NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Delhi police manhandled nuns, priests, lay leaders and human rights activists in temporarily detaining nearly 300 Christian protestors on Thursday (Feb. 5), sources said. More than 1,500 Christians had assembled peacefully at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi as part of a protest march against the targeting of churches […]
Police in India Manhandle, Detain Protestors against Anti-Christian Attacks
Free speech muffled as officers quickly force demonstrators onto buses.
February 7, 2015 By -
Muslim Uncle of Two Girls in Uganda Beats, Locks Them Up without Food
Sisters who became Christians on Sunday deprived of food until escape on Tuesday.
February 6, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The uncle of two Muslim girls in eastern Uganda who put their faith in Christ on Sunday (Feb. 1) beat them and locked them in a room without food for nearly three days, sources said. Nabagabana Fatuma, 14, and her 16-year-old sister, Namwase Aisha, need trauma counseling and medical […]
Charlie Hebdo Protestors Ransack Christian School in Pakistan, Demand Closure
Security said to be lax just weeks after massacre at school in Peshawar.
January 29, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Among several protests across Pakistan against a French satire magazine’s cartoons of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, hundreds of Muslims in a terrorist-infested northwestern province on Monday (Jan. 26) stormed a Christian school, demanding its closure. Some 300 protestors from local schools and colleges entered the premises of Panel High School for […]
Slain Ministry Leader in Nigeria Mourned as Dedicated Servant to the Poor
Father of two brought school, health and clothing to thousands.
January 27, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Jan. 23) killed a father of two in Taraba state whose pastoral ministry had brought education, medicine and clothing to thousands of impoverished people, sources said. Pastor Joshua Adah was returning to his mission station in Bantaje, a village near Jalingo, from an evangelistic outreach […]
Imam in Uganda Allegedly Beats Daughter to Death for Converting to Christ
Father also seeks to kill her traumatized 12-year-old sister, sources say.
January 21, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized for two weeks after her Muslim father beat her and her sister for converting to Christ last month is traumatized after learning that her sister died from the assault, sources said. Naigaga Saidah’s father, Imam Abudalah Ali of Bwita mosque in Kaliro […]
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 -
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) […]
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 […]