JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Days after Muslim leaders in Egypt came to his apartment to warn him to return to Islam, a Sudanese Christian in Cairo received a death threat by phone last week, he said. Having fled Sudan after authorities tortured and threatened to kill him if he refused to return to […]
Muslim Clerics Threaten Sudanese Christian in Egypt
Convert from Islam fled torture in Sudan.
June 4, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
Church Closed in Egypt after Muslim Mob Frightens Children in Sunday School
Another worship building shuttered over ‘sectarian tensions.’
April 23, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic church in Upper Egypt is closed after a throng of angry Muslims attacked it this month, beating a priest and another Copt as more than 200 fearful children who had gathered for Bible lessons looked on, according to advocacy groups. One of the injured Copts, Asaad Bakheet Rezek, […]
Kidnapping, Torture in Egypt of Christian Woman from Sudan Highlights Convert Pressures
Muslim extremists also threaten to kill husband, daughter.
January 31, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother from Sudan had deep cause for fear last November when her Muslim brother went to her church in Cairo, Egypt with a photo of her husband and asked members if they knew his whereabouts. Muslim extremists from Sudan had kidnapped and tortured her less than two […]
Facing Torture, Death in Sudan, Convert Flees to Egypt – and More Death Threats
Apartment broken into, passport stolen.
January 21, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Having fled Sudan after authorities tortured and threatened to kill him if he refused to return to Islam, a Sudanese Christian now faces death threats in Egypt. Unknown Muslims in Cairo began threatening him for his faith in Christ last year, 40-year-old Al Hadi Izzalden Shareef Osman said. In a […]
Muslim Throng Converges on Worship Site of Coptic Church in Egypt
Priests evicted, building shuttered.
January 15, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Police in Upper Egypt evicted Coptic priests and shuttered their church building after an Islamist mob converged on the site over the weekend, according to reports. Muslim villagers in Manshiyet Zaafarna, Minya Governorate, attacked the church of Mar-Giris (St. George) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 11), after mosque noon prayers, […]
Spike in Arrests of Christians in Iran Especially Severe this Christmas Season, Sources Say
Government trying to intimidate Iranians interested in Christianity, analysts say.
December 20, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Arrests of Christians in Iran usually spike as Christmas approaches, but this year has been especially severe, sources said. More than 150 Christians have been detained across the officially Shia Muslim country in the last month, and arrests are expected to continue. “The current situation has been described by some as […]
Discrimination against Christians in Egypt Reflects Deeper Issues
Attempt to do away with religious designation on ID cards fails.
December 3, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – A wan effort to do away with the religious designation on ID cards in Egypt reflects the enormity of the discrimination Christians face in a country regarded as a leader of Middle Eastern Islam, rights advocates said. ID cards are required for almost every aspect of public life in Egypt, and […]
Arrest of Converts Shows Close Surveillance of Christians in Iran, Advocate Says
Detention of two men planning to meet indicates 'close monitoring.'
November 21, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Two Christian converts from Islam planning to meet in a northern city of Iran were detained on the same day, part of what rights advocates say could be part of a rash of arrests in the area. Behnam Ersali and Davood Rasooli, both of Karaj, were arrested on Friday (Nov. 16) […]
Islamist Terrorists Ambush, Kill Seven Christians near Monastery in Egypt
Families mourn their dead.
November 5, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – Funerals were held over the weekend in Egypt for seven Christians ambushed and killed on Friday (Nov. 2) in Islamist attacks. Hundreds of people attended the funeral service in Minya for six Coptic Christians from the same family killed when Islamist gunmen ambushed their microbus near a desert monastery. A 15-year-old boy […]
Crack-Down on Christians in Iran Continues with Two More Prison Sentences
Regime threatened by rampant growth of Christianity, advocates say.
October 12, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Rights groups learned last week that two Christians in Iran have been sentenced to prison, the latest in a series of convictions on fabricated charges. Saheb Fadaei, already serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran, and Fatimeh Bakherti, both converts from Islam, were sentenced on Sept. 22 to 18 months and […]