ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Egypt are regularly beating and dragging across a concrete prison floor noted convert Bishoy Armia Boulous, formerly known as Mohammed Hegazy, his attorney said. Imprisoned by Egyptian authorities on trumped-up charges for photographing Muslim attacks on Christians and then held illegally after his sentence was complete, Boulous is […]
Noted Convert from Islam in Egypt Regularly Beaten in Prison, Attorney Says
Jailers try to humiliate the former Mohammed Hegazy into recanting.
May 27, 2015 By -
Authorities in Iran Increase Pressure on U.S-Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini, Advocate Says
Jailers threaten to keep him in prison indefinitely.
May 1, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Iranian authorities over the past month have increased pressure on imprisoned U.S.-Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini by threatening to keep him in prison indefinitely, a legal advocate said. Authorities seem to be taking a “carrot-and-stick” approach to Abedini – burying him under a mountain of new, petty charges while promising him […]
The Islamic State: Hastening the Apocalypse?
Motives for unspeakable cruelty lie in Sunni 'End of Days’ teaching.
March 16, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – Since summer 2014, the Islamist terrorist group ISIS – a.k.a. Islamic State – has devastated the political, geographic and combat landscape of the Middle East. At the same time, along with its ominous black banners, it has raised worrisome questions about the true nature of Islam. For the Middle East’s ancient […]
Syrian Mother, Three Children Flee Attack as Officials Consider How to End Islamic State
Christians worldwide pray as fate of kidnapped Assyrians in Syria is awaited.
March 6, 2015 By -
March 6, 2015 (Morning Star News) – As the West and Middle East grapple with how to end the Islamic State (IS), an Assyrian mother who escaped Islamic State kidnapping in northeastern Syria said she does not know of the whereabouts of her husband. With IS videos of its beheadings and other cruelties fresh in mind, […]
Authorities in Iran Raid Christians’ Homes, Ask Them to Leave Country
Convert who received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine among those interrogated.
March 1, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Iran who received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine has been asked to leave the country, human right activists said. Agents from the Iranian intelligence service, known as VEVAK, on Feb. 16 raided the home of Mehdi Reza Omidi and two other members of house churches in Rasht, […]
Islamic Extremists in Sub-Saharan Africa Pursue Convert from Islam Who Fled Egypt
After family tortures him, Christian tracked by relative, consulate and violent Islamists.
February 26, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – When Ahmed Ali, a Christian convert from Islam, fled his native Egypt to a sub-Saharan nation after months of torture by his father and brothers, loneliness was not his worst problem. On the streets of the capital city of the African country (undisclosed for security reasons) last month, Ali’s uncle […]
U.S. Evangelist Wins Five-Year Battle for Residency in Turkey
Co-founder of Bible correspondence course faced threat of deportation.
February 25, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After a five-year court battle, a U.S. evangelist singled out by Turkey’s Ministry of the Interior for deportation because of his outreach activities has been granted a residency permit to stay in Turkey. David Byle was issued a residency permit at the end of January after five years of living […]
Egypt in Mourning as It Bombs Libyan Terrorist Targets after Beheading of Copts
Battle against Islamic State expands to Libya; U.S. help sought.
February 16, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After months of indifference to Islamist militants killing Egyptian Christians in Libya, Egypt bombed Islamic extremist targets in Libya and declared seven days of mourning following the beheading of 21 Copts. Video released on Sunday (Feb. 15) under the logo of the militant Sunni terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly […]
Christian in Egypt Gunned Down
Family of victim believes alleged killers are trying to intimidate them into dropping charges in 2013 murders.
January 17, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Police in Upper Egypt have arrested a man who, according to eyewitnesses, gunned down a Christian on Tuesday (Jan. 13) for what family members believe was their refusal to drop charges against the suspect’s relatives in other religiously motivated killings in 2013. Hasan Baghdadi was arrested on Wednesday (Jan. 14) […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2014
For once, good news – miraculous righting of horrific injustice in Sudan – tops list.
January 9, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – In a year that saw a new level of cruelty unleashed upon Christians and other religious minorities across Syria, Iraq and Africa, one once obscure case of injustice in Sudan turned into a titanic battle that gripped the world’s attention. The battle appeared to be spiritual as much as legal. 1 – […]