ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – An elderly monk is recovering from smoke and toxic fumes he inhaled in an arson attack on a Galilee church yesterday as Israeli police investigate the blaze that caused more that $1 million in damages. Before dawn on Thursday (June 18) someone set fire to the Church of the Multiplication […]
Two Injured in Arson Attack on Historic Church in Galilee, Israel
Monk, volunteer recovering from smoke, fumes.
June 19, 2015 By -
Blasphemy Law Reform Drafted in Pakistan as Three More Christians Are Accused
‘Bad intent’ must be proven for conviction under new legislation.
June 17, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The Pakistani government has finished drafting a bill to combat abuse of blasphemy laws to which three Christians in the past month alone have fallen prey, sources said. In Nankana Sahib District of Punjab Province, a Muslim accused a 94-year-old Christian landowner of blaspheming Islam in retaliation for the landowner’s attempt […]
No New Evidence against Two South Sudanese Pastors in Sudan, Relatives Say
Church leaders put in separate, high-security cells.
June 15, 2015 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Prosecutors produced no new evidence today in the trial of two South Sudanese pastors facing the death penalty on charges of undermining the Sudanese constitution, sources said. At a hearing in Khartoum in the trial of the Rev. Yat Michael and the Rev. Peter Yein Reith, the same two […]
Widow of Slain Christian in Uganda Fears for Her Life
Hard-line Muslims send her death threats on mobile phone.
June 2, 2015 By -
PALLISA, Uganda (Morning Star News) – The widow of a Christian shot to death by suspected hard-line Muslims in eastern Uganda fears for her life after receiving several death threats, she said. Agnes Nasubuga Nura, 28, said Muslim extremists killed her husband, Richard Lebon Suleiman, on Feb. 15 in Budaka, Pallisa District, 193 kilometers (119 miles) east […]
Noted Convert from Islam in Egypt Regularly Beaten in Prison, Attorney Says
Jailers try to humiliate the former Mohammed Hegazy into recanting.
May 27, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Egypt are regularly beating and dragging across a concrete prison floor noted convert Bishoy Armia Boulous, formerly known as Mohammed Hegazy, his attorney said. Imprisoned by Egyptian authorities on trumped-up charges for photographing Muslim attacks on Christians and then held illegally after his sentence was complete, Boulous is […]
South Sudanese Church Leaders Jailed in Sudan Charged, Could Face Death Penalty
Pastor says he is trusting God will intervene on their behalf.
May 8, 2015 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese authorities have charged two South Sudanese pastors under laws that call for the death penalty, their attorney said. National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) officials have charged the Rev. Yat Michael and the Rev. Peter Yein Reith (also transliterated as Peter Yen Reith) with undermining the constitutional system […]
Islamic State Warns Those Who Refuse Islam Will Die like Ethiopians in Libya Video
Militant asserts that persecution of Christians is fundamental to Islam.
April 24, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In a video showing the cruel execution of 28 Ethiopian Christians, the militant Sunni terrorist group Islamic State (IS) says persecution of Christians is fundamental to Islam. In the video released late Sunday night (April 19), IS (formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) warns that if Christians in […]
Religious Persecution in China Dramatically Worsened in 2014, Group Says
Advocacy organization reports steep increase in cases, people harmed.
April 24, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – Persecution of Christians in China reached its highest level in more than a decade last year as the government cracked down on church growth perceived as a threat to Communist Party power, according to a U.S.-based advocacy group. Texas-based China Aid Association (CAA) this week reported 572 cases of religious – […]
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 -
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 […]
Hindu Extremists Block Good Friday Service, Beat Christians in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pastor ordered to vacate rented property.
April 10, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Under pressure from Hindu extremists, local officials kept a church from meeting on Good Friday (April 3) in India’s Uttar Pradesh state and ordered the pastor to vacate the property, the church leader said. Pastor Daniel Singh of Salvation for Asia Church in Swar, near Rampur, told Morning Star News his two-year […]