ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – The terrorist group Islamic State (IS) late last month killed three Assyrian Christians, presumably in Syria, according to an execution video released Wednesday (Oct. 7). In the video, the group threatened to kill some 200 other Christians in Syria unless it receives a ransom of $50,000 each for their release. […]
Islamic State Threatens to Kill Christians in Syria in Video Showing Executions
Three Assyrians shot to death in recording.
October 9, 2015 By -
Christians in Syria Struggle to Survive amid Terrors
Pastor caught between obligations to ministry and to family.
October 2, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – His 6-year-old daughter still wakes up screaming, more than three years after the sounds and sights of war first gave her night terrors. At least a few times each week, she wakes up with her muscles clenched, her head thrown back and her mouth open, screaming. Her father, a pastor […]
U.S.-Iranian Pastor Abedini’s Ordeal in Iran Tests, Builds Faith of Wife, Children
Addressing president of Iran or her kids, Naghmeh Abedini chooses words carefully.
September 29, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday declined to meet with the wife of imprisoned U.S.-Iranian- pastor Saeed Abedini during his trip to the United Nations, days after the Christian’s wife learned he had recently been tortured. Rouhani instead said in a television interview that releasing Iranian criminals held in U.S. prisons […]
Christian in Egypt Kept in Prison on False Charge of ‘Blasphemy,’ Attorney Says
Second arrest in one month of a Christian for ‘evangelism.’
August 25, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – An Egyptian Christian who was arrested earlier this month for alleged evangelizing of Muslims in suburban Cairo could be held indefinitely in prison on a false accusation of blasphemy, his lawyer said. Medhat Ishak, a 35-year-old Christian from Ebid village in Minya Governorate, was arrested on Aug. 7 while handing […]
Christian Family Awaits Word on Copt Kidnapped in Libya by Islamic State Affiliate
Militants also seize Christians from Nigeria, Ghana.
July 23, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – As unconfirmed reports and rumors about the status of three Christians kidnapped in Libya by the Islamic State (IS) continue to spread in Egyptian media, a Coptic family waits in fear over the fate of their loved one. On Friday (July 17), an IS affiliate in Libya known as Islamic State, […]
Three Christians in Egypt Arrested for Allegedly Showing Contempt for Islam
Angry Muslim forcibly detains evangelist in Alexandria.
July 16, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Egypt have been accused of showing disdain or contempt for Islam after an evangelism outreach to Muslims over the weekend in the port city of Alexandria, sources said. The three Christians were arrested on Saturday (July 11) after at least one was stopped for handing out small […]
Charges Dropped against Muslim Accused of Killing Christian in Egypt
Like others accused of violence against Copts, suspect is declared insane.
July 2, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Prosecutors in Upper Egypt have dropped all charges against a Muslim who, according to numerous eyewitnesses, gunned down a Christian with the aim of intimidating his family into withdrawing charges in another religiously motivated killing. Prosecuting attorneys on June 24 found that the accused in the January shooting, Hasan Baghdadi, was […]
Two Injured in Arson Attack on Historic Church in Galilee, Israel
Monk, volunteer recovering from smoke, fumes.
June 19, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – An elderly monk is recovering from smoke and toxic fumes he inhaled in an arson attack on a Galilee church yesterday as Israeli police investigate the blaze that caused more that $1 million in damages. Before dawn on Thursday (June 18) someone set fire to the Church of the Multiplication […]
Christians Shaken after Attack on their Church Building in Istanbul, Turkey
Some congregation members suspect assailant did not act alone.
June 17, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Some members of a congregation in Istanbul suspect a man who attacked their church building last week did not act alone. Church members said they suspect the assailant, whom police said has a severe psychological disorder, was pressured to commit the attack by a group that wanted to stir up […]
Christians Suspect Islamic State Influencing Muslims in Palestinian Territories, Israel
Increased radicalization seen in attacks, rhetoric.
June 11, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After months of Islamic State (IS) committing horrific violence in the Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian Christians say a large number of Muslims in the Palestinian Territories and Israel have become “radicalized” and are much more aggressive toward them. Anti-Christian hostility boiling under the surface for years has come […]