CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A young Christian teacher in northeastern Egypt is facing charges of insulting Islam after he posted comments on Facebook, according to local reports. Youssef Hany of Ismailia, a city on the Suez Canal 78 miles northeast of Cairo, posted the comments earlier this month in reply to a Muslim who […]
Christians, Others in Egypt Arrested for ‘Insulting Islam’
Heated Facebook exchange leads to charges against teacher.
November 23, 2020 By -
Christian Leaders Urge Prayer for Nigeria’s Forgotten Victims
Violence escalating despite pleas to government, Family Research Council reports.
November 19, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Their pleas for government help falling on deaf ears, Christian leaders issued calls for prayer this month as Islamic extremist groups continued terrorizing northeast Nigeria. In the wake of attacks and kidnappings by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), leaders of the […]
Fulani Kill Four Christians, Abduct Others in North-Central Nigeria
In northwest, five daughters of pastor kidnapped.
November 12, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani killed four Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Nov. 6) and the next day kidnapped seven persons, including five daughters of a church pastor, according to a local advocacy group. Surviving witnesses in Kaduna state’s Dande village, part of Kasaya in Chikun County, described the killers as armed […]
Court in Pakistan Nullifies Christian Girl’s Marriage to Muslim
Catholic 13-year-old sent back to shelter home.
November 10, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A high court in Sindh Province, Pakistan on Monday (Nov. 9) invalidated the marriage of a 13-year-old Catholic girl to a Muslim alleged to have abducted and forcibly married her, sources said. The court has yet to address the alleged forcible conversion of Arzoo Raja to Islam. Justices ruled that […]
Muslims Ambush, Kill Pastor after Radio Broadcast in Uganda
Community mourns loss of well-known preacher.
November 6, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists killed a pastor in northern Uganda on Saturday (Oct. 31) after he compared Christianity and Islam in a radio broadcast, sources said. David Omara, 64-year-old pastor of Christian Church Center and a well-known radio preacher in the area, was beaten and strangled after finishing his broadcast in Aduku, […]
Muslim Fulani Seize Christian Villages in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Three Christians killed in late October, rights advocate says.
November 5, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Having taken over more than 100 once predominantly Christian villages in four counties of southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, Muslim Fulani militia killed three more Christians in late October. a rights advocate said. Fulani attacks in the areas have driven 50,000 people to live with relatives or in camps for Internally […]
Islamist Militants Kill, Kidnap Christians in Northeast Nigeria
Pastor killed, women and children abducted from village near Chibok.
November 3, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants in northeast Nigeria attacked a predominantly Christian village near Chibok, Borno state on Sunday morning (Nov. 1), killing 12 Christians and kidnapping women and children, sources said. In Takulashi, less than 10 miles from Chibok, where Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped 276 Christian girls in 2014, the assailants […]
Christian Girl in Pakistan Recovered from Kidnapper
Police arrest Muslim who allegedly forced her to convert and marry.
November 3, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday (Nov. 2) recovered a 13-year-old Christian girl and arrested the Muslim accused of abducting and forcibly marrying and converting her, sources said. The action came hours after the Sindh High Court, under pressure from a rising tide of protests over its previous validation of […]
Abducted Pastor in Nigeria Not Released; 6-Year-Old Kidnapped
Father killed in Fulani attack on home in Nasarawa state.
November 1, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor abducted in northeastern Nigeria has not been released as his church members were told, and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa state have kidnapped a 6-year-old Christian boy after killing his father, sources said. Members of Zongo’s congregation had told Morning Star News that militants from the Islamic State […]
Muslim Boys in Somalia Beat Christian’s 7-Year-Old Son
Convert says family has been ‘hunted’ for years.
October 30, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Somalia long persecuted for his faith had not seen his children attacked until this month, when an assault on his 7-year-old son sent him to the hospital for three days. The convert from Islam told Morning Star News he had finished a Bible study with other underground […]