LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to life in prison under the country’s blasphemy laws in spite of scanty evidence, an advocacy official said. Nasir Saeed said a trial court in Rawalpindi sentenced Zafar Bhatti to life imprisonment, even though conviction under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s blasphemy law […]
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for ‘Blasphemy’
Scanty evidence calls for acquittal, attorney says.
May 10, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
Church Building Demolished, Two Christians Arrested in Sudan
One of at least 25 on government list of targeted houses of worship.
May 8, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Khartoum state authorities in Sudan demolished a church building yesterday (May 7) as Christians were preparing to worship, sources said. In the Khartoum suburb of Soba al Aradi, which began as a refugee camp for south Sudanese, a bulldozer sent by Jebel Aulia locality and the Ministry of Planning […]
Girl, 14, Rescued from Muslim in Pakistan Accused of Forcibly Converting Her
Police officer held her captive at his home, family says.
May 2, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 14-year-old Catholic girl in Pakistan, taken from her family in December and forcibly converted to Islam, was rescued on Wednesday (April 26), her lawyer said. Attorney Tahir Bashir said police officer Munir Ahmed on Dec. 6 illegally detained Sumbal Arif of Hafizabad District, Punjab Province and coerced her into […]
Violence against Muslims Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Spurs Calls for Reform of Laws
Christians long persecuted under the statutes are hopeful.
May 1, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Gruesome violence against Muslims accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has reignited calls for amending blasphemy statutes commonly used to persecute Christians. The lynching of a Muslim student over blasphemy charges at a university in northwestern Pakistan, the murder of a blasphemy accused Muslim in Punjab Province and mob violence against […]
Muslim Extremists Destroy Pastor’s Farm, Church Building in Eastern Uganda
Assailants to threaten to kill him for taking legal action, he says.
April 21, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda is without his home, farm and church building after Muslim extremists armed with swords and clubs rampaged through his property on March 27, he said. The band of nine Muslims, who also carried blunt metal objects, were shouting the jihadist slogan “Allah Akbar [God is […]
Quashing of Childcare Facility Application in Algeria Rooted in Religious Discrimination
Reason for denial cloaked in secrecy.
April 14, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – The social services agency of Tizi-Ouzou Province, Algeria, has denied a permit to a childcare facility without explanation, but almost certainly because of the owner’s Christian faith, sources said. The owner met all the conditions required by law for opening an early childhood care facility in the city of Tizi-Ouzou […]
Bombings at Two Churches in Egypt Turn Palm Sunday into Scenes of Carnage
Blasts in Tanta and Alexandria kill at least 44 people.
April 9, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Bomb attacks on two Coptic churches holding Palm Sunday services in Egypt today killed at least 44 people and injured more than 100 others, according to reports. The first bomb exploded in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, at St. George’s Church about 60 miles north of Cairo, killing at least […]
Mob Kills Christian Elder at Evangelical School of Sudan in Omdurman
Church leader defended women after police arrested men at embattled institution.
April 5, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A church elder on Monday (April 3) died from injuries sustained in a raid on an embattled Christian school by supporters of a Muslim business interest in Omdurman, Sudan, sources said. Younan Abdullah, an elder with Bahri Evangelical Church, died in a hospital after being stabbed while he and […]
Christians Accused in Killings in Pakistan Tortured, Pressured to Recant Faith
42 suspects in lynching of Muslims offered freedom if they convert to Islam.
April 3, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Relatives of jailed Christians in Pakistan said police who tortured the prisoners offered freedom if the detainees converted to Islam, and that a public prosecutor made the same offer in exchange for bail. The accusations come days after the government of Pakistan decried forced conversions of people of minority faiths. […]
Police in Sudan Arrest Christians at School, Prevent Others from Leaving
Take-over of evangelical institution leads to obstruction accusations.
March 30, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police accused staff members of a Christian school in Sudan of obstructing the work of a Muslim-owned business trying to take it over, sources said. Police in Omdurman, across from Khartoum on the Nile River, on Monday (March 27) arrested 12 staff members of a Christian school and the […]