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, […]
At Least Eight Slain in Attack on Christian Area of Nigeria
Homes burned down in assault by Islamic extremists.
May 6, 2022 By -
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 […]
Christian Couple in Sudan Faces Possible Flogging for ‘Adultery’
Muslim relatives got court to annul their marriage.
May 3, 2022 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A couple in Sudan could be punished with 100 lashes after being charged with “adultery” because a sharia (Islamic law) court annulled their marriage due to the husband’s conversion to Christianity, their attorney said. Hamouda Tia Kafi, 34, and Nada Hamad Shukralah, 25, of Al Bageir, Al Jazirah state, […]
Christians Killed as ISWAP Expands to Taraba State, Nigeria
At least 19 slain in two states.
May 2, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorism by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stretched into Taraba state, Nigeria for the first time on April 19, killing six Christians, sources said. After an explosion killed the six Christians and wounded more than a dozen others at Christian-owned market where alcohol was served in Isware, Ardo […]
Herdsmen and Others Kill 18 Christians in Northern Nigeria
Assailants burn down 92 homes.
April 28, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and others on Tuesday night (April 26) attacked four villages in Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing 18 Christians and burning down 92 houses, sources said. The killings took place in three of the four villages. In Kauru County, the assailants killed 11 Christians in Ungwan Rimi village, six in […]
Attacked Pastor in Sudan Sentenced to Month in Jail
Muslim extremists assaulted three Christians during worship.
April 25, 2022 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Sudan who was attacked during worship this month was sentenced to a month in jail on Monday (April 25) under a law against disturbing the peace, sources said. Judge Awad Ibrahim Kury, a Muslim, found Pastor Stephanou Adil Kujo of disturbing the peace under Article 69 […]
Young Mother Knifed on Easter for Becoming Christian
Muslim husband has absconded, sources say.
April 24, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A young mother of two in eastern Uganda sustained deep knife wounds on Easter Sunday (April 17) when her Muslim husband discovered she had converted to Christianity, sources said. Zaina Gimbo, 26, of Sirinya B Island in Lake Victoria, Mayuge District, had put her faith in Christ on April 2, […]
Pastor in Sudan Assaulted during Worship, then Charged
Two women also attacked at church service.
April 20, 2022 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A church in Sudan long harassed by Islamic extremists was attacked on April 10, with three people assaulted including the pastor – who was then charged with disturbing the peace. During worship at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Al Hag Abdalla, about 85 miles southeast of Khartoum in Madani, […]
Coptic Orthodox Priest in Egypt Stabbed to Death
Assailant who confessed slashed his neck.
April 17, 2022 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Alexandria has declared a priest who was stabbed to death on April 7 a martyr, while Egypt’s most influential Islamic institution condemned the attack. Archbishop Arsanious Wadid, 56, priest of the Virgin and St. Paul Church in the Karmouz neighborhood of the Meharam Bek District in […]