NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian convert of Somali descent in Kenya said he is concerned that Muslims who stabbed him in Nairobi have been released from jail as they await trial. Mohamud Yusuf Ahmed told Morning Star News that Ahmed Ali Mohammed and Issa Shidane Quru, also of Somali descent, stabbed him on Feb. […]
Somali Muslims in Kenya Freed after Stabbing Attack in Nairobi
Convert from Islam says they threatened to kill him.
May 14, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
Pregnant Christian Sentenced to Death for ‘Apostasy’ Pressured to Embrace Islam
Woman given three days to recant faith.
May 12, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan that sentenced a pregnant Christian to death for allegedly leaving Islam is pressuring her to recant in exchange for leniency, sources said. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a 27-year-old doctor from western Sudan in late-term pregnancy, faces execution for alleged “apostasy” and 100 lashes for marrying a […]
Christian Teacher in Exile Awaiting Appeal of Her ‘Blasphemy’ Case in Egypt
False accusations in climate of hostility drive young woman to France.
May 2, 2014 By - 1 Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – One year after Muslim extremists in Egypt accused her of committing blasphemy during class, a Christian teacher who suspected she would not get a fair trial remains trapped in exile. Demyana Abd Al-Nour, 25, a first-year social studies teacher at Sheikh Sultan Primary School in a village in Upper Egypt, fled […]
Christian Girl Raped in Pakistan Kept from Medical Care for Two Days
Muslim relatives of suspect issue threats, hold father hostage.
May 2, 2014 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Threats by the Muslim family of a villager in Punjab Province who raped a 7-year-old Christian girl prevented her from receiving hospital care for two days, sources said. Targeted under the assumption of impunity for Muslims who attack Christians, the young daughter of a farmhand in Malhe Ki village […]
Family of Christian Shot Dead in Pakistan Doubts Suicide Claim
Muslim threatened 24-year-old father of two for declining Islam.
April 17, 2014 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The family of a 24-year-old Christian who died yesterday accuses a bank security guard of shooting the young man dead after the guard threatened him for refusing to convert to Islam. Sunny Masih, a father of two, was working as a cleaner at a branch of Bank Islami under construction on Nisbat […]
Convert from Islam in Uganda, Former Sheikh, Says Muslim Relatives Poisoned Him
Doctors provide antidote for substance used in insecticide; more treatment sought.
April 8, 2014 By - 3 Comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in a village in eastern Uganda last week tried to poison him to death, the Christian told Morning Star News. Hassan Muwanguzi, who lost his wife and job as a schoolteacher shortly after his conversion in 2003, was hospitalized on March 31 in […]
Upcoming Election in India Brings Fear, Insecurity for Christians amid Unrelenting Persecution
Report shows uptick in attacks last year compared with 2012.
April 1, 2014 By - 1 Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – With a report showing Christians in India faced at least 151 attacks last year, predictions that a Hindu nationalist party will win a general election beginning in April are stoking fears of more violence. The New Delhi-based Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI), which released its “Partial List of Atrocities on […]
More than 100 Christians Slain as Herdsmen Burn Homes, Church Buildings in Nigeria
Muslim gunmen raid three Christian villages in Kaduna state.
March 16, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
MANCHOK, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim herdsmen armed with guns and machetes on Friday night (March 14) launched attacks on three villages in Kaduna state, killing more than 100 Christians and destroying homes, sources said. Scores of the ethnic Fulani assailants simultaneously attacked the Christian villages of Ugwar Sankwai, Ungwar Gata and Chenshyi in the […]
Egyptian Christian Shot in Libya Near Death
Second attack by suspected Islamic extremists in one week leaves Copt unconscious.
March 10, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – The family of an Egyptian Christian shot in Libya on March 2 says he remains close to death in a hospital in Egypt. The shooting of Salama Fawzy Tobia, 23, in Benghazi, Libya came a week after suspected Islamic extremists killed seven other Egyptian Christians in the Libyan capital. Tobia […]
Syria’s Christians Face New Threat – ‘Convert, Submit to Islam or Face Sword’
Followers in Raqqa face threat familiar to Christians in the Muslim world.
March 6, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
(From Foxnews.com) – “Convert. Submit to Islam. Or face the sword.” In recent days, the besieged Christian community in Raqqa, a city in northern Syria, has faced those three stark alternatives. The terrorist group known as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) made their demands after seizing control of the region. They required […]