LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian sanitation worker was gunned down in Pakistan on March 20 for refusing an influential Muslim’s order to clean his outhouse on his day off, sources said. Noman Munir Masih, 20, of Sheikhupura in Punjab Province, was the sole breadwinner of his Pentecostal family after his father died […]
Young Christian Shot Dead in Streets of Sheikhupura, Pakistan
Muslim threatened him after sweeper refused his order.
March 29, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
More than 200 People Killed in Christian Areas of Nasarawa, Nigeria this Year, Group Says
Muslim Fulani herdsmen mount ‘incessant’ attacks.
March 28, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen on predominantly Christian communities in Nasarawa state this year have left more than 200 people dead and destroyed homes and farms, sources said. One such attack on a worship service on March 19 in the central Nigerian state’s Oshugu village killed two Christians and […]
Court Drops Charges of Kidnapping, ‘Human Sacrifice’ against Evangelist in Uganda
Complainant fails to appear at hearings.
March 20, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A judge in Uganda last week dropped charges aimed at stirring up Islamist opposition against an evangelist who provides refuge to converts from Islam, sources said. A court in Tirinyi, Kibuku District on March 13 dropped the charges of kidnapping and “human sacrifice” against Hassan Muwanguzi after the complainant and […]
One Year after Agatu Massacre, Christians Continue To Be Killed in Benue, Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill at least 29 church members this year.
March 15, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
MAKURDI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A year after Muslim Fulani herdsmen slaughtered an estimated 300 predominantly Christian farmers in Agatu, Benue state, deadly attacks continued in the state the first 10 weeks of the year, sources said. More than 29 Christians in Agatu and other rural areas were reported to have died in attacks on […]
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Secret Christian, Her Son, Wound Husband, Sources Say
Assailants identified as Al Shabaab militants.
March 6, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in Somalia identified as Al Shabaab rebels last month shot to death an underground Christian woman and her son and seriously wounded her husband, sources said. The family was asleep at their home at dawn in Afgoi, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Mogadishu, when at least […]
Sheikh in Uganda Incites Muslim Villagers against Evangelist Released on Bail
Christian accused of kidnapping woman who left Islam.
March 3, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hours after an evangelist in Uganda accused of kidnapping was released on bail today, an Islamic leader urged village Muslims to kill him, an area source said. Muslims in eastern Uganda’s Kachomo village, Budaka District gathered today to discuss how to stop Hassan Muwanguzi, a lay leader with the Church […]
Evangelist in Uganda Arrested on False Kidnapping, ‘Human Sacrifice’ Claims, He Says
Muslim father of woman who left Islam accuses noted lay leader.
March 1, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Police in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Feb. 26) arrested an evangelist after a Muslim accused him of kidnapping his adult daughter, who had taken refuge with the Christian after leaving Islam, sources said. In an effort to defame Hassan Muwanguzi and stir up Islamist sentiment against him, Nghangha Mubakali accused […]
Christians in Al-Arish, Egypt Flee after Killings in Northern Sinai
Seven Copts on peninsula slain in one month.
February 28, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christians continue to flood out of the Egyptian town of Al-Arish in northern Sinai after the third Copt in a week was gunned down on Thursday (Feb. 23), reportedly by Islamic State-linked militants. The mass exodus comes after three Coptic Christians were killed in what appears to be […]
Christians in Sudan Arrested in Tussle over Evangelical School in Omdurman
Muslim trying to take over another property from beleaguered SPEC.
February 24, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in Omdurman, Sudan arrested four Christians this week and accused them of destroying the sign board of a Muslim interest trying to take over their Christian school, sources said. Police arrived at the Evangelical School of Sudan in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum, on Monday (Feb. 20) […]
Christian Teenager Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Waits in Jail
Image posted on Facebook without his consent, attorney says.
February 22, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 16-year-old Christian in Pakistan is languishing in jail under a baseless blasphemy charge after a judge declined to grant him bail this month, his attorney said. The judge in Punjab Province’s Kasur District on Feb. 7 denied bail to Nabeel Masih, who has been jailed since Sept. 18, 2016 […]