MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – An ascendant terrorist group in the Philippines that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) yesterday wreaked violence on the island of Mindanao, kidnapping a catholic priest and 13 members of his parish. Soldiers engaged in firefights with the Maute Group (MG) in Marawi City as its militants reportedly […]
Terrorists Linked with Islamic State Abduct Priest in Attack in Mindanao, Philippines
Policeman beheaded, 13 other Catholics kidnapped.
May 24, 2017 By -
Police, Local Officials Complicit in Buddhist Attacks in Sri Lanka, Report Indicates
Worship services ordered to stop.
April 20, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – Police and local officials in Sri Lanka declined to recognize Buddhist aggression against churches and in some cases encouraged persecution of Christians in the first four months of the year, a report indicates. Police initially refused to register a case when a mob led by Buddhist monks assaulted the pastor of […]
Muslims in Zanzibar, Tanzania Jail Pastor in Child Abuse Allegation Scheme, Group Says
Church leader could face 30 years in prison.
April 11, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Zanzibar have re-opened a child abuse case dismissed more than two years ago as a pretext for jailing a pastor on the semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania, church leaders said. Police in November 2014 had closed the case against pastor Yohana Madai of the Free Pentecostal […]
More Christian Teachers in Sudan Arrested in Take-Over of School
Authorities colluding with Muslim businessman, pastor says.
March 17, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in Omdurman yesterday detained three Christian teachers from the Evangelical School of Sudan in a bid to help a Muslim businessman take ownership of the school, Christian sources said. They were released on bail after eight hours, charged with obstructing the work of those attempting to take over […]
Church Leader in Eastern Uganda Refutes News Story on Church Attack
Report sows confusion over Muslim mob’s attack on prayer meeting, he says.
February 16, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A regional church leader convened an emergency meeting of pastors in eastern Uganda on Friday (Feb. 10) to refute what he called a false news story aimed at covering up a Muslim assault on a prayer meeting. The Rev. Moses Mukenye, who oversees nine churches in the Bukedi diocese in […]
Christian, 70, Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan as 106 Muslims Are Acquitted
Separately, Christian on death row freed on bail.
February 6, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 70-year-old Christian in Pakistan was jailed on blasphemy charges on the same day 106 Muslims accused in a 2013 attack on a Christian colony were acquitted. A mosque leader in the Lambanwali area north of Gujranwala, Punjab Province, on Jan. 28 accused Mukhtar Masih of writing two letters containing […]
Christian in Pakistan Jailed under Vindictive Blasphemy Charge, Sources Say
Separately, son of slain Punjab governor threatened.
January 4, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Pakistan have filed a blasphemy charge against a Christian in retaliation for refusing their demand that he and others cede church land to them, sources said.
Clergymen Missing after Helping Reporters Cover Bombing of Church Building in Burma
Area Christians suspect government forces arrested them.
December 29, 2016 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Two assistant priests in Burma (also called Myanmar) are missing after informing journalists about the bombing of a Catholic church building in Shan state, sources said. Dom Dawng Nawng and La Jaw Gam Hseng went missing on Saturday evening (Dec. 24) after helping journalists cover the bombing of their church […]
Christians Flee, Single Mother Homeless after Christmas Attacks in Eastern Uganda
Area Muslims beat congregation.
December 27, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda beat Christians at a Christmas Day service and wrecked the home of a single mother on Christmas Eve, sources said. In predominantly Muslim Obokora village, Pallisa District, 19 masked Muslims entered a church compound chanting the jihadist slogan “Allahu Akbar” and “Away from here, this village […]
Seven Christians Killed in North-Central Nigeria by Muslim Fulani Cattle Herders
Faction of Boko Haram, said to be arming herdsmen, releases Chibok girls video.
August 17, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked a predominantly Christian village in north-central Nigeria on Saturday (Aug. 13), killing seven Christians, sources said. Two weeks after herdsmen attacked a nearby area in Kaduna state, the assailants attacked Golkofa village in the same state’s Jema’a Local Government Area on Saturday night, they said. “The […]