Christian Girl Struggles to Void Forced Marriage in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Aneeqa Ishaq, a 16-year-old Christian girl in Lahore, Pakistan, took a job as a restaurant cashier for her family’s survival, but it ended with a coworker abducting her, forcing her to convert to Islam and coercing her to marry him, she said. “I only wanted to help my […]
Rebel Militia Abduct Pastor and Family Members in Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Members of a break-away group from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) abducted a pastor and others in South Kordofan state, Sudan on July 23, his brother said. The Rev. Yaqob Ibrahim Tia of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) was abducted from his home in Heiban town along […]
Oppressed Christians in Algeria Go Underground
(Morning Star News) – Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said. Christians in the 99-percent Muslim country gather discreetly in homes, garages or under olive trees, isolating many who are deprived […]
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Funeral Services Held for 30 Christians Massacred in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pastors and members of various churches attended a Catholic funeral service on Saturday (Aug. 1) for 27 Christians massacred by suspected Fulani terrorists in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. A funeral for three evangelical Christians slain in the same attack in Naridon village Kauru County shortly before midnight on […]
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Alleged Kidnapper Given Custody of Christian Girl in Pakistan
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Rebel Militants in Sudan Kill Pastor, Abduct Others
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Constitutional Court in Pakistan to Revisit Ruling on Married Girl
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Oppressed Christians in Algeria Go Underground
(Morning Star News) – Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said. Christians in the 99-percent Muslim country gather discreetly in homes, garages or under olive trees, isolating many who are deprived […]