JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor abducted from northeastern Nigeria by Islamic extremist militants reportedly says in a video that they will kill him on Wednesday (March 3) if their ransom demands are not met. In the video sent to Nigerian online news outlet Human Angle, pastor Bulus Yikura of the Church of the […]
Islamist Terrorists in Nigeria Threaten to Execute Pastor
Church leader pleads for rescue from ISWAP (formerly Boko Haram) captors.
February 25, 2021 By -
Herdsmen Kill Church Elder, Abduct Three Other Christians
Muslim Fulani also wound Christian in attack in northwest Nigeria.
February 23, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a church elder and abducted three other Christians in northwest Nigeria on Feb. 16, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot dead Mati Sani, a 65-year-old elder with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), in an attack in the village of Kadabuki Dan-Marabu, Kankara County, Katsina state at […]
Christian Leader in Sudan Detained and Beaten, Sources Say
Security personnel suspected of seizing youth leader.
February 22, 2021 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Christian leader in Sudan was detained and beaten on Friday (Feb. 19) for speaking out against the burning of a church building, sources said. Masked men believed to be national security personnel seized Osama Saeed Kodi, chairman of the Christian Youth Union of Al Jazirah state, on Friday […]
Muslim Fulani Kill 11 Christians, Wound Two, in Nigeria
Four ECWA members slain in Plateau state.
February 19, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot four Christians to death on Sunday (Feb. 14) in north-central Nigeria, following the killing of seven other Christians earlier in the month. Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed the four members of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) at about 8 p.m. in Kwall District, Bassa County of […]
Father Recovers Forcibly Converted/Married Daughter
12-year-old girl in Pakistan was found chained in home of ‘husband.’
February 18, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Asif Masih beamed with joy to have his 12-year-old daughter back home on Tuesday (Feb. 16) in Faisalabad, Pakistan following her alleged kidnapping and forcible conversion and marriage to a 45-year-old Muslim. “Praise God, for He has answered our prayers and rescued my daughter,” Masih said hours after Faisalabad Session […]
Another Church Building Set Ablaze in Sudan
Hate messages on social media precede arson attack.
February 17, 2021 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The ninth church building in two years to be set ablaze in Sudan was torched last month, sources said. Suspected Muslim extremists set fire to the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) building in the rural Tambul area of Al Jazirah state southeast of Khartoum on Jan. 3, said the […]
Two Christians Studying Bible in Park Charged with Blasphemy
Far-right Islamist group in Pakistan enlisted to pressure police, lawyer says.
February 16, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Lahore, Pakistan have charged two Christians with blasphemy after Muslims objected to their Bible study in a park last weekend, the attorney for one of the accused said. Haroon Ayub Masih, 26, and friend Salamat Mansha Masih, about the same age, were studying the Bible in Lahore’s Model […]
Charges Fabricated against Pastor, Others after Assault, Sources Say
Tribal mob attack leaves church leader unable to chew food.
February 9, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in southern India have filed false charges against a church pastor after tribal animists assaulted him for his faith so severely that he was hospitalized for two days, sources said. The pastor and three others face a range of fabricated charges such as causing hurt and, in the pastor’s […]
Police Hamper Prosecution of Accused Killers, Sources Say
Officers lie, remove evidence to cripple case against Muslim suspects, attorney says.
February 8, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Suspects in the killing of a young Christian man a year ago in Pakistan have been freed on bail due to police connivance and are issuing death threats to pressure relatives to drop the case, sources said. Muslim land-owners upset with farmworker Saleem Masih, 22, for “polluting” their tube-well by […]
Pregnant Christian Woman Loses Baby after Hindu Extremist Attack
Hospitals refuse to treat young mother-to-be.
February 4, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Leela Bai, eight months pregnant, rushed outside a house she was visiting in central India after hearing the commotion of a Hindu extremist mob attacking tribal Christians preparing to celebrate the New Year. The mob pushed her down and kicked her stomach until she fell unconscious, and later that evening […]