(Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Sweden has been unable to find work as a midwife since a hospital where she interned last year let her go for refusing to help perform abortions. Hospital officials in the southern town of Eksjö had promised to extend Ellinor Grimmark’s contract until she refused to participate […]
Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions
Christian files discrimination complaint.
March 6, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
Muslim Gunmen in Nigeria Kill 16 Christians, Destroy Numerous Homes
Suspected Fulani herdsmen attack communities in Plateau state.
March 5, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed gunmen believed to be Muslim Fulani herdsmen yesterday and early today attacked a cluster of villages in Plateau state, killing 16 Christians and destroying numerous homes, Christian leaders said. The assailants, reportedly dressed in military camouflage, shot randomly as they struck Torok, Gwon, Gwarim, Gwareng and Rim villages in […]
Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Separatist Islamic extremists suspected.
March 3, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists bombed three church buildings on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar in February, with one of the blasts injuring several Christians, sources said. A bomb exploded near the door of the Evangelistic Assemblies of God Zanzibar (EAGZ) church building on Feb. 23 in Kijito Upele-Fuoni, outside Zanzibar City, […]
Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians
Ansar al-Sharia militants behind prior anti-Christian attacks.
February 25, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – An Islamist militia behind prior attacks in Libya is thought to be responsible for the execution-style shootings of seven Egyptian Christians found yesterday east of Benghazi. The militia, Ansar al-Sharia, has offered a reward to Benghazi residents who help them round up the rest of the Libyan capital’s Christians, according […]
Sudan Revokes Citizenship of Christian, Jails Him for Failing to Leave Country
Deacon of Eritrean descent targeted for Christian activities.
December 9, 2013 By - 1 Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Christian has been jailed in Khartoum, Sudan for declining to leave the country after authorities revoked his Sudanese citizenship, sources said. Early this year National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) personnel had required Zawengel Abraham Mikael, a 41-year-old deacon of Eritrean descent, to frequently report to their offices […]
Bombing of Civilians in Sudan Seen as Ethnic, Religious ‘Cleansing’
Two children killed.
November 25, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In what Christians see as a government effort to rid the country of Christianity and ethnic Nuba people, the Sudanese Air Force has stepped up bombings of civilians in South Kordofan in the past two months, including an attack on Nov. 17 that killed two children. Sudan dropped two […]
Despite Settlement, ‘Blasphemy’ Charge Sought against Christian in Pakistan
Complainant, mullah seek to make example of illiterate vendor.
November 15, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – An illiterate vendor in Pakistan beaten by an Islamic mob for unwittingly using pages containing Koranic verses received “forgiveness” from his accusers, but the complainant filed a blasphemy case against the Christian anyway under direction from Islamic leaders. In Pakistan’s northeastern town of Wazirabad, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Lahore, […]
Christian Shot Dead in Mogadishu, Somalia
Muslim neighbor says gunmen sought him for spreading ‘wrong religion.’
November 14, 2013 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Gunmen who said they intended to kill a Christian in Mogadishu, Somalia for spreading his faith shot him to death last month, the victim’s neighbor said. Two men armed with pistols shot Abdikhani Hassan seven times as he approached his home after closing his pharmacy in Dharkenley District on Oct. […]
Two Small Children among Four Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
Ethnic Fulani herdsmen again suspected.
November 14, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, NIGERIA (Morning Star News) – Gunmen who killed four family members in their home in Plateau state this month, including 2-year-old and 4-year-old boys, were likely Muslim herdsmen, church leaders said. In Rantis village, 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Jos, the suspected ethnic Fulani Muslims launched a guerilla attack on a home at about […]
Police in India Rebuke, Threaten Pastor for Reporting Vicious Beating
Hindu extremists knock Bible student unconscious three times.
October 15, 2013 By - 1 Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in Chhattisgarh state last week chastised and threatened a pastor when he reported that Hindu extremists beat a Bible student unconscious, area Christians said. After drunken Hindu extremists beat 23-year-old Shyam Sunder unconscious with a plow head three times – twice reviving him with water and continuing the beating […]