LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Rights groups and attorneys slammed the death sentence handed down to a Christian yesterday, saying the case for his blasphemy conviction was weak while Muslims who destroyed houses and shops in his neighborhood have been freed on bail. Sawan Masih, now the second Christian on death row on blasphemy charges […]
Attorneys, Rights Groups Blast Death Sentence for Christian in Pakistan
Sawan Masih becomes second Christian on death row for alleged remarks.
March 28, 2014 By -
Young Woman in Uganda Hospitalized after Father Beats Her; Mulinde’s Sight Saved
Elsewhere in country, church buildings, pastor’s home razed.
March 27, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A dream of praying in a church frightened a recent college graduate in Uganda, the Muslim daughter of sheikh; she knew he was capable of seriously hurting her for such a religious switch. Wenene Nuru, 23, of Iki-Iki township in Pallisa District, had been listening to a Christian-Muslim dialogue on […]
Police in India Rebuke, File Case against Christians Fleeing Hindu Extremist Attack
Assailants threaten to kill church members who refuse to convert to Hinduism.
March 26, 2014 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A police station official in India’s Jharkhand state this month reviled Christians who sought protection after Hindu extremists beat and threatened to kill them for refusing to convert to Hinduism, area church leaders said. Accusing Christian leaders of forcible conversion, the Hindu extremists earlier this month attempted to forcibly convert […]
Gunmen Open Fire on Church in Mombasa, Kenya
At least seven dead in attack by suspected Islamic extremists.
March 24, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Gunmen entered a Sunday morning worship service in Kenya’s coastal Mombasa County yesterday and sprayed the congregation with bullets, killing at least seven Christians and leaving several others in critical condition. Two heavily-armed men wounded more than a dozen of the 200-member Joy in Jesus Church in the Likoni area […]
Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion
Eight families under threat of being expelled from village.
March 20, 2014 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – More than two dozen Christian converts in a village in southern Laos could be expelled for their faith if government officials fail to keep local authorities from violating their constitutional rights, according to an advocacy group. The Christians from eight families in Natahall village, in Savannakhet Province’s Phin District, were […]
Egyptian Christian Succumbs to Head Injury after Attack by Suspected Extremists in Libya
Young immigrant worker latest casualty of anti-Copt hostility in Libya.
March 19, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – An Egyptian Christian shot in the head by a suspected Islamic extremist in Libya on March 2 has succumbed to his injuries, family members said. Salama Fawzy Tobia died very early in the morning on Saturday (March 15) in El Raey El Saleh Hospital in Samalut, Minya Province with […]
Islamist Gunmen in Nigeria Kill Villagers in Borno State; Fulani Slay 45 in Taraba
In prior herdsmen attack in Kaduna state, death toll could be as high as 150.
March 18, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Hours after Fulani herdsmen attacked Christians in Nigeria’s Taraba state, Islamist militants late Sunday night and Monday morning (March 16-17) attacked a predominantly Christian village in Borno state, killing at least two people. Scores of gunmen believed to be members of the insurgent Boko Haram, which seeks to impose sharia […]
Released Suspects in Malatya, Turkey Slayings Ordered to Wear Monitoring Devices
New law allows confessed killers of three Christians to be freed on bail.
March 17, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Christians in Turkey who were shocked to learn that the confessed killers of three Christians would be released on bail under a new law are more at ease as the suspects are effectively under house arrest, a Christian leader said. A reform law signed into effect on March 6 by […]
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 -
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 […]
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians
Al Shabaab militants publicly execute mother of two, cousin.
March 14, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab militia last week publicly beheaded a mother of two girls and her cousin in southeastern Somalia after discovering they were Christians, sources said. In the port town of Barawa in the Lower Shebelle Region, the extremists on March 4 called residents to the […]