NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An imam who threatened a convert from Islam in eastern Uganda has been arrested in connection with the killing of the 28-year-old Christian, sources said. Laurence Maiso’s body was found at his house, his head in a pool of blood, on Jan. 27 at around 5 p.m. in Numuseru village, […]
Imam Arrested in Killing of Christian Convert in Eastern Uganda
Mosque leader detained after issuing threat.
February 10, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
Pastors in Nigeria Fall Prey to Kidnappers
Two kidnapped, another wounded by gunshot amid abduction of parishioner.
January 27, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two Nigerian pastors have been abducted this month in Kogi state, as kidnapping cartels that have plagued the central state the past three years directed their aim at Christian leaders. In a departure from numerous kidnappings of high-profile business and government leaders in Kogi state since 2013, gunmen abducted pastor […]
Two More Pastors Arrested in Sudan
NISS also seeks arrest of two previously acquitted, South Sudanese church leaders.
December 20, 2015 By - 1 Comment
JUBA, South Sudan, December 20, 2015 (Morning Star News) – Security officials arrested two Sudanese pastors in the Khartoum area of Sudan on Friday (Dec. 18), sources said. Authorities from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) arrested both leaders of the Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC) separately at their respective homes at 7 a.m., […]
Five Years after Murder of Priest in Turkey, New Bishop Preaches
Pope Francis appointed Paolo Bizzeti to post at İskenderun Catholic Church.
December 17, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – More than five years after a bishop in Turkey was viciously murdered for reasons still shrouded in mystery, a new bishop held his first service at the church where the slain priest once preached. Bishop Paolo Bizzeti, 67, celebrated Mass at İskenderun Catholic Church in Hatay Province on Nov. 29, […]
Muslim Extremists in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian Policeman, Kidnap Three Children
Bloodshed continues for converts in heavily Islamic region.
December 14, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda on Tuesday (Dec. 8) set a deadly trap for a Christian policeman who had left Islam, and the next day other hard-line Muslims kidnapped three children from another convert in a nearby village, sources said. More than 20 Muslim extremists in the Komodo area of […]
Egyptian Army ‘Suicides’ Raise Specter of Persecution of Christians in Military
Evidence points to murder in soldiers' deaths.
December 11, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In a daze, Nataay Boushra made his way out of the morgue and into a hallway of the army hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Lost in grief, he walked through the hallways of the medical facility; past nurses, past doctors and past groups of young soldiers talking to each other, but […]
Christian Slum Dwellers Fight Eviction in Islamabad, Pakistan
Government statement to Supreme Court reflects deep prejudice, critics say.
December 9, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Yaqub Masih is one of thousands of impoverished Christians facing demolition of his makeshift home in Islamabad after a government agency last week stated that informal slum settlements of Christian migrants threatened the city’s Muslim-majority demographic. “It is one thing being poor, but things are far worse if you are […]
Muslim Who Attacked Ministry Building in Nigeria Attempts to Seize Property
Pastor’s wife, students inside as demolition began.
December 7, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in central Nigeria who destroyed part of a ministry facility, upsetting students inside, has filed suit to seize the property, a ministry leader said. Facing a charge of criminal trespass for the partial demolition of the facility in September, Mohammed Uduans has filed a civil suit against Segun […]
Suspected Hard-line Muslims in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian in Sword Attack
Father of five supported 10 children abandoned for leaving Islam.
December 4, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of five in eastern Uganda who supported 10 children whose families had disowned them for leaving Islam was killed on Wednesday night (Dec. 2). One of three men who attacked Patrick Ojangole at 9:30 p.m. reproached him for failing to heed a warning to cease his Christian […]
Nigeria’s Slain, Indigenous Missionaries Leave Legacy of Faith
Christian workers sent to dangerous northeast gave their lives for the gospel.
October 29, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Amid ongoing dangers, Christian leaders in Nigeria this month recalled the exemplary faith of indigenous missionaries who gave their lives in areas overrun by Islamic extremist militants. While President Muhammadu Buhari told an India-African summit this week that Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has been contained to “sporadic” attacks in […]