NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Sunday (Feb. 17) shot and killed a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, area sources said. Two assailants on a motorbike approached the Rev. Evaristus Mushi as he arrived in his car to the Mass he was about to officiate in the […]
Muslim Villagers in Egypt Attack Church
Second assault on Christian properties in province in less than five weeks.
February 17, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers in Egypt’s Fayoum Province attacked a church this weekend – pelting four Christians with rocks, setting parts of the church building on fire and tearing down a cross atop the structure, witnesses said. The second assault on property of the province’s Coptic Christians in a little over […]
Persecution Rises in China as Plan Begins to End House Churches
Communist government starts eradication of ‘unofficial’ Christian congregations.
February 16, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – China’s Christians felt a noticeable rise in persecution in 2012 as the Communist government began the first of a three-phase plan to eradicate unregistered house churches, a new report says. Cases of persecution of Christians rose by about 42 percent last year compared with 2011, according to the report by […]
Two Pastors in India Arrested after Being Beaten, Threatened
Hindu nationalist mob tries to force them to worship idols in temple.
February 15, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Mallik Arjun knew something was wrong when he received a call from the mobile phone of his friend and fellow pastor in Gadag District, Karnataka state – but it was a stranger on the other end of the line. The stranger told him that pastor Nagesh Naik was […]
Algeria Upholds Conviction of Convert from Islam
Christian’s one-year prison term for alleged proselytizing revoked, but fine doubled.
February 13, 2013 By -
TIZI OUZOU, Algeria, February 13, 2013 (Morning Star News) – An Algerian judge under pressure from Islamists to uphold a Christian’s conviction for alleged proselytizing rescinded his one-year prison term today but doubled his fine, an attorney said. Mohamed Ibaouene, 36, was shocked to learn on Dec. 11 that he had been convicted in […]
Violence against Christians Spreading in India
Maharashtra state increasingly vulnerable, rights leaders say.
February 11, 2013 By -
MUMBAI, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremist attacks on Christians in Maharashtra state could expand even as violence elsewhere in India grows in areas where extremist groups had not beeen so active, Christian leaders said. Ram Puniyani of the All India Secular Forum said at press conference in Mumbai this month that Maharashtra is […]
Anti-Christian Hostility Heats Up amid Unrest in Egypt
Two children to be tried for insulting Islam; family imprisoned for reconverting.
February 3, 2013 By -
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Among files on arrested converts from Islam, kidnapped Christian girls and beaten monks piling up on the desk of a noted lawyer in Egypt, on top is the case of two boys about to be tried for allegedly showing contempt of Islam. Attorney Karam Gabriel said anti-Christian hostilities in the […]
Under-Reporting Obscures Martyrdom of Christians in India
Anti-Christian hostility disputed in three of four deaths.
January 28, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Four Christians in India died for their faith last year, but incomplete information obscured the anti-Christian hostility in three of the deaths, sources said. In Tamil Nadu and West Bengal states where the killings took place, area Christians assert that the murders were rooted in opposition to Christianity; specifically, […]
Christian Girl in Pakistan Allegedly Forced to Convert, Marry
Official’s aide, accused of running prostitution ring, kidnapped 15-year-old, mother says.
January 22, 2013 By -
KARACHI, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A powerful Pakistani official’s aide who is allegedly running a prostitution ring here has taken a Christian girl from her home and forced her to convert to Islam and marry him, according to the girl’s family. Khursheed Bibi, a midwife and mother of 15-year-old Asma Masih, told Morning Star News […]
Plot to Assassinate Pastor in Turkey Thwarted
Two of 14 suspects became regulars at church.
January 18, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Police in Turkey arrested 14 people for planning to assassinate a pastor in Izmit, 62 miles (100 kilometers) east of Istanbul, during an evangelistic event this week. Of the 14 suspects, two attended the church for a year claiming to be Christians, said the target of the plot, pastor Emre […]