LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy in Pakistan told police two Muslims set him on fire because of his faith before he died from his burns Wednesday (April 15), according to a human rights advocate, but police denied taking the statement. Nauman Masih, 14, told police in Lahore that two masked men on […]
Police in Pakistan Deny Christian Youth’s Statement on Who Attacked, Killed Him
Official denies boy’s declaration that two Muslims set him ablaze because of his faith.
April 16, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
Days after Police Brutality in Rajasthan, India, Hindu Extremists Attack in M.P.
Prime minister’s talk of religious freedom rings hollow, Christians say.
March 10, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Days after police tortured 20 Christians in India’s northwestern state of Rajasthan, Hindu extremists in Madhya Pradesh struck two churches in four days. In central India’s Madhya Pradesh, where a law against forced or fraudulent conversions is routinely invoked to harass Christians – though none has ever been found guilty – members […]
Syrian Mother, Three Children Flee Attack as Officials Consider How to End Islamic State
Christians worldwide pray as fate of kidnapped Assyrians in Syria is awaited.
March 6, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
March 6, 2015 (Morning Star News) – As the West and Middle East grapple with how to end the Islamic State (IS), an Assyrian mother who escaped Islamic State kidnapping in northeastern Syria said she does not know of the whereabouts of her husband. With IS videos of its beheadings and other cruelties fresh in mind, […]
Authorities in Iran Raid Christians’ Homes, Ask Them to Leave Country
Convert who received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine among those interrogated.
March 1, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Iran who received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine has been asked to leave the country, human right activists said. Agents from the Iranian intelligence service, known as VEVAK, on Feb. 16 raided the home of Mehdi Reza Omidi and two other members of house churches in Rasht, […]
U.S. Evangelist Wins Five-Year Battle for Residency in Turkey
Co-founder of Bible correspondence course faced threat of deportation.
February 25, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After a five-year court battle, a U.S. evangelist singled out by Turkey’s Ministry of the Interior for deportation because of his outreach activities has been granted a residency permit to stay in Turkey. David Byle was issued a residency permit at the end of January after five years of living […]
Hindu Extremists Strive to Mortify, Malign Christians in Jharkhand State, India
Accusation of child molestation in one case, tearing of woman’s clothes in another.
February 20, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in India this month sought to shame and malign Christians, as four women were publicly beaten in one village and a teacher was falsely accused of child molestation in another, sources said. In India’s eastern state of Jharkhand, 11 assailants dragged four Christian women from their prayer meeting […]
Egypt in Mourning as It Bombs Libyan Terrorist Targets after Beheading of Copts
Battle against Islamic State expands to Libya; U.S. help sought.
February 16, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After months of indifference to Islamist militants killing Egyptian Christians in Libya, Egypt bombed Islamic extremist targets in Libya and declared seven days of mourning following the beheading of 21 Copts. Video released on Sunday (Feb. 15) under the logo of the militant Sunni terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly […]
Sudanese Air Force Bomb Kills Pregnant Christian Mother in Nuba Mountains, Sudan
In Khartoum, another Christian-owned building confiscated.
February 12, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan’s bombing of a civilian area in the Nuba Mountains on Friday (Feb. 6) killed a Christian woman who was nine months pregnant, a relative said. Naheed Saeed Komi, a 25-year-old mother of a 3-year-old boy, was walking from her home in Tangali village, Dalami County in South Kordofan […]
Eight People Injured in Grenade Attack in Northern Kenya
At least one Christian among eight non-Muslims hit.
February 11, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A grenade attack in northern Kenya last week injured eight people, including at least one Christian, in an area where Somali Islamic extremists launched deadly anti-Christian attacks in December and November, sources said. The grenade landed among the non-Somali workers as they arrived to eat at the Moyale Hotel in […]
Muslim Uncle of Two Girls in Uganda Beats, Locks Them Up without Food
Sisters who became Christians on Sunday deprived of food until escape on Tuesday.
February 6, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The uncle of two Muslim girls in eastern Uganda who put their faith in Christ on Sunday (Feb. 1) beat them and locked them in a room without food for nearly three days, sources said. Nabagabana Fatuma, 14, and her 16-year-old sister, Namwase Aisha, need trauma counseling and medical […]