Church Building in Sudan Burned Down

Muslim extremist member of the military suspected.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A man suspected of being a Muslim extremist in the ranks of the Sudanese military on Friday (Dec. 16) burned down a church building in eastern Sudan, sources said. The 20-year-old building of a 100-member Sudanese Church of Christ congregation in El Daoka, Al Qadarif state was set ablaze […]

Muslim Extremists Lure, Attack Christian Teacher and Son

Assailants in Uganda upset with their conversion from Islam.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in central Uganda lured a Christian teacher to his home by forcing his wife to call and tell him she was ill, then the intruders beat him and his son, the father said. Abdu Muyinga and his 23-year-old son, Hamisi Sentongo, are nursing injuries after Muslims upset with […]

Home Burned, Two Christians Injured in Separate Attacks

Muslim relatives assault brothers with caning.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on Nov. 20 burned down a house where a cell fellowship was meeting in eastern Uganda, a week after Muslims in another area caned two converts, sources said. Arafah Senyange, 28, and his brother Zulufa Hajati Nakimuli, 43, were beaten with cane on Nov. 13 in Busembatia town, […]

Christians Kidnapped in Separate Attacks in Southwest Nigeria 

One group on bus to wedding, another en route to funeral.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen in southwestern Nigeria last week kidnapped Christian workers taking a bus to a wedding, while another group of Christians was kidnapped en route to a funeral in the same state. A relative of one of 48 Christians who were kidnapped off a Coaster Bus going from Ondo […]

Terrorists in Nigeria Kill, Kidnap – and Demand Ransom for Corpse

Attacks in Plateau and Kaduna states leave at least 40 Christians dead. 

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists in the past month killed at least 30 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria and 10 in Kaduna state, where they also demanded payment for a corpse after collecting ransom for the Christian they kidnapped and killed. In Plateau state’s Bokkos County, hundreds of suspected […]

Pastors Wounded in Separate Attacks in Uganda

Wife of one also nursing injuries.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A group of Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda seriously wounded a pastor and his wife in an attack on a meeting at their church on Nov. 18, he said. The knife attack on an evening service of Believers’ Church in Nansonko village, Kibuku District came in response to an evangelistic […]

Pastor Jailed in Sudan for Prayer Meeting to Heal Mother

Gathering to pray draws many Muslims.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan on Nov. 21 arrested and jailed a church leader on charges of “witchcraft” for leading a prayer meeting for his ailing mother, sources said. Pastor Abdalla Haron Sulieman was leading a prayer meeting for his mother, who suffered from an infection in her legs that kept […]

Pastor in Laos Was Tortured and Killed, Sources Say

Christian was leader of officially recognized church.

(Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor with an officially recognized church in Laos was found last month with signs that he was tortured and killed for his faith, area sources said. Christian leaders and police in central Laos’ Khammouane Province believe Pastor Seetoud, who went by a single name, was killed for […]

Sikh in India Leads Pastor into Knife Attack

Church leader works as taxi driver.

HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian pastor in northern India who drives a taxi for a living didn’t think he had anything to fear when a well-mannered Sikh asked him to take a slight detour. Pastor Sukhdev Mark, 47, had dropped him off the previous night at a hotel in Ambala, Haryana state after […]

Christian Family Suffers after Arrests at Birthday Party

Mother, others jailed after false allegations by Hindu extremists.

NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother and her family in northern India have suffered assaults and threats since she and others were arrested from her son’s birthday party on false accusations of fraudulent conversion, her husband said. “Our lives have turned into a living hell as we struggle to survive each day with […]