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 […]
Muslim Boys in Somalia Beat Christian’s 7-Year-Old Son
Convert says family has been ‘hunted’ for years.
October 30, 2020 By -
Pastor in Nigeria Appeals for Release from Islamist Terrorists
ISWAP militants capture two Christian women along with church leader.
October 29, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in Nigeria who went missing on Oct. 19 has been captured along with two Christian women by militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), according to a video released by the terrorist group. In the video clip uploaded on YouTube today (Oct. 29), the Rev. […]
Judge in Pakistan Validates Marriage of Muslim to 13-Year-Old
Catholic girl kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam, family says.
October 28, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 13-year-old Christian girl kidnapped by a Muslim man in Pakistan leapt toward her mother when she spotted her outside a courtroom on Tuesday (Oct. 27), but her family was not permitted to enter as a judge validated the 45-year-old abductor’s Islamic “marriage” to the child, sources said. Refusing to […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill, Wound Christians in Ambushes in Nigeria
Muslim terrorists attack in north-central and northeast; six kidnapped.
October 28, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen wounded two Christians in north-central Nigeria on Sunday (Oct. 25), a little more than week after herdsmen in the country’s northeast killed another church member while a Christian woman and pastor were kidnapped, sources said. Herdsmen shot and wounded the two Christians at Ratsat-Rat Junction in Plateau state’s […]
Christian Girl, 13, Forcibly Married, Converted in Pakistan, Father Says
Kidnapper’s brothers are police officials protecting him, rights advocate says.
October 26, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Karachi, Pakistan are ignoring the kidnapping and forcible conversion to Islam of a 13-year-old Christian girl by a 45-year-old Muslim whose two brothers are police officials, sources said. Ali Azhar, a neighbor of the victim’s Catholic family, abducted Arzoo Raja on Oct. 13, and her family went to […]
Churches Attacked amid #EndSARS Protests in Nigeria
Several dead, and seven worship halls damaged.
October 23, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Protests against police brutality in Nigeria that grew into generalized unrest over poor government took on a religious dimension this week with attacks on Christians and church buildings. Following peaceful protests that began earlier this month against torture and killings by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) forces, counter-demonstrations against the #EndSARS […]
Young Christian Man Hacked to Death in North-Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill eight Christians in Plateau state.
October 20, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria hacked a young Catholic man to death with machetes on Wednesday (Oct. 14), one of eight Christians killed this month in Plateau state. The herdsmen ambushed 25-year-old Justine Patrick and two Christian companions at about 6 p.m. as they were returning from farm work […]
Christian’s Hearing Damaged in ‘Reconversion’ Attacks in India
Death threats, violence and sexual harassment from Hindu extremists.
October 12, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian and his 20-year-old son have taken refuge at an undisclosed location since an attack on Sept. 2 in Chhattisgarh state left the father with permanent damage to his hearing, sources said. Jagra Kashyap, 45, and son Asharam Kashyap had to leave their families at home in Badrenga village, […]
Three Young Christians Assaulted in Khartoum North, Sudan
Muslims beat pastor’s 16-year-old son, his 17-year-old cousin and their aunt.
October 9, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor’s son, his cousin and their 20-year-old aunt were assaulted in a suburb north of Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday (Oct. 6) as Muslims continued targeting church members despite religious freedoms favored by the new transitional government. Levi Hakim, 17, had gone into a shop in the Alsamrab neighborhood in […]
Christian Sentenced to Death for ‘Blasphemy’ in Pakistan Acquitted
False allegation destroyed Christian area in 2013.
October 6, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges six years ago was acquitted by a high court in Lahore on Monday (Oct. 5), sources said. Sawan Masih, a 40-year-old Catholic father of three, had been handed the death sentence in March 2014 after a Muslim friend accused him […]