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 […]
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 -
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 […]
Two Pastors in Bangladesh Face Charges for Proclaiming Christ to Muslims
Police arrest group after Islamist throng disrupts meeting.
November 24, 2014 By -
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 […]
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 […]