(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 – […]
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 -
Attacks by Islamic Extremists in Nigeria Leave at Least 28 Christians Dead
Fulani herdsmen, suicide bomber ring in new year with violence in three states.
January 3, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani gunmen on Friday (Jan. 2) killed 15 Christians in an area of Kaduna state where 10 others were killed on Dec. 27, ending a week of violence in Nigeria in which at least 28 died. The ethnic Fulani herdsmen killed the 15 Christians in Ambe-Madaki village, in Kaduna’s […]
African Shamans in Uganda Injure Christians, Damage Church Building
Animist leaders attack on orders of spirit-god of Lake Victoria, they say.
December 30, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – African shamans wielding clubs and stones stormed a church on a Ugandan island in Lake Victoria on Dec. 22, sending about 30 Christians to hospitals for treatment, the pastor said. Pastor Sarah Kalaja of Kisaba Prayer Palace Christian Church at Kisaba landing site on Bukasa Island, told Morning […]
Pastor in Kenya Fears His Life Is in Imminent Danger from Islamic Extremists
Convert of Somali descent says Al Shabaab has put bounty on his head.
December 18, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Kenya of Somali descent whom Islamic extremist Al Shabaab militants have threatened for leaving Islam fears he soon could be killed. Somali Al Shabaab rebels have offered a reward to anyone who kills the Rev. Mahad H. Birik, and after a video of him describing his conversion […]
Islamist Herdsmen, Mercenaries Attack Christians in Benue, Nigeria from Nasarawa
Five killed in predominantly Roman Catholic community.
December 17, 2014 By -
MAKURDI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen from Nasarawa state and Islamist mercenaries from outside Nigeria attacked villages in neighboring Benue state on Sunday (Dec. 14), killing five Christians, sources said. Inhabited almost entirely by ethnic Idoma farmers, the Fulani herdsmen from Nasarawa state, with mercenaries from Chad and Niger, razed several villages, destroying […]
Gunmen Kill Christian Widow in Jos, Nigeria Bomb Blasts
Attack fulfills Boko Hara objectives of killing Christians and destabilizing government.
December 13, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – For Jummai Sunday, 63, Thursday (Dec. 11) began like any other for the Christian widow. After a morning devotional, she visited sick or bereaved families, and then returned home to gather items for sale at her market spot near the bus terminal area in Jos, Nigeria. She survived the twin […]
Boko Haram Kills More Christians as it Expands ‘Caliphate’ in Nigeria
Islamic extremist rebels seize towns in Borno state, kidnap 20 women.
December 7, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from Boko Haram killed 11 people and kidnapped 20 women as they attacked predominantly Christian Lassa in northeastern Nigeria state last week, the third town a three weeks that the terrorist group claims as part of its caliphate. The Boko Haram insurgents, who seek to impose sharia (Islamic […]
Al Shabaab Islamists Again Attack Non-Muslims near Mandera, Kenya, Killing 36
Most of those slain said to be Christians from outside the area.
December 2, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Members of the Islamic extremist insurgent group Al Shabaab early this morning killed 36 non-Muslims, most of them Christian, in an attack in northern Kenya, sources said. Coming 10 days after the Somali insurgents’ assault in the same area that left 28 non-Muslims dead, including 19 Christians, today’s massacre triggered […]
Al Shabaab Executes 28 Non-Muslims in Northern Kenya
At least 19 Christians among those killed.
November 23, 2014 By -
KHARTOUM, Sudan (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the Somali insurgent Al Shabaab stopped a bus in northern Kenya on Saturday (Nov. 22), separated out the non-Muslims and killed 28 people, including at least 19 Christians, sources said. Among those executed, an area Christian leader told Morning Star News, were 10 members of the Seventh-day […]
How to Read a Persecution News Story
Pray – if you can figure out how.
November 1, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Any of you who regularly follow persecution news may find that it gets hard to read after a while. In response to reader requests on how to deal with so much horrific news – one becomes either despondent or desensitized – I’ll share how I handle it. The horror of some […]