(Morning Star News) – Remarks today by award-winning Swedish-Assyrian journalist Nuri Kino at a conference on persecution of Christians in the Middle East in Brussels, sponsored by the Middle East Christian Committee, as reported by the Assyrian International News Agency: My name is Nuri Kino; I’m a researcher, an author, a filmmaker, a human rights […]
Nuri Kino: Tax Money for Massacres in Syria?
Human rights journalist addresses conference on persecution in the Middle East.
November 8, 2013 By -
Police, Islamic Extremists in Pakistan Hunt for Christian Accused of ‘Blasphemy’
Young evangelist in hiding denies charges, sources say.
October 25, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Police and a banned Islamic extremist group in Lahore, Pakistan are searching for a young Christian accused of blasphemy – with the extremist group calling for his death – after he sought to correct misconceptions about Christianity in a Muslim book, sources said. Sources close to Adnan Masih, 26, said he […]
Officials in Nigeria Portray Slaughter of Christian Family as Result of ‘Cattle Theft’
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill three generations in their home.
October 17, 2013 By -
BAKIN KOGI FORON, Nigeria, October 17, 2013 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians in three villages in this area in Plateau state last week in what authorities called a cattle-rustling attempt, but a visit to the home where eight members of one family were killed revealed the presence of no cows. […]
Conviction of Christians for Murder of Hindu Leader in India Biased, Unfounded: Attorneys
Evidence insufficient for conviction of seven sentenced to life in prison.
October 17, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The sentencing of seven Christians this month to life in prison for the murder that triggered anti-Christian riots in India’s Orissa state resulted from a biased and unfounded conviction, Christian attorneys and leaders said. Maoists have twice claimed responsibility for the Aug. 23, 2008 murder of Hindu leader Laxmanananda Saraswati […]
Military Help Sought to Check Islamist Rebel Violence in Central African Republic
Up to 80 percent of insurgent troops said to be mercenaries from Sudan, Chad.
October 3, 2013 By -
WASHINGTON (Morning Star News) – With Islamist rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) continuing to commit atrocities unchecked, including violence against Christians, U.N. and rights officials are calling for outside military help to establish rule of law. Up to 80 percent of those in the rebel group known as Seleka are foreign combatants from Chad […]
Buddhist Nationalism Fuels Attacks on Christians in Sri Lanka
Seeking approval from majority, government winks at aggression against minorities.
September 26, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Persecution of Christians is rising in Sri Lanka, where at least three attacks took place this month as the government promoted Buddhist nationalism to maintain its hold on power. The Buddhist-majority South Asian country has seen a surge of violence against religious minorities, including Christians and Muslims, while the government […]
Lao Officials Threaten Christians in Three Villages with Expulsion
Villagers call them ‘pigs and dogs’ at public meeting.
September 25, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Local authorities in Laos are threatening Christians in three villages with expulsion unless they renounce their faith, with residents in one village calling the converts “pigs and dogs,” according to an advocacy organization. In a public meeting of Christians and others in Huay village of Atsaphangthong District, Savannakhet Province, local […]
Islamic Extremists Bomb Church in Pakistan, Attack Shopping Mall in Kenya
Scale of attack in Peshawar unprecedented; non-Muslims targeted in Nairobi.
September 22, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists today killed at least 78 people in an unprecedented church bombing in Pakistan, a day after Muslim militants in Kenya targeted non-Muslims in a mall attack that left at least 68 dead. Believed to be the deadliest assault on Christians in Pakistan, two suicide bombers struck All Saints […]
Sudanese Woman Faces Ordeal as Convert from Islam
Long before current crackdown in Sudan, Muslim society punished ‘apostates.’
September 20, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – After her family in Khartoum, Sudan nearly buried her alive for leaving Islam and authorities imprisoned her for six months, a Sudanese Christian thought she might find refuge in Ethiopia. She had fled to Ethiopia in 2010, five years after putting her faith in Christ. By the following year, […]
Pakistani Muslim Cites ‘Blasphemy’ in Slaughter of Christian Rival in Business
Witnesses decline to come forward, fearing retribution.
September 19, 2013 By -
KARACHI, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Shouting that he was killing “an infidel who blasphemed against Muhammad,” a Muslim in Karachi on Saturday (Sept. 14) slit a Christian’s throat as police and others looked on, according to the slain man’s son. George Masih told Morning Star News that his father, 58-year-old Boota Masih, worked as a […]