NAIROBI (Morning Star News) – Muslims furious that an Islamic leader and his wife put their faith in Christ destroyed a pastor’s house and church building in eastern Uganda on May 6, sources said. After Sheikh Musyoya Anasi and his wife accepted Christ the morning of May 6, that same afternoon Muslims wielding machetes and clubs […]
Muslim Villagers Destroy Church Building and Pastor’s House
Islamic leader and wife accept Christ after miraculous healing.
May 17, 2022 By -
Rioters Attack Christian Sites over Arrests in Sokoto, Nigeria
Churches, shops damaged as Muslims demand release of suspected killers.
May 15, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Rioters upset over the arrest of two Muslims in connection with the killing of a Christian college student in Sokoto, Nigeria attacked three church buildings and looted and damaged Christian-owned shops on Saturday (May 14), sources said. Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu, a 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in […]
Christians Left without Homes after Easter Attack in India
Yearly supply of food destroyed.
May 13, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal villagers in eastern India assaulted three Christian families and destroyed their homes on Easter Sunday (April 17), sources said. The assailants, followers of tribal nature-worshipping religion, were upset that the Christian families in Odisha state’s Ejariguda village, Malkangiri District, were preparing for Easter rather than their traditional festival, said […]
Christian Student in Sokoto, Nigeria Stoned to Death
Muslims falsely accused her of blasphemy, sources say.
May 12, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian student stoned to death at a college in northwest Nigeria on Thursday (May 12) was falsely accused of blaspheming the prophet of Islam because she had refused to date a Muslim, sources said. Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu, a 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, the […]
Kidnapped Priest in Kaduna, Nigeria Killed by Captors
Islamic terrorists suspected.
May 12, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest kidnapped in early March in the city of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria, was killed around April 18-20, according to church officials. The Rev. Joseph Aketeh Bako, parish priest of St. John’s Catholic Church, was kidnapped at about 1 a.m. on March 8 from his home at […]
Two Christians Killed in Church Burning in Uganda
Evangelist slashed in separate attack.
May 10, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two Christians died when Muslim extremists on Thursday (May 5) set fire to a church building in southern Uganda, sources said. Most of the Christians holding an all-night prayer vigil had left when the structure of Holy Healing Ministry International Church in the city of Jinja’s Mpumudde ward was set […]
Children among 29 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen mount several attacks in the same area.
May 9, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria killed eight Christians in Bassa county, Plateau state on Thursday (May 5), after slaughtering at least 21 others in another area of the county in April, sources said. At least two children were among those killed in the Thursday night attack on […]
At Least Eight Slain in Attack on Christian Area of Nigeria
Homes burned down in assault by Islamic extremists.
May 6, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At least eight people were killed in an attack on Tuesday evening (May 3) by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a predominantly Christian village in northeastern Nigeria, sources said. In the latest of several attacks by the Islamic extremists on Christian communities in Chibok County, Borno state, […]
18 Christians in India Jailed, Fight False Charge of Five Years Ago
Widow among church members arrested over baseless accusation.
May 4, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians falsely charged with crimes related to an act of vandalism in central India five years ago spent five days in jail and are fighting the case anew after it mysteriously resurfaced, sources said. The 18 Christians, including a widow, in Chhattisgarh state’s Bhelwapal village, Sukma District, were jailed March […]
Sentence Reduced for Convicted Christians in Algeria
Group guilty under draconian law against ‘unauthorized worship.’
May 4, 2022 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A group of Christians arrested on Dec. 12 received a reduction in their sentence for “unauthorized worship” last week, one of those convicted said. The 11 Christians, including the owner of the site rented for the occasion, had received a suspended sentence of six months in prison and a 200,000 […]