NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of five in eastern Uganda who supported 10 children whose families had disowned them for leaving Islam was killed on Wednesday night (Dec. 2). One of three men who attacked Patrick Ojangole at 9:30 p.m. reproached him for failing to heed a warning to cease his Christian […]
Suspected Hard-line Muslims in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian in Sword Attack
Father of five supported 10 children abandoned for leaving Islam.
December 4, 2015 By -
Police in Pakistan Downplay Signs of Arson in Fire at Christian TV Station
Islamist threats, broken locks, witness statements discounted.
November 29, 2015 By -
KARACHI, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police are downplaying several signs pointing to arson in a fire reported at 3 a.m. on Tuesday (Nov. 24) at the office of a Christian cable TV station in Karachi, sources said. Gawahi Television chief Sarfraz William said the fire at the popular Christian channel’s office in Akhtar Colony was […]
Two Converts from Islam Slain in Yemen
Both Christians had received threats; one from Muslim family members, the other from Al Qaeda.
November 25, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Two Christians in Yemen, both converts from Islam, have been ambushed and killed because of their faith, according to sources close to the victims. In Taiz, a city with a pre-war population of 600,000 people in southwest Yemen, at least one member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) […]
Armed Muslims Take Wife, Children from Christian in Kenya
Also in coastal region further south, two church buildings gutted.
November 20, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A secret Christian in coastal Kenya escaped Muslim in-laws who last week sought to stab him and took his wife and children, less than two weeks after Islamic extremists further south torched two church buildings, sources said. Former Muslim Hassan Ali said he narrowly escaped death when Muslim neighbors and […]
China Detains Christian Attorney, Activist Fighting Harassment of Churches
Officials seek to silence, neutralize advocates for freedom of religion/speech.
November 18, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – A Christian activist writing against harassment of churches in China’s Zhejiang Province was temporarily detained and threatened this month, and an attorney representing some of the fellowships remains missing. The detentions are the latest signs of a government crackdown on at least 230 human rights lawyers and activists since July. China’s […]
Another Church Building Demolished in Omdurman, Sudan
Authorities gave no prior notice, church leaders say.
November 11, 2015 By -
JUBA, South Sudan, (Morning Star News) – After bulldozing a Lutheran Church of Sudan (LCS) building on Oct. 21, authorities in the Karari area of Omdurman demolished the SCOC building on Oct. 27 without prior warning, church leaders said. Local authorities said the SCOC building was on government land, a claim church leaders adamantly denied. “It seems […]
Nigeria’s Slain, Indigenous Missionaries Leave Legacy of Faith
Christian workers sent to dangerous northeast gave their lives for the gospel.
October 29, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Amid ongoing dangers, Christian leaders in Nigeria this month recalled the exemplary faith of indigenous missionaries who gave their lives in areas overrun by Islamic extremist militants. While President Muhammadu Buhari told an India-African summit this week that Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has been contained to “sporadic” attacks in […]
Influential Monk in Burma Builds Buddhist Structures on Church Property
Baptist congregation unable to worship at site.
October 26, 2015 By -
MAE SOT, Thailand, October 26, 2015 (Morning Star News) – An influential Buddhist monk in southern Burma (also called Myanmar) has erected Buddhist structures in a Baptist church compound. Ethnic Karen Christians in Hpa-An, capital of Karen state, have protested against a Buddhist pagoda and a stupa, a structure containing Buddhist relics, since building began […]
Bloodshed in Eastern Uganda Continues as Christian Mother of Eight Is Slain
Assailants upset at her husband leaving Islam.
October 23, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda angry at a Christian for leaving Islam killed his wife on Monday (Oct. 19), a month after his brother was killed for the same reason, sources said. Mamwikomba Mwanika, mother of three adult children and five others ranging in age from 17 to 9, died en […]
Local Officials Demolish Church Building in Omdurman, Sudan
Nearby mosque not withstanding, authorities claim area zoned for business.
October 22, 2015 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in Omdurman, Sudan demolished a church building on Wednesday (Oct. 21), sources said. A bulldozer rammed down the Lutheran Church of Sudan building in the Karari area of Omdurman, twin city of Khartoum across the Nile River, church leaders said. The building was reportedly also used by an […]