LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian couple in Punjab Province incapable of writing proper Urdu was sentenced to death today for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages, bringing the number of Christians on death row in Pakistan to four. In a country reeling from increasing religious intolerance, the death knell for Shafqat Emmanuel Masih and […]
Christian Couple in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for ‘Blasphemy’
Sentence comes eight days after second Christian handed death penalty.
April 4, 2014 By -
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians
Al Shabaab militants publicly execute mother of two, cousin.
March 14, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab militia last week publicly beheaded a mother of two girls and her cousin in southeastern Somalia after discovering they were Christians, sources said. In the port town of Barawa in the Lower Shebelle Region, the extremists on March 4 called residents to the […]
Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions
Christian files discrimination complaint.
March 6, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Sweden has been unable to find work as a midwife since a hospital where she interned last year let her go for refusing to help perform abortions. Hospital officials in the southern town of Eksjö had promised to extend Ellinor Grimmark’s contract until she refused to participate […]
Muslim Gunmen in Nigeria Kill 16 Christians, Destroy Numerous Homes
Suspected Fulani herdsmen attack communities in Plateau state.
March 5, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed gunmen believed to be Muslim Fulani herdsmen yesterday and early today attacked a cluster of villages in Plateau state, killing 16 Christians and destroying numerous homes, Christian leaders said. The assailants, reportedly dressed in military camouflage, shot randomly as they struck Torok, Gwon, Gwarim, Gwareng and Rim villages in […]
Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians
Ansar al-Sharia militants behind prior anti-Christian attacks.
February 25, 2014 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – An Islamist militia behind prior attacks in Libya is thought to be responsible for the execution-style shootings of seven Egyptian Christians found yesterday east of Benghazi. The militia, Ansar al-Sharia, has offered a reward to Benghazi residents who help them round up the rest of the Libyan capital’s Christians, according […]
Anti-Christian Hostility Motivated Lethal Attack on Copts, Sources in Egypt Say
Stories of Muslim’s mental instability, circumstances fabricated to build his murder defense, rights advocate says.
February 17, 2014 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – More than a week after a Muslim went on an anti-Christian rampage in Upper Egypt that left one woman dead and another wounded, many area Coptic women are still too afraid to leave their homes, residents said. In Kom Ombo, 48 kilometers (30 miles) north of Aswan, the Muslim on […]
Islamic Extremist Threats in Pakistan Could Quash Prosecution of Bhatti Murder
Terrorists drive victim’s brother from country, demand release of suspects.
February 14, 2014 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Suspects in the murder of Pakistan’s first Christian cabinet minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, could walk free due to intimidation tactics by Islamic extremists, Christians fear. The suspects have confessed, according to Dr. Paul Bhatti, brother of former Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was gunned down on March 2, 2011. […]
Boko Haram Suspected in Bomb Attack on Catholic Church Service in Nigeria
At least 22 worshippers killed.
January 28, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities suspected Islamic extremist group Boko Haram was responsible for an attack on a Catholic church service in Adamawa state on Sunday (Jan. 26) that reportedly left 45 people dead. Sources told Morning Star News that 22 bodies were recovered from the church building in Waga Chakawa village, other […]
Islamic Extremists in Nigeria Attack Christians at Sunday Worship
Fulani herdsmen raid villages in broad daylight; Boko Haram continues onslaught.
January 21, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists have attacked villages in three states in Nigeria every Sunday this month, killing at least 15 Christians. Christian leaders in the Agatu Local Government Area of central Nigeria’s Benue state said ethnic Fulani herdsmen were responsible for raids on two villages that left seven Christians dead on Sunday […]
Once Widowed Christian in Nigeria Loses Second Husband to Muslim Extremists
Mother of six, 14-year-old girl also killed.
January 7, 2014 By -
BOKKOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists had once prior widowed Faith Kore Usman, a 29-year-old mother of five children, before Fulani herdsmen killed her second husband on New Year’s Eve. As 34-year-old Kore Usman and other Christians were praising God in a field near their church building in Maihakorin Gold village, near Bokkos in […]