CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Christians in two villages in North Sinai, Egypt have fled for their lives after a priest was gunned down and a Christian businessman was abducted and killed, his decapitated body dumped onto a street. On Thursday (July 11) the body of Christian businessman Magdy Lamei was found in the town […]
Christians Flee Villages in Egypt’s North Sinai after Terrifying Murders
Killings top months of kidnappings, attacks by Islamic extremist militants.
July 16, 2013 By -
Christian in Pakistan Sent to Prison for ‘Blasphemy,’ in Spite of Accuser’s Retraction
Clamoring Islamists pressure judge, threaten attorney.
July 15, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 13) sentenced a Christian to life in prison for alleged blasphemy in spite of the complainant retracting the accusation and admitting police pressured him into making it, his attorney said. Attorney Javed Sahotra told Morning Star News by phone that prosecutors in the […]
Sudan Tracking Down Converts from Islam in Purge of Christianity
Christian flees country after weeks of threats from authorities.
July 12, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Christian has fled the country after authorities in Khartoum threatened to kill him for refusing to divulge names of converts from Islam, sources said. The Christian, a native of Sudan’s Nuba Mountains area, left the country last month after officials from the National Intelligence and Security Service […]
Mulinde, other Converts from Islam in Uganda Struggle to Recover
Even in Christian-majority nation, following Jesus can mean painful loss.
July 8, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Even in Christian-majority Uganda, two former sheikhs (Muslim teachers) and a mother of seven are struggling to recover from the fury Islamic extremists unleashed on them for converting. Senior Pastor/Bishop Umar Mulinde of Gospel Life Church International outside Kampala has begun facial reconstruction after assailants who shouted “Allahu Akbar [God […]
Two Christians Wounded in Church Attack in Iraq; another Killed in Store Bombing
Gunmen surprise sleeping, off-duty church security guards in rest area.
June 28, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Authorities are investigating an attack by gunmen at a church in Baghdad, Iraq this week that wounded two Christian guards, one seriously, according to the parish priest. The Rev. Martin David of St. Mary’s Assyrian Catholic Church told Morning Star News that on Tuesday (June 25) at 2 a.m. […]
After Persecution for Faith, a Rare Religious Rights Success in Vietnam
Christian villagers given new land, farms.
June 27, 2013 By -
(Morning Star News) – Vietnamese authorities in Kontum Province this month resettled four severely persecuted ethnic Sedang Christian families on new land not far from where their homes and farms had been destroyed last February. This is a rare, positive government response to persecution and an important step in the struggle for religious liberty – […]
Assault on Pastors’ Meeting in India Shows Depth of Extremist Hostility
Hindu nationalists in Andhra Pradesh presume engagement in ‘forceful conversion.’
June 26, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Even in a state with no “anti-conversion” law, Hindu extremists in Andhra Pradesh this month leveled the accusation of forceful conversion at pastors as they belted the Christian leaders with iron bars. At their monthly prayer gathering in Thukkugudu, Hyderabad, on June 4 about 20 pastors from various denominations were […]
Two Christians Slain by Islamists in Nigeria
Muslim ethnic Fulani mount attacks in Plateau state; Boko Haram strikes in Borno.
June 21, 2013 By -
WASE, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Fulani Muslims killed a Christian in a village near here on Tuesday (June 18), less than a week after the Islamic extremist Boko Haram sect killed a pastor in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno. In the latest of a series of attacks this year in the Wase area, 216 […]
Christians Sentenced to Prison as ‘Moderate’ Comes to Power in Iran
Persecution expected to continue as long as Ayatollah Khamenei in control.
June 19, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Six more Christians were sentenced for practicing their faith last week, while Iran’s presidential election of a moderate politician was not expected to soften the regime’s persecution of religious minorities. After eight years of the hard-line rule of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan Rouhani proclaimed a “victory for moderation … not extremism,” expressed […]
Teacher in Egypt Sentenced for ‘Defaming’ Islam
Christian fined beyond ability to pay; civil trial looms.
June 11, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A judge in Upper Egypt found a Christian teacher guilty of defaming Islam today and levied a massive fine against her after prohibiting her lawyers from presenting a single witness during the trial. Dimyana Obeid Abd Al-Nour escaped jail time, but she was fined 100,000 Egyptian pounds (US$14,270), far beyond […]