LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Syrian government soldiers have retaken the ancient Christian town of Sadad from Jihadi rebels, accoding to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reports JNS.org. Residents from Sadad reported that rebels from the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization have retreated from the town after heavy fighting with the Syrian army. The Associated Press […]
Syrian Government Forces Retake Village from Jihadi Rebels
Jabhat al-Nusra militants have history of beheadings and destruction of churches.
October 28, 2013 By -
Traumatized Survivors of Wedding Attack in Egypt Look to God
Wounded relatives mourn horrific loss of loved ones.
October 27, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – The wounded mother of a 12-year-old girl killed at a church wedding on Oct. 20 in suburban Cairo lay in a hospital bed on Thursday (Oct. 24), lost in anguish. Howida Refaat Azer, 30, had spent days slipping in and out of consciousness following operations on her right leg, and […]
Gunmen Open Fire on Church Wedding in Cairo, Egypt
At least four Christians slain.
October 21, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – A funeral took place today at the same Coptic Orthodox church in suburban Cairo, Egypt where four Christians were gunned down at the end of a wedding on Sunday (Oct. 20). Two girls, ages 8 and 13, were among those killed when gunmen drove by the Virgin Mary Church […]
Two Egyptian Christians Slain in Libya
Orthodox Copts refused Muslims’ demand to convert to Islam, relatives say.
September 30, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A group of Muslims robbed two Egyptian Christians living in Libya, then tied up and shot them to death after the two Copts refused their demand to convert to Islam, relatives said. On a rural road in Derna District in northeastern Libya on Wednesday (Sept. 25), a group of Muslims […]
Iranian President’s Words Require Action, Religious Rights Advocates Say
Wife of imprisoned U.S.-Iranian pastor gives letter to new president’s entourage.
September 27, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 27, 2013 (Morning Star News) – After a week in which the new president of Iran skirted religious rights issues even as he received a letter from an imprisoned pastor, religious rights advocates hoped action would accompany the “moderate” face he presented. The day before Hassan Rouhani addressed the U.N. General Assembly, […]
Islamic Extremist Violence Persists in Iraq, Nigeria – and Kenya?
Car-bombings, executions continue in two countries as doubts linger about end of siege in Nairobi.
September 24, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Amid the wave of Islamic extremist bombings that have taken place in Iraq in the past week, one aimed at a Christian member of Parliament went largely unnoticed. Catholic news agency Fides News Agency (Agenzia Fides) reports that an apparent suicide attack by car bomb in Kirkuk on Sunday (Sept. […]
U.S.-Iranian Pastor’s Prison Term Upheld amid Crackdown on Christians in Iran
Another convert from Islam sentenced to 10 years behind bars.
August 27, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Harsh treatment of Christians before the June 15 election of Iran’s new president has continued since Hassan Rouhani took office on Aug. 3, including the upholding yesterday of pastor Saeed Abedini’s eight-year prison sentence. International calls for the release of the U.S-Iranian pastor, convicted of threatening “national security” by practicing […]
Christians Targeted in Pro-Morsi Violence in Egypt
At least two Coptic Christians killed; 27 church buildings attacked.
August 14, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt, August 14, 2013 (Morning Star News) – In the violence that exploded across Egypt today, supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi attacked scores of church buildings and Christian-owned homes and businesses in response to national security forces breaking up two protest camps in downtown Cairo. At least two Coptic Christians were killed […]
Coptic Christian Girl Shot Dead in Egypt
Threats, attacks continue as Christians are blamed for ouster of Morsi.
August 9, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian girl walking home from a Bible class at her church was shot and killed this week in Cairo by an unidentified gunman, human rights activists said today. Amid a near-constant din of threats and scattered attacks against the Christian population in Egypt by militant political Islamists, the […]
Missing Clergymen Reflect Dangers for Christians in Syria
Regardless of who’s in power, Christians expected to suffer amid chaos.
August 5, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – The disappearance last week of an Italian Jesuit priest in Syria following the kidnapping of two other clergymen in April reflects the dangers Christians face in the war-torn country. The Rev. Paolo Dall’Oglio, who spent three decades in Syria before the Syrian government deported him last year for helping victims of […]