COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Morning Star News) – Protestant church leaders in Bolivia are trying to revoke a new law they say aims to “impose contrary beliefs” and “denies us the right to be a church.” Asserting that Law 351 is unconstitutional, the National Association of Evangelicals of Bolivia (ANDEB) will file suit this week before the Plurinational […]
New Law in Bolivia Aims to Control Churches, Impose Beliefs, Protestant Leaders Say
Thousands march against measures granting government power over congregational affairs.
August 28, 2013 By -
U.S.-Iranian Pastor’s Prison Term Upheld amid Crackdown on Christians in Iran
Another convert from Islam sentenced to 10 years behind bars.
August 27, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – Harsh treatment of Christians before the June 15 election of Iran’s new president has continued since Hassan Rouhani took office on Aug. 3, including the upholding yesterday of pastor Saeed Abedini’s eight-year prison sentence. International calls for the release of the U.S-Iranian pastor, convicted of threatening “national security” by practicing […]
Muslim Mob Injures Church Leaders, Choir Members in Nigeria
Minor dispute leads to incitement of gang with iron rods, knives.
August 26, 2013 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob with knives and iron rods injured several members of an Anglican church in Nasarawa state on Aug. 17 over a dispute about less than 1 cent in change, area Christians said. Three pastors, four elders and choir members of the St. James Anglican Cathedral were wounded in […]
Impunity Said to Abet Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
National Christian leader calls Islamic extremist assaults ‘genocide.’
August 23, 2013 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Impunity for terrorists and state-sponsored discrimination against Christians in northern Nigeria has led not to sectarian war but to “genocide,” the general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) told Morning Star News. Echoing a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) asserting this week that […]
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Abduct Christian Mother of Two Young Children
Husband receives message from her; since then, only threats from kidnappers.
August 20, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists suspected to be rebel Al Shabaab militants have kidnapped a Christian mother of two young children in Somalia and threatened her husband because of their faith, her husband said. Three masked men abducted Shamsa Enow Hussein, 28, on Aug. 5 in Bulo Marer, Lower Shebelle Region, at 7 […]
Hindu Extremists Attack Pastor’s Mother in India
Assailants threaten to ‘cut to pieces’ ministry leader, wife.
August 19, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Reena Behl answered the doorbell of the home she shares with her son and his wife in Rajasthan state at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 13), and four men wearing motorcycle helmets demanded to see her son, a pastor. Because of the helmets, the 51-year-old resident of Rajapark, Jaipur, could […]
Christians Targeted in Pro-Morsi Violence in Egypt
At least two Coptic Christians killed; 27 church buildings attacked.
August 14, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt, August 14, 2013 (Morning Star News) – In the violence that exploded across Egypt today, supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi attacked scores of church buildings and Christian-owned homes and businesses in response to national security forces breaking up two protest camps in downtown Cairo. At least two Coptic Christians were killed […]
Coptic Christian Girl Shot Dead in Egypt
Threats, attacks continue as Christians are blamed for ouster of Morsi.
August 9, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian girl walking home from a Bible class at her church was shot and killed this week in Cairo by an unidentified gunman, human rights activists said today. Amid a near-constant din of threats and scattered attacks against the Christian population in Egypt by militant political Islamists, the […]
Algeria Slow in Ruling on Convert’s Appeal of Prison Sentence
Christian faces prison for alleged 'proselytizing,' defaming Islam, Muhammad.
August 7, 2013 By -
TIZI OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Nearly nine months since an Algerian court last heard his case, a Christian convert from Islam still awaits a ruling on the appeal of his unusually harsh sentence for allegedly “proselytizing” and defaming Islam and its prophet. Krimo Siaghi (also known as Karim Siaghi) was arrested on April 14, […]
Missing Clergymen Reflect Dangers for Christians in Syria
Regardless of who’s in power, Christians expected to suffer amid chaos.
August 5, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – The disappearance last week of an Italian Jesuit priest in Syria following the kidnapping of two other clergymen in April reflects the dangers Christians face in the war-torn country. The Rev. Paolo Dall’Oglio, who spent three decades in Syria before the Syrian government deported him last year for helping victims of […]