ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Four men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans when released from jail, a marked departure from past harassment, church leaders said. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the four Muslims went to a building rented […]
Anti-Christian Hatred Seen in Attack on Church Building in Samsun, Turkey
Police release suspects caught on video.
March 3, 2016 By -
Another Suspicious Coptic Christian ‘Suicide’ in Egyptian Military Raises Anxieties
Family demands autopsy.
March 2, 2016 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – The family of another Coptic Christian soldier in the Egyptian army who has died under suspicious circumstances is demanding an autopsy, sources told Morning Star News. On Feb. 17, the Egyptian military informed the family of Michael Gamel Mansour that the 22-year-old conscript from Assuit had committed suicide. Authorities claimed […]
Case Dropped against Christians Arrested for Evangelizing in Alexandria, Egypt
Prosecutors find no evidence of ‘showing disdain’ for ‘heavenly religion.’
February 26, 2016 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A regional prosecuting attorney in Egypt has dismissed a case against three Christians arrested last summer and accused of blasphemy during an evangelistic outreach, their attorney said. The three Christians, one of them a minor, were being investigated pending possible charges of “showing disdain” to a “heavenly religion” under a […]
Catholic Monks in Israel Seek Action against Root Causes of Anti-Christian Hatred
Monks on Mt. Zion are attacked nearly once a week.
February 15, 2016 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After waiting for years for police to act against vandalism that has plagued the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem, monks welcomed recent arrests but seek government action against root causes of the attacks. Ultra-right-wing nationalists in Israel, though a tiny minority, are increasingly attacking Catholic monks with an alarming level of […]
Muslim Relatives of Somali Christian in Kenya Beat Him Unconscious for His Faith
Young man unable to see or eat after assault.
February 11, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian of Somali descent in Kenya is unable to see or eat after Muslim relatives beat him unconscious on Sunday (Feb. 7) outside Nairobi, the young man said from his hospital bed. The relatives indicated to 26-year-old Hassan (last name withheld for security reasons) that they ambushed him because […]
Imam Arrested in Killing of Christian Convert in Eastern Uganda
Mosque leader detained after issuing threat.
February 10, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An imam who threatened a convert from Islam in eastern Uganda has been arrested in connection with the killing of the 28-year-old Christian, sources said. Laurence Maiso’s body was found at his house, his head in a pool of blood, on Jan. 27 at around 5 p.m. in Numuseru village, […]
Humiliating Attack in India Tests Young Pastor’s Faith
Hindu extremists accused of beating, shaving, parading him through streets.
February 4, 2016 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India who was beaten and paraded through streets with his head half-shaved as crowds called for him to be cut to pieces said he is thankful that he was counted worthy to suffer for the name of Christ. On Friday (Jan. 29) Hindu extremists posing as […]
Al Shabaab Kills Christians in Raid on Village in Coastal Kenya
At least four dead in latest Islamic extremist attack in the area.
February 2, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – In a pre-dawn raid on a predominantly Christian area in coastal Kenya on Sunday (Jan. 31), Islamic extremist Al Shabaab rebels killed at least four Christians, beheading one of them, area sources said. In the Kaisari area of Maporomoko village, near Pandanguo about 25 miles inland from the Indian Ocean […]
Sudan Releases One of Two Pastors Detained in December
Other Sudanese Church of Christ leader remains in detention without charges.
January 31, 2016 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese authorities have released one of two pastors detained in December, sources said. The Rev. Kwa Shamaal, head of missions for the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), was arrested on Dec. 18 and released on Dec. 21 but had been required to report daily to the office of the […]
Suicide Bombings in Two Towns in Nigeria Leave 26 Dead, Dozens Injured
Attacks hit Christian communities of Chibok, Borno state, and Gombi, Adamawa.
January 29, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suicide attacks on two predominantly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria today and on Wednesday (Jan. 27) left at least 26 persons dead and dozens of others injured, sources said. At noon today a suicide bomber suspected to have been sent by the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group detonated explosives in a […]