ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Iranian authorities over the past month have increased pressure on imprisoned U.S.-Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini by threatening to keep him in prison indefinitely, a legal advocate said. Authorities seem to be taking a “carrot-and-stick” approach to Abedini – burying him under a mountain of new, petty charges while promising him […]
Authorities in Iran Increase Pressure on U.S-Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini, Advocate Says
Jailers threaten to keep him in prison indefinitely.
May 1, 2015 By -
Hindu Extremist Attack in Assam State, India Depletes Village of Christians
Church members flee area after mob assault on men, women and children.
April 30, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Church members have fled a village in northeast India after a vicious attack this month that seriously injured at least three Christians, including a 7-year-old girl. A mob of about 100 Hindu extremists armed with swords, bamboo sticks and stones attacked Christians who were eating after a service at 8 p.m. on […]
Islamic State Warns Those Who Refuse Islam Will Die like Ethiopians in Libya Video
Militant asserts that persecution of Christians is fundamental to Islam.
April 24, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In a video showing the cruel execution of 28 Ethiopian Christians, the militant Sunni terrorist group Islamic State (IS) says persecution of Christians is fundamental to Islam. In the video released late Sunday night (April 19), IS (formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) warns that if Christians in […]
Police in Pakistan Deny Christian Youth’s Statement on Who Attacked, Killed Him
Official denies boy’s declaration that two Muslims set him ablaze because of his faith.
April 16, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy in Pakistan told police two Muslims set him on fire because of his faith before he died from his burns Wednesday (April 15), according to a human rights advocate, but police denied taking the statement. Nauman Masih, 14, told police in Lahore that two masked men on […]
Christian Girl in Uganda Seriously Injured, Traumatized after Gang-Rape, Father Says
Muslim assailants had warned father to close church he pastors, he says.
April 14, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Five Muslims in eastern Uganda gang-raped the 17-year-old daughter of a pastor because the church leader ignored their warnings that he stop worship services, she said. The daughter (name withheld) of the pastor of New Hope Church was approaching the church building at Kiryolo, Kaderuna Sub-County, Budaka District, at about […]
Shocked Kenyans Grieve Worst Islamic Extremist Assault since 1998
Survivors relate horrific details of onslaught by Al Shabaab.
April 8, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – As Kenya comes to grips with the worst attack on its soil since the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, survivors revealed grim details of last week’s Islamic extremist assault. Separating out Christian students from Muslims, members of Somalia’s rebel Al Shabaab killed 148 people on Thursday (April […]
Pastor in South Sudan Jailed, Lashed after Radical Muslims Threaten Him
Convert from Islam, native of West Darfur, was planting church.
March 27, 2015 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese pastor in South Sudan was jailed and tortured for more than three months after Islamists who tried to kill him accused him of being a spy, sources said. Adam Haron, a 37-year-old convert from Islam and a native of West Darfur, Sudan, said Muslim extremists called him on […]
Soldiers Kill Six Christians at Church in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Witnesses Say
Roadblocks set up as security measure ignite dispute.
March 10, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Upset that watchmen of a Catholic Church in Kaduna state on Sunday (March 8) set up a road-block as a security measure, Nigerian soldiers killed five church members, eyewitnesses said. Shortly after opening fire on St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Gidan-Waya, the soldiers shot and killed a Christian from another church as […]
Authorities in Iran Raid Christians’ Homes, Ask Them to Leave Country
Convert who received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine among those interrogated.
March 1, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Iran who received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine has been asked to leave the country, human right activists said. Agents from the Iranian intelligence service, known as VEVAK, on Feb. 16 raided the home of Mehdi Reza Omidi and two other members of house churches in Rasht, […]
Egypt in Mourning as It Bombs Libyan Terrorist Targets after Beheading of Copts
Battle against Islamic State expands to Libya; U.S. help sought.
February 16, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After months of indifference to Islamist militants killing Egyptian Christians in Libya, Egypt bombed Islamic extremist targets in Libya and declared seven days of mourning following the beheading of 21 Copts. Video released on Sunday (Feb. 15) under the logo of the militant Sunni terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly […]