ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Police in Upper Egypt have arrested a man who, according to eyewitnesses, gunned down a Christian on Tuesday (Jan. 13) for what family members believe was their refusal to drop charges against the suspect’s relatives in other religiously motivated killings in 2013. Hasan Baghdadi was arrested on Wednesday (Jan. 14) […]
Christian in Egypt Gunned Down
Family of victim believes alleged killers are trying to intimidate them into dropping charges in 2013 murders.
January 17, 2015 By -
ISIS-Related Group Claims Responsibility for Egyptians Still Held in Libya
Photos confirm identity of 13 Copts kidnapped on Jan. 3 and seven others.
January 14, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Contrary to published reports, 13 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya by Islamic terrorists have not been freed, relatives said. A Libyan group affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the Jan. 3 kidnapping of the 13 Copts from a housing complex in Sirte, Libya, […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2014
For once, good news – miraculous righting of horrific injustice in Sudan – tops list.
January 9, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – In a year that saw a new level of cruelty unleashed upon Christians and other religious minorities across Syria, Iraq and Africa, one once obscure case of injustice in Sudan turned into a titanic battle that gripped the world’s attention. The battle appeared to be spiritual as much as legal. 1 – […]
Noted Convert from Islam in Egypt Wins Partial Appeal but Remains in Jail
Two of three charges dropped against Bishoy Armia Boulous, formerly Mohammed Hegazy.
December 31, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A noted convert in Egypt who was sentenced to five years in prison for documenting attacks on Christians has won a partial victory on appeal, but he remains in jail because of prior blasphemy charges. An appeals judge on Sunday (Dec. 28) found Bishoy Armia Boulous, 31, previously known as […]
Displaced Iraqi Christians Ponder an Iraq without Christians
Wait out the bloodbath and return home, or end the church’s historic presence?
December 29, 2014 By -
ERBIL, Iraq (Morning Star News) – As he drove across the bridge, slowly following other cars, the scene unfolding around the pastor was complete chaos. In the distance he could hear mortar rounds hitting their targets as hundreds of other displaced people streamed by one side of his car with whatever they could carry on […]
Suspected Arsonist Sought in Fire at Bible Distribution Center in Istanbul, Turkey
Fire officials thought to have tried to downplay likelihood of arson.
December 20, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Turkish authorities are searching for a suspected arsonist in connection with a fire here that destroyed thousands of New Testaments and other Christian books. The fire started at approximately 7 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the offices of the Bible Correspondence Course in Turkey (BCC-Turkey), located in a multistory building […]
Gunmen Kill Christian Widow in Jos, Nigeria Bomb Blasts
Attack fulfills Boko Hara objectives of killing Christians and destabilizing government.
December 13, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – For Jummai Sunday, 63, Thursday (Dec. 11) began like any other for the Christian widow. After a morning devotional, she visited sick or bereaved families, and then returned home to gather items for sale at her market spot near the bus terminal area in Jos, Nigeria. She survived the twin […]
Christians Protest Violence as Church Burning Hits New Delhi, India
Government under increasing pressure as impunity for assailants continues.
December 9, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Christians in New Delhi, unaccustomed to religious hostilities more common in remote areas, erupted in protest as violence hit the capital last week. Church leaders wrote to national officials as the Advent season brought three disturbing incidents, including an apparent arson attempt. The interior of one of the larger church buildings in the […]
Police in Sudan Attack Worshipping Congregation, Arrest 38 Christians
Church members released after paying fine.
December 3, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Police in North Khartoum, Sudan yesterday beat, arrested and fined 38 Christians worshipping at Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church, sources said. After nearly two weeks of raiding and demolishing church property, officers armed with guns and batons arrived at the church compound at 6:30 a.m. on two trucks accompanied […]
Al Shabaab Islamists Again Attack Non-Muslims near Mandera, Kenya, Killing 36
Most of those slain said to be Christians from outside the area.
December 2, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Members of the Islamic extremist insurgent group Al Shabaab early this morning killed 36 non-Muslims, most of them Christian, in an attack in northern Kenya, sources said. Coming 10 days after the Somali insurgents’ assault in the same area that left 28 non-Muslims dead, including 19 Christians, today’s massacre triggered […]