NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Sri Lanka was granted bail on Wednesday (Jan. 3) after being jailed since Dec. 1 on a charge of “outraging religious feelings” for comments in a sermon that appeared online, sources said. Authorities arrested Pastor Jerome Fernando, senior overseer of The Glorious Church in Colombo, after a […]
Pastor in Sri Lanka Criminally Charged for Sermon Comments
Church leader spent Christmas in jail.
January 3, 2024 By -
Terrorists Kill Two Christians on Christmas in Nigeria
Boko Haram identified as assailants.
January 1, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist terrorists rampaged through a predominantly Christian village in northeastern Nigeria on Christmas Day, setting houses on fire, looting shops and killing two Christians, area residents said. Residents of Kwapre village, Hong County in Adamawa state, identified the assailants as of members of Islamic extremist group Boko […]
Terrorists Kill Eight Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria
Hundreds slain by assailants based in Cameroon, lawmakers say.
December 31, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Unidentified terrorists on Thursday (Dec. 28) killed eight Christians in Taraba state, Nigeria, after 13 others were slain the previous week, sources said. The assailants attacked four predominantly Christian villages in Ussa County at about at about 4 p.m., residents said. “While we are still celebrating Christmas, an […]
Mauritania Releases Christians Arrested after Baptism Video
Authorities tell them to worship discreetly.
December 29, 2023 By -
(Christian Daily International) – Officials in Mauritania have released all Christians arrested after a video of a baptism ceremony in November prompted Muslims to call for their punishment, Christian leaders in the region said. The Christians do not appear to have been charged with any crime, the Christian leaders indicated. “They have been asked to […]
Islamic Terrorists Kill 10 Christians in Western Uganda, Sources Say
ADF rebels vowed to ‘teach lesson’ to ‘infidels.’
December 27, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic terrorists on Dec. 19 killed 10 Christians in western Uganda, sources said. Members of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mounted the attacks on Christians in western Uganda’s Kyitehurizi village, Kamwenge Sub-County in Kamwenge District at around 2 a.m., according to a […]
160 People Massacred in Christian Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria
Coordinated attacks launched across three areas over Christmas.
December 26, 2023 By -
(Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programs, Saturday night (Dec. 23) through Monday (Dec. 25) in coordinated attacks on predominantly Christian areas in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. Church pastors were killed and hundreds of houses were destroyed in the massacres in villages of […]
Two Christians Jailed under Blasphemy Law in Uganda
Muslims upset that they quoted from the Koran.
December 22, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset at their street preaching beat them and summoned police, sources said. On the final day of a three-day evangelistic campaign in the city of Soroti, police on Nov. 21 arrested Joseph Omadi […]
Blasphemy Law in Indonesia Faces Criticism as Cases Grow
Charges based on fatwas and mob pressure, rights advocates say.
December 21, 2023 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – With an increase in blasphemy cases in Indonesia and arrests based on Islamic fatwas and mob pressure, rights advocates are calling for laws to be amended or ended. The number of charges registered under Indonesia’s blasphemy law increased from 10 in 2021 to 19 last year, according to rights group […]
History of Persecution of Christians in Bauchi, Nigeria Continues
Church members oppressed long ago still paying the price, key leader says.
December 20, 2023 By -
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – With a decades-old history of Islamic extremist attacks, Nigeria’s Bauchi state is home to a Christian community that continues to suffer oppression and killings, a long-time pastor said. While Muslim officials and others drove Christians to the outlying edges of the city of Bauchi decades ago, those areas […]
Church in Gaza Remains under Threat after Shooting Deaths
Parish compound suffered prior attacks, relative of trapped Christians says.
December 19, 2023 By -
(Christian Daily International) – The killing of an elderly woman and her daughter in Gaza City’s Holy Family Church on Saturday (Dec. 16) was the sixth attack by Israeli Defense Forces on the compound since war in Gaza broke out, a relative told The Washington Post. Following the IDF sniper fire that Catholic church sources […]