NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Oct. 30) gutted the home of a Christian family for housing two boys threatened with violence for leaving Islam, sources said. Stephen Muganzi, 41, told Morning Star News that the two teenaged boys sought refuge with him on Oct. 16 in […]
Muslims in Uganda Burn Home Where Boys Threatened with Violence Took Refuge
Separately, 27 Christians injured in attack on food project.
November 3, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
Anti-Christian Motives for Pastor’s Death in Andhra Pradesh, India Surface
Killers had long threatened slain Christian’s brother for thriving ministry.
November 2, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Contrary to the reasons communist guerrillas in India gave for murdering a pastor in July, area church leaders said he was killed for carrying out his Christian calling. Communist Party of India (Maoist) guerrillas known as Naxalites killed Pastor Yohan Marayya in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh state on July […]
Christians in Iran Appeal Sentence of 80 Lashes for Drinking Communion Wine
Pastor Behnam Irani released.
October 29, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Three Iranian Christians sentenced to receive 80 lashes for drinking wine during a Communion service filed an appeal Wednesday (Oct. 25) to have their case overturned, a noted advocacy group reported. In a trial that lasted a mere 10 minutes, the three converts from Islam, Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb […]
Pastor’s Faith Steadfast as Hindu Extremists Abuse Him in Maharashtra, India
Assailants beat, urinate on and threaten to kill church leader.
October 28, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in Maharashtra state had severely beaten a pastor, pointed a gun at his head and were sprinkling gasoline on him to burn him to death when he began praying and praising Jesus. Pastor Prashant Bhatnager, 45, is still recovering from broken hand, arm and leg bones, as well […]
Dangerous Area in Kaduna, Nigeria a Virtual Ghost Town; 13 More Deaths Discovered
Shocked survivors of attacks say they had no conflicts with herdsmen.
October 26, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
DOGON FILI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Several people advised me that it was not safe to go to Godogodo in southern Kaduna state, but it was imperative to verify reports of violence against Christians in Nigeria, as authorities and mainstream media downplay persecution as “sectarian violence.” I was advised that if I must go, I […]
Pastor, Family in Pakistan Evicted from Home with Police Help after Muslims Attack
Islamists threaten to stir up religious tensions in property dispute.
October 22, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Defying a court order, police in Punjab Province forcibly evicted a pastor and his family from their home this week after Muslims attacked them in a bid to seize the property, sources said. Pastor Michael Robert of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Farooqabad, Sheikhupura District, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) […]
More than 48 Christians Killed in Kaduna, Nigeria Massacres
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attack over the weekend and in late September.
October 19, 2016 By - 6 Comments
GODOGODO, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed more than 40 Christians in an attack in this town in northern Nigeria on Saturday (Oct. 15) and left another eight dead in an assault three weeks earlier, area leaders said. Besides the eight slain on Sept. 24-26 in Godogodo, a predominantly Christian community in Kaduna […]
Pakistan Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Asia Bibi Case as Islamist Pressures Mount
Justice recuses himself in appeal of death sentence for Christian mother.
October 13, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – As Islamist groups warned of reprisals for a possible acquittal in Pakistan’s highest profile blasphemy case, the country’s Supreme Court today delayed ruling on an appeal against the death sentence given to Christian mother of five Aasiya Noreen. The ruling on the death sentence given to Noreen, commonly known as […]
Church in Northern Kenya Fearful after Gruesome Attack on Christians
At least six dead in grenade and gun assault on ‘infidels.’
October 7, 2016 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Church members in a northeastern town in Kenya fear for their lives after Islamic extremists targeted Christians in a grenade and gun attack early Thursday morning (Oct. 6) that killed six people, sources said. Targeting predominantly Christian migrant workers from Kenya’s interior, rebels from Somalia’s Al Shabaab group reportedly took […]
Authorities in Turkey Arrest Killers in Malatya Slayings
Five nationalists had been freed after conviction, sentencing.
September 30, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Turkey last night arrested the five Muslim nationalists convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the torture and murder of three Christians in southeast Turkey in 2007. A source told Morning Star News of the arrests last evening, and advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC) confirmed it […]