KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two days after a slain pastor in one part of Nasarawa state, Nigeria was buried, a Muslim Fulani herder in another part of the state cut off part of the hand of another pastor working on his farm. The Rev. Hamza Alkali, 66, had to have the rest of his […]
Baptist Pastor Loses Hand to Muslim Fulani Herdsman in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Second pastor in the state attacked on his farm in one week.
July 22, 2016 By - 2 Comments
Government Fires Teacher from Christian School in North Khartoum, Sudan
Police physically remove headmistress from her office.
July 21, 2016 By - 1 Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in Sudan last month showed up at a Christian school, handed over a letter of dismissal of the headmistress and physically removed her, installing another teacher in her office, sources said. Civilians supporting Muslim investors’ desire to take over the church property on which the Bahri Evangelical School […]
Former Imam in Eastern Uganda Loses Home, Family, Work after Turning to Christ
Muslim relatives take wife, children, damage his plantation.
July 21, 2016 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 53-year-old man in eastern Uganda sits alone in a small shanty after losing his family, house and business because he left Islam for Christianity. Muslim relatives drove Kuluseni Iguru Tenywa, a former imam, from his ancestral home the night of June 27 in Budhagali village, Jinja District. Led by […]
One Dead, Several Injured in Islamist Attacks on Copts in Egypt
Weekend of violence abetted by impunity.
July 19, 2016 By - 1 Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – One Christian is dead, several others have been wounded and a fire gutted a church building after Muslims across Egypt waged a weekend of violence against Copts. In Tahana El-Gabal village in Minya Governorate, on Sunday night (July 17) Fam Mary Khalaf, 27, was overpowered by a group of Muslims […]
Deep Love, Indescribable Pain for Family of Slain Evangelist in Nigeria
Pastor husband says she had premonition of being in heaven.
July 15, 2016 By - 1 Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The last words of an evangelist who was killed while she was street-preaching here on Saturday (July 9) were, “Blood of Jesus,” her husband told Morning Star News. Eunice Mojisola Olawale, a deaconess in the Redeemed Christian Church of God that her husband pastors in a suburb of Abuja, was […]
Authorities in Sudan Jail Christians Defending School on Property of Embattled Church
Government helping Muslim business interest to seize facilities.
July 15, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese security personnel in North Khartoum last week jailed 14 Christians after raiding an evangelical school on a church property the government is helping a Muslim business interest to seize, sources said. Leaders of the Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church were inside the Bahri Evangelical School in North Khartoum trying […]
Converts from Islam in Malaysia Detained in ‘Faith Purification Centers’
Violators of sharia sentenced – or arbitrarily sent – to re-education camps.
July 14, 2016 By - 3 Comments
(Morning Star News) – Converts to non-Islamic faiths in Malaysia can be detained for more than three months in “Faith Purification Centers.” While some converts are arbitrarily arrested and sent to the centers, detention in one of the three camps is “slowly gaining preference among sharia judges in Malaysia” as an alternative to prison sentencing, […]
Christian in Pakistan Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ after Argument with Muslim
Two female relatives taken into custody are released after his arrest.
July 13, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of two in Pakistan was arrested last night under blasphemy charges after a Muslim friend accused him of forwarding a poem on an instant messaging application, sources said. Nadeem James, a 26-year-old Catholic in Gujrat District, had argued about religion with his Muslim friend, Yasir Bashir, a […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
ECWA leader attacked with machete blows.
July 5, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Nasarawa state killed last week in Obi was buried today in his hometown of Zonkwa, Kaduna state. Muslim Fulani herdsmen with machetes killed the Rev. Zakariya Joseph Kurah of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) on Thursday (June 30) while he was working at his farm, sources […]
Muslim Villagers in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian Woman, Infant Girl, Sources Say
Widow refused mosque on her land; mother accused of violating Ramadan.
June 30, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers in eastern Uganda last week killed a Christian woman for refusing to allow a mosque on her property, and in the same district Muslim relatives of a young Christian mother poisoned her baby, sources said. Efranse Kadondo, a 50-year-old Catholic of Naigobya village, Kiyunga Sub-County in Luuka District, […]