JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Christian workers imprisoned under charges related to tarnishing Sudan’s image are innocent, but their arrests serve the Sudanese government as a warning to others against criticizing the Islamist regime, sources said. Foreign diplomats and international rights activists have taken notice of the case since Morning Star News in December […]
Arrest of Christian Workers in Sudan Serves Islamist Regime as Warning to Others
International community takes note of repressive measures.
September 29, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
After Nine Years, Killers in Malatya, Turkey Slayings Are Convicted, Sentenced
Five nationalists remain free while life sentences are appealed.
September 28, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After a nine-year legal saga, a Turkish criminal court today sentenced five men to life in prison for the torture and murder of three Christians in southeast Turkey in 2007. The Malatya First Heavy Penal Court found Salih Gurler, Cuma Ozdemir, Abuzer Yildirim, Hamit Ceker and Emre Gunaydin guilty on […]
Woman in Uganda Beaten Unconscious for Attending Church Service
Neighbors restrain Muslim husband.
September 26, 2016 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Uganda beat his wife unconscious for attending a church service on Sept. 18, sources said. Hussein Kasolo had recently married Fatuma Baluka, 21-year-old daughter of an Islamic leader in a predominantly Muslim village, undisclosed for security reasons, in Eastern Uganda’s Budaka District. “When I arrived home, my […]
Muslim in Ethiopia Attacks Wife for Leaving Islam
Mother of three hospitalized for three days.
September 21, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in Ethiopia had been a Christian for six weeks when her husband found out and beat her for leaving Islam, sources said. Habiba Ibrahim, a 34-year-old mother of three in Bokulu Boma, Ethiopia, received hospital treatment for three days after the assault earlier this month by her husband, […]
Muslim Rebels Massacre Christians in Central African Republic
Seleka militants attack civilians.
September 19, 2016 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim militants slaughtered 26 civilians in a predominantly Christian village in the Central African Republic on Friday (Sept. 16), the worst violence in the embattled country in months, sources said. Rebels from the former Seleka group attacked the village of Ndomete, about 220 miles north of the capital city of […]
Authorities Arrest Christian Leader in Al Jazirah State, Sudan, in School Takeover
A dozen teachers also detained, released on bail.
September 13, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in southeastern Sudan arrested the headmaster of a Christian school last week and took over its property, sources said. Armed police and officials from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on Sept. 5 arrested the Rev. Samuel Suliman and 12 teachers at the school in Madani, capital […]
Persecution in Eastern Uganda Persists as Christian Convert Is Killed in Western Area
Muslim relatives poison woman, she says.
September 8, 2016 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – While Muslim villagers continue to persecute Christians in eastern Uganda, Islamists last month killed a Christian in the western part of the country, sources said. The blood-stained body of a convert from Islam, 32-year-old Enoch Shaban, was found hanging from a tree in Mbarara District. An area resident in Kitebero Cell, […]
Muslims Shoot Father of Kidnapped Christian Woman in Pakistan, Sources Say
Catholic wounded three days after police defied court order to arrest assailants.
September 7, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Three days after police in Pakistan refused to comply with a court order to arrest Muslims who abducted, raped and tried to convert and marry a young Christian woman, one of the kidnappers shot her father, sources said. Ghulam Hussain and three other Muslims kidnapped 27-year-old Asma Gulzar at gunpoint […]
Christian Security Guard Killed in Islamic Extremist Terrorist Attack in Pakistan
Security forces prevent greater harm in assault on Christian community.
September 4, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Swift action by security forces prevented a major tragedy in northwestern Pakistan after four Taliban suicide attackers armed with bombs and assault rifles targeted a Christian colony early Friday (Sept. 2). One Christian security guard was killed and five others – two Christians and three security personnel – were injured […]
60-year-old Christian Killed as Violence Ruins Homes, Churches in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Muslim herdsmen attacks on individual farmers continue unabated.
September 2, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
LAFIA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A 60-year-old Christian farmer was hacked to death with machetes last week, the latest victim of attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa state who have burned church buildings and homes and destroyed crops in the past four years. Barki Baikoh was working on his farm outside of Andaha town […]