NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Members of the Islamic extremist insurgent group Al Shabaab early this morning killed 36 non-Muslims, most of them Christian, in an attack in northern Kenya, sources said. Coming 10 days after the Somali insurgents’ assault in the same area that left 28 non-Muslims dead, including 19 Christians, today’s massacre triggered […]
Al Shabaab Islamists Again Attack Non-Muslims near Mandera, Kenya, Killing 36
Most of those slain said to be Christians from outside the area.
December 2, 2014 By -
Two Pastors in Bangladesh Face Charges for Proclaiming Christ to Muslims
Police arrest group after Islamist throng disrupts meeting.
November 24, 2014 By -
DHAKA, Bangladesh (Morning Star News) – Two pastors in northwestern Bangladesh could face two years in prison if convicted for “hurting religious sentiments.” Police on Nov. 9 arrested the pastors and 41 people, including Muslims, who were listening to proclamation of Christ at a rented house in Nabinagar village in Lalmonirhat District, 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest […]
Tensions High as Church in Sudan Strives to Fend Off Further Demolition
Hundreds of Christians in stand-off with authorities following destruction.
November 21, 2014 By -
NORTH KHARTOUM, Sudan (Morning Star News) – As churchwomen wailed and young men shouted that they were prepared to die to prevent further demolition, hundreds of Christians in North Khartoum blocked authorities’ attempts to destroy buildings on their compound this week. After a bulldozer accompanied by security personnel and police knocked down a wall […]
Police Say Woman Slain in Pakistan Innocent of Blasphemy; Politicians ‘Protecting Killers’
Shama Masih was illiterate.
November 19, 2014 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan say a Christian couple tortured and slain this month over accusations that the wife desecrated the Koran were innocent, while relatives said politicians are trying to shield the killers from justice. Urged to act from mosque loudspeakers, a frenzied mob on Nov. 4 tore the clothes off […]
Christians Beaten, Jailed in Hindu Extremist Attack in Maharashtra, India
70-year-old man among victims released on bail today.
November 13, 2014 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Four Christians in Maharashtra state, one 70 years old, were released on bail today after more than two weeks in jail, accused of “rioting” when Hindu extremists beat them and damaged two of their homes. The incident in Kamseth village, Nasik District in western India began on Oct. 28 […]
Incessant Attacks on Jerusalem Church in Israel Meet with Police Indifference
Christians bloodied, bruised; car stolen.
November 7, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Police have refused to respond to a series of attacks on a church in East Jerusalem, including theft of a member’s car on Sunday (Nov. 2) and an assault in October that bloodied and bruised three Christians. The attacks, driven by both intent to seize property and opposition to Christianity, […]
Baptist Pastor in Argentina Narrowly Escapes Assassination
Hit men with ties to drug traffickers – and possibly to police – suspected.
November 6, 2014 By -
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Morning Star News) – A local church reaches out to victims of substance abuse, opens a shelter for battered women and works to rescue minors from prostitution and sex trafficking. In most places in the Americas, such compassionate community service wins admiration and respect, sometimes even an award from the mayor’s office. In Rio […]
How to Read a Persecution News Story
Pray – if you can figure out how.
November 1, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Any of you who regularly follow persecution news may find that it gets hard to read after a while. In response to reader requests on how to deal with so much horrific news – one becomes either despondent or desensitized – I’ll share how I handle it. The horror of some […]
Human Rights Defender in Sudan without Home, Country after Muslim Extremist Attack
Convert from Islam flees Darfur after trying to exercise right to free speech.
October 29, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese father of two who once worked as a human rights defender now lives in a refugee camp after surviving an attempt on his life by Islamic extremists. Before Ibrahim Ismaeil Ibrahim, 34, left Islam and dared to criticize the religion, he worked as a writer and human rights […]
Behnam Irani, Two Others Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Christian Activities in Iran
House-church leaders to serve sentences in remote, harsh prisons.
October 23, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In what was termed a “serious blow” to house-church leader Behnam Irani, Iran has sentenced him and two other Christian leaders to six years in prison for their involvement in house churches, human rights groups learned this week. Irani, Abdolreza Ali-Haghnejad and Reza Rabbani, all leaders in the Church of […]