LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police have filed a false blasphemy charge against a Christian in Sargodha after he refused their requests for money, a relative said. In a separate incident also in Punjab Province, Muslim high school teachers assaulted a Christian headmaster because he had been promoted over them and refused to comply with […]
Police Set Up Christian in Pakistan with False Blasphemy Charge, Sources Say
In separate incident, Muslim teachers assault Christian headmaster.
October 22, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
Video Released from Libya of Beheading of Christian from South Sudan
Masked man claims affiliation with Islamic State.
October 20, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A group claiming affiliation with the Islamic State (IS) announced the beheading of a Christian from South Sudan in a video posted on Sunday (Oct. 18). A masked man who carries out the killing in the video, presumably in Libya, states that he is defending Muslim brothers he claims […]
Pastor in Bangladesh Describes Attempt to Slit His Throat
Member of violent Islamist group suspected.
October 11, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
DHAKA, Bangladesh (Morning Star News) – Two of the three suspected Muslim extremists who tried to cut the throat of a pastor in northwestern Bangladesh last week met with him in mid-September and feigned interest in converting, the church leader told Morning Star News. Luke Sarker, the 52-year-old pastor of Faith Bible Church in Ishwardi, Pabna […]
Supreme Court Ruling Said to Signal Positive Change in Pakistan
Upholding of death sentence for killer of critic of blasphemy laws a ‘strong sign,’ advocates say.
October 9, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Supreme Court decision to uphold the death sentence for an Islamist who killed Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer because of his objections to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws signals government resolve against Islamic extremism, human rights advocates said. The high court on Wednesday (Oct. 7) upheld the October 2011 death sentence for […]
College Student in Uganda Whose Family Left Islam Is Beaten, Raped
Assailants spoke of killing her, 19-year-old says.
September 18, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three men eat and raped a 19-year-old Catholic woman in Uganda last week, sources said. The student at St. Mary’s Teachers College in Bukedea, in the district of the same name about 50 miles from Mbale in Eastern Uganda, said she was returning from class on Sept. 9 when she […]
Court in Sudan Rules Government Interfered with Church
Committees imposed on SPEC congregation in Muslims’ attempt to take over property.
September 16, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court has ruled that committees the Sudanese government imposed on a North Khartoum church in order to enable Muslim investors to take it over were illegal, sources said. A victory in the Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church’s four-year battle to retain ownership of its property, the Aug. 31 ruling […]
Police Hasty, Brutal in Arrest of Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan
Business rivals stir up Muslim mob against impoverished kiln worker.
September 4, 2015 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Authorities this week charged and jailed a Christian accused of blasphemy by Muslim business competitors, and police beat area Christians in their search for him, sources said. Jamshed Masih told Morning Star News that local Muslims had entrapped his brother, 35-year-old Pervaiz Masih, in a false blasphemy case after he […]
Christian in Pakistan Killed, Wife Shot by Muslim Relatives, Attorney Says
Elsewhere, three Christians accused of blasphemy for using Urdu word for ‘apostle.’
August 26, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Islamist groups are threatening the family and attorney of a young Christian man shot dead by Muslim in-laws who also wounded his wife over her decision to marry him and leave Islam, the attorney said. Aleem Masih, 28, married Nadia, 23, last year after she put her faith in Christ. […]
Attorneys for South Sudanese Pastors Facing Execution Make Final Appeal for Justice
Charges stem from ‘political’ motives, source says.
July 24, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Attorneys for two South Sudanese pastors facing the death penalty made their closing arguments on Thursday (July 23) before a judge who appears to favor the prosecution, sources said. Defense lawyers concluded their case at Khartoum Bahri Court with the assertion that agents from the National Intelligence and Security […]
Three Christians in Egypt Arrested for Allegedly Showing Contempt for Islam
Angry Muslim forcibly detains evangelist in Alexandria.
July 16, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Egypt have been accused of showing disdain or contempt for Islam after an evangelism outreach to Muslims over the weekend in the port city of Alexandria, sources said. The three Christians were arrested on Saturday (July 11) after at least one was stopped for handing out small […]