NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda beat and raped a young Christian woman for testifying that a mosque leader killed her father because of his faith, sources said. The imam at a mosque in Kanyumu village, Pallisa District, Sheikh Musana Ibrahim, and two other Muslims killed Samson Mukama on Jan. 28, according […]
Woman in Uganda Says Muslims Beat, Raped Her for Accusing Imam of Killing Her Father
Christian, 22, seriously wounded after testifying.
April 30, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Massacres Reach Southern Nigeria
With or apart from Islamic extremist groups, violence said to pose threat of civil war.
April 27, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani attacks on Christians have advanced beyond Nigeria’s central zone into a southern state, with a church leader saying the aggression could cast Nigeria into civil war as a massacre this week took at least 27 lives. Following the February massacre in Agatu, in the central-eastern state of Benue, […]
Muslims in Uganda Kill Christians’ Livestock, Demolish Church Building
Village Islamists order end to raising pigs.
April 21, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in eastern Uganda last week killed Christians’ pigs and tore down their church building, sources said. A Muslim mob demolished the building of the 450-member Nalugondo Church of Uganda building at about midnight on April 12, shouting, “We cannot live together with neighbors who are infidels. […]
Hindu Extremists on Motorcycles Chase Down Pastor in Northern India
In eastern India, new convert undeterred by assault.
April 14, 2016 By - 1 Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Late one morning in northern India last month, pastor Ram Prakash, 42, was riding his motorcycle home when he noticed men on three motorcycles shouting obscenities as they followed him. The pastor had just visited four Christian families that day, March 24, praying with them at their homes in Karoate […]
Taliban Splinter Group in Pakistan Targets Christians in Easter Suicide Bombing
Explosive detonated near children’s rides at park.
March 28, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A deadly suicide bombing in a public park here marred Easter celebrations in Pakistan on Sunday evening (March 27), as an Islamic extremist group targeted Christians. At least 74 people have been reported dead, most of them women and children, while 362 others were injured. Of those being treated at […]
Christian Widow, Children in Uganda Flee after Threats, Rape
Islamists threaten to kill family.
March 22, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Threats from hard-line Muslims and the rape of her 13-year-old daughter forced a Christian mother and her five children to flee their village in eastern Uganda last week, sources said. Amina Napiya, a 42-year-old widow, fled her home in Nakajete village, Budaka Town Council, on Wednesday (March 16). Budaka Town […]
After Massacre in Benue, Nigeria, Muslim Herdsmen Remain in Villages, Sources Say
Thousands displaced.
March 11, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
LAGOS and JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – More than two weeks after the massacre of an estimated 300 predominantly Christian farmers in Benue state in central Nigeria, attacks continued this week as Muslim Fulani herdsmen remained in the area, sources said. While a government official said this week that the herdsmen had begun to leave […]
Young Christian in Eastern Uganda Who Left Islam Is Beaten, Ostracized
Father, uncle attack him a week after he received Christ.
March 10, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – After Mohammed Nsera graduated from high school last year, his Muslim family built a small house for him on their homestead in eastern Uganda. They burned it down this year after he put his faith in Christ. Nsera’s family lives in the predominantly Christian village of Katende near Busede, Jinja […]
Anti-Christian Hatred Seen in Attack on Church Building in Samsun, Turkey
Police release suspects caught on video.
March 3, 2016 By - 2 Comments
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Four men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans when released from jail, a marked departure from past harassment, church leaders said. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the four Muslims went to a building rented […]
Case Dropped against Christians Arrested for Evangelizing in Alexandria, Egypt
Prosecutors find no evidence of ‘showing disdain’ for ‘heavenly religion.’
February 26, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A regional prosecuting attorney in Egypt has dismissed a case against three Christians arrested last summer and accused of blasphemy during an evangelistic outreach, their attorney said. The three Christians, one of them a minor, were being investigated pending possible charges of “showing disdain” to a “heavenly religion” under a […]