]
Pastors Kidnapped in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Armed assailants release one church leader, demand $500,000 for two others.
March 25, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Unidentified assailants on Monday (March 21) kidnapped three church leaders at gunpoint in northern Nigeria, Christian leaders said. The armed men stormed a church prayer camp site in the city of Kaduna, where the pastors were supervising work in preparation for an Easter retreat for their church, the Haddiyar Ekklesiya […]
Human Rights Attorney Zhang Kai Freed from ‘Black Jail’ in China
Conditions of release unclear.
March 23, 2016 By -
(Morning Star News) – China Aid has confirmed with relatives of Zhang Kai that the human rights attorney was released on Wednesday (March 23) after his arrest in August 2015 for defending churches. Zhang wrote on social media that he returned to his home in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China, on Wednesday, the […]
Christian Convert from Islam Slain in Bangladesh
Islamic State claims responsibility.
March 23, 2016 By -
(Morning Star News) – The Islamic State (IS) today claimed its members were responsible for hacking to death a Christian in Bangladesh who had left Islam, while Bangladeshi police said the claim was “bogus.” At least two unidentified assailants on Tuesday (March 22) killed Hossain Ali, 68, who converted to Christianity in 1999, as he […]