DHAKA, Bangladesh (Morning Star News) – Two pastors in northwestern Bangladesh could face two years in prison if convicted for “hurting religious sentiments.” Police on Nov. 9 arrested the pastors and 41 people, including Muslims, who were listening to proclamation of Christ at a rented house in Nabinagar village in Lalmonirhat District, 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest […]
Two Pastors in Bangladesh Face Charges for Proclaiming Christ to Muslims
Police arrest group after Islamist throng disrupts meeting.
November 24, 2014 By -
Police Say Woman Slain in Pakistan Innocent of Blasphemy; Politicians ‘Protecting Killers’
Shama Masih was illiterate.
November 19, 2014 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan say a Christian couple tortured and slain this month over accusations that the wife desecrated the Koran were innocent, while relatives said politicians are trying to shield the killers from justice. Urged to act from mosque loudspeakers, a frenzied mob on Nov. 4 tore the clothes off […]
Five Months of Attacks on Mennonite Church in Vietnam Prompt SOS
Christians harassed at center, homes and workplaces.
November 14, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Police in Vietnam on Wednesday (Nov. 12) employed thugs wielding hammers and metal cutters to ransack a church center and drag away nine Christians, who were then charged with not having proper papers – documents officials had confiscated from them in previous raids. The toughs – accompanied this time, inexplicably, […]
Incessant Attacks on Jerusalem Church in Israel Meet with Police Indifference
Christians bloodied, bruised; car stolen.
November 7, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Police have refused to respond to a series of attacks on a church in East Jerusalem, including theft of a member’s car on Sunday (Nov. 2) and an assault in October that bloodied and bruised three Christians. The attacks, driven by both intent to seize property and opposition to Christianity, […]
Islamist Mob in Pakistan Kills Christian Couple Accused of ‘Blasphemy’
Pregnant mother of four young children was dead when thrown into kiln; husband burned alive.
November 5, 2014 By -
CLARKABAD, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Commanded from mosque loudspeakers, a Muslim throng in Punjab Province killed a Christian couple yesterday after a co-worker accused the pregnant wife of defiling the Koran, sources said. Living on the premises of the brick kiln where she worked in Chak 59 village near Kot Radha Kishan, Karur District, about […]
Behnam Irani, Two Others Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Christian Activities in Iran
House-church leaders to serve sentences in remote, harsh prisons.
October 23, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In what was termed a “serious blow” to house-church leader Behnam Irani, Iran has sentenced him and two other Christian leaders to six years in prison for their involvement in house churches, human rights groups learned this week. Irani, Abdolreza Ali-Haghnejad and Reza Rabbani, all leaders in the Church of […]
Death Sentence Upheld for Christian Mother in Pakistan
Muslim extremists packed into courtroom erupt in celebration.
October 16, 2014 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – In spite of protests within Pakistan and abroad against the country’s blasphemy laws, the Lahore High Court today upheld the death sentence for a Christian mother accused of insulting Islam’s prophet. Aasiya Noreen, commonly known as Asia Bibi, is the first woman to be sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan. […]
Two Attempted Murders by Boko Haram Show Islamic Extremist Motives
Both Christians left for dead; each cites a miracle.
October 10, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Adamu, 28, bears a scar on the back of his neck where two members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Harm tried to slaughter him. A member of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) in Gwoza, Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, Adamu told Morning Star News that in […]
Christian Blasphemy Suspect Misreported as Slain in Pakistani Jail Is Alive and Well
Police prison guard’s attack raises questions about security.
October 3, 2014 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Contrary to published reports, a Christian on trial for alleged “blasphemy” in Rawalpindi, Pakistan is alive and well following a Sept. 25 gun attack by a guard ranting against defamers of the prophet of Islam, sources said. Prison officials and the wife of the accused Christian, Zafar Bhatti, told Morning […]
Attacks on Church in East Jerusalem Grow More Intense
Palestinian militants seek to stop ministry and seize property, Christians say.
September 30, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In the latest of several attacks on a congregation in East Jerusalem, young men with ties to a Palestinian militant group wired shut a church door and sprayed a gaseous substance at those inside hours before dawn on Monday (Sept. 29), church sources said. No one was injured as those […]