JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Fears that Christianity would again be omitted as a course subject in schools in Sudan were confirmed in a recent government directive, sources said. While Islam has long been taught in schools, the head of the body responsible for curricula in Sudan sent a letter to director generals of […]
Transitional Government in Sudan Omits Christianity as School Subject
Hopes crumble in official directive to educational directors.
September 3, 2020 By -
One Man Slain, Children and Others Kidnapped in North-Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen continue unchecked onslaught in Kaduna state.
August 28, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked a predominantly Christian village in north-central Nigeria, killing one resident, burning a church building and kidnapping four children among others on Monday (Aug. 24), sources said. More than 20 herdsmen rode into Damba Kasaya village, Kaduna state, on motorcycles at about 8 a.m. in an attack […]
Christian Girl Kidnapped in Pakistan Says Muslim ‘Husband’ Raped, Threatened Her
Maira Shahbaz escapes, says she was coerced into stating she converted, married.
August 27, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The Muslim who regained custody of a 14-year-old Christian girl he had kidnapped threatened to kill her and her family unless she gave court statements that she had married him and converted to Islam of her own free will, the girl told Morning Star News. Maira Shahbaz, who escaped […]
Christian Dies, Cousin in Critical Condition after Assault in Uganda
Coronavirus lockdown forces disowned cousins to return to hostile home.
August 26, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – One young Christian man in eastern Uganda has died after family members beat him for leaving Islam while his cousin, also beaten, clings to life, sources said. The Muslim fathers and other relatives of the two men in Budaka Town beat them with sticks and other blunt objects in […]
Pastor Jailed Since May after Standing Up to Land-Grabbers in Pakistan, Relatives Say
Bail hearings continually postponed; charges are baseless, they say.
August 25, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in Karachi has languished in jail since May on a baseless charge of extortion leveled against him in retaliation for taking a stand against alleged land-grabbers who demolished homes of poor Christians there, family members said. Falsely accusing pastor Sohail Latif Sandhu of extortion, the alleged land-grabbers […]
Pastor, 16-Year-Old Girl among 11 Christians Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Muslim herdsmen displace 50,000 people as they occupy villages, rights group says.
August 21, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A 16-year-old girl, a father of nine children and a church pastor were among 11 Christians killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen this week in southern Kaduna state, sources said. On Tuesday (Aug. 18) in Zangon Kataf County, herdsmen attacked Unguwan Gankon village, killing a 16-year-old student, Takama Paul, and […]
Local Officials in Nepal Order Halt to Construction of Church Building
Hindus exploit legal confusion to level allegations against Christians.
August 20, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Municipal officials in Nepal ordered a church to stop construction of a worship hall after local Hindus objected to it, sources said. Some of the area Hindus had threatened relatives who became Christians after pastor Manish Bohra began proclaiming Christ in Galkot in January. When a small church began […]
As Outcry Grows, 37 More Christians Killed in Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen mount more attacks in Middle Belt.
August 18, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Amid a groundswell of domestic and international condemnation of unchecked violence by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria, 37 more Christians were killed in Kaduna state so far this month, sources said. Following the slaughter of 33 Christians in Zangon Kataf County in early August, Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday […]
Christian Hospitalized for More than Two Weeks after Assault in India
Hindu extremists in northern village beat him with iron rods.
August 17, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of seven in northern India was hospitalized for more than two weeks after Hindu extremists with iron rods interrupted his night prayers with his family and beat him at his home. Pappu Kumar, released from a hospital on Thursday (Aug. 13), was praying with his family […]
Verdict in Pakistan Portends More Forced Marriages/Conversions of Christian Girls
Court returns 14-year-old Catholic girl to Muslim who allegedly abducted her.
August 14, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court decision in Pakistan to return custody of a 14-year-old Christian girl to the Muslim who allegedly kidnapped her and forced her to convert to Islam and marry him will make more Christian girls vulnerable to such trauma, sources said. Lala Robin Daniel, a rights activist based in […]