TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – After Slimane Bouhafs was released from prison in 2018, having served nearly two years for violating Algeria’s blasphemy laws, further persecution drove him to Tunisia. Threats on his life continue there, and he is stuck in legal limbo – missing his daughter’s wedding on Friday (April 2). “My daughter who […]
Released from Prison, Algerian Christian Persecuted in Tunisia
Slimane Bouhafs seeks refuge in third country.
April 4, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
Christian’s Five-Year Prison Sentence for Facebook Post Upheld in Algeria
Attorney sees anti-Christian bias in verdict.
March 23, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A judge in Oran, Algeria on Monday (March 22) upheld a five-year prison sentence for a Christian convicted of reposting a cartoon of Islam’s prophet on his Facebook account three years ago, sources said. Farid Khemisti, attorney for Hamid (surname withheld for security reasons), said the 43-year-old father of four young […]
Two Christians Sentenced to Prison and Heavy Fine in Algeria
Pastor, bookseller convicted for Christian literature at their store.
March 4, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A court in Algeria has convicted and sentenced in absentia a pastor and another Christian to two years in prison and a heavy fine, accusing them of “shaking the faith” of Muslims with Christian literature at their bookstore, sources said. Pastor Rachid Seighir and Nouh Hamimi learned by a written […]
Christian Leader in Sudan Detained and Beaten, Sources Say
Security personnel suspected of seizing youth leader.
February 22, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Christian leader in Sudan was detained and beaten on Friday (Feb. 19) for speaking out against the burning of a church building, sources said. Masked men believed to be national security personnel seized Osama Saeed Kodi, chairman of the Christian Youth Union of Al Jazirah state, on Friday […]
Another Church Building Set Ablaze in Sudan
Hate messages on social media precede arson attack.
February 17, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The ninth church building in two years to be set ablaze in Sudan was torched last month, sources said. Suspected Muslim extremists set fire to the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) building in the rural Tambul area of Al Jazirah state southeast of Khartoum on Jan. 3, said the […]
Christian in Algeria Imprisoned for Cartoon on Facebook
Father of four sentenced to five years in prison.
February 1, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian who had received and reposted a cartoon of the prophet of Islam on his Facebook account three years ago was not too concerned when gendarmerie showed up at his door on Jan. 20. By the next day, the 43-year-old father of four young children had been sentenced to […]
Religious Rights Still Blocked in Sudan, Christian Leaders Say
Confiscated properties, new church construction sought.
January 7, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Officials in Sudan have shown signs of increasing religious freedom, but Christians say roadblocks remain to constructing churches and regaining confiscated properties since the new transitional government took power in September 2019. Officials in Sudan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments have said the process of issuing licenses for […]
Worship Structures in Sudan Burned, Christians Threatened
Nine of 14 Muslim extremist suspects arrested.
December 22, 2020 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Sudan who have burned down a church’s worship structure five times threatened to kill congregation members if they put up another tent and continue worshipping, sources said. Police this month arrested nine of the 14 radical Muslims who burned down the temporary worship structures of the Sudanese […]
Three Young Christians Assaulted in Khartoum North, Sudan
Muslims beat pastor’s 16-year-old son, his 17-year-old cousin and their aunt.
October 9, 2020 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor’s son, his cousin and their 20-year-old aunt were assaulted in a suburb north of Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday (Oct. 6) as Muslims continued targeting church members despite religious freedoms favored by the new transitional government. Levi Hakim, 17, had gone into a shop in the Alsamrab neighborhood in […]
Omission of Christianity as School Subject in Sudan an Error, Official Says
But there are still no Christians hired to teach it, church leader says.
September 9, 2020 By - 1 Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The head of the body responsible for curricula in Sudan announced that a previous directive omitting Christian education as a subject for primary schools was in error, according to a new letter to educational directors. Omer Ahmed al-Garay, director general of the National Centre for Curriculum and Educational Research […]