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 […]
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 -
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 […]
Two Pastors among 46 Christians Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attack towns with machetes, guns, fire.
September 25, 2014 By -
KARSHIN DAJI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Following attacks on three towns in Nigeria’s Kaduna state last week that killed 46 Christians, church leaders said the Muslim Fulani assailants seem driven to rid the area of Christianity and use the land to graze their cattle. Two pastors were among 31 Christians killed just after midnight on […]
Pastors in Iran Could Face Death Penalty
Christians flee unprecedented crackdown.
September 16, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Three pastors in Iran are facing charges that could lead to the death penalty for activities in the house-church movement in an unprecedented crackdown on converts from Islam, according to human rights groups. Iranian authorities recently filed charges against Silas Rabbani, assistant pastor in a Church of Iran group in […]
One Year after Historic Attacks, Egypt Has Yet to Aid Christians
Few church buildings restored as Copts struggle to rebuild their lives.
August 18, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – One year after the attacks, Mina Thabet can still see the ruins in his mind; a seemingly endless series of scorched, hollowed-out church buildings, schools, homes and businesses stretching out across Egypt. On Aug. 14, 2013, thousands of Muslims began a four-day rampage throughout the country seeking revenge for the military-backed, […]
Convert from Islam in Kenya Released from Prison after Beatings, Attempted Poisoning
Muslim leaders seek to kill him for his faith even as police suspect him as Islamic terrorist.
August 14, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A recent convert from Islam arrested under suspicion of being a Muslim terrorist has been released, but not before his father tried to poison him for his faith, he said. Authorities in Western Kenya, preparing release papers for Hussein Hassan Mohammed, 30, after he served two weeks of his one-month […]
Massacre in Predominantly Christian Gwoza, Nigeria Said to Leave 100 Dead
Boko Haram shooting, fire-bombing and slashing terrify fleeing residents.
August 8, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – After weeks of sacking villages and destroying church buildings around Nigeria’s northeastern town of Gwoza, Islamic extremist group Boko Haram on Wednesday (Aug. 6) killed an estimated 100 people in the predominantly Christian town, sources said. The shooting, fire-bombing and slashing of men, women and children in Gwoza, Borno state, […]