NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Christmas Day shot a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, seriously wounding him, area church leaders said. Two assailants on a motorcycle shot the Rev. Ambrose Mkenda through his cheeks and in the shoulder before 8 p.m. as he arrived home in […]
Oppressive Powers in Pakistan Threaten Christian Lives
Simmering social, economic, religious pressures can explode at any time.
December 5, 2012 By -
The author is the director of the Center for Law and Justice in Lahore, Pakistan. In a land where “Christian” is synonymous with lowest-caste “untouchable,” many Muslims here believe Parvaiz Masih deserved the series of attacks he and his wife suffered for asking a Muslim to allow him and his donkey cart to pass. […]
Swedish Christian Worker Shot in Pakistan
70-year-old woman in critical condition.
December 3, 2012 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 70-year-old Swedish Christian worker is in critical condition after unidentified gunmen shot her as she returned home from her office in Lahore today, sources said. Birgitta Almby, who has been serving as area director with Full Gospel Assemblies (FGA), was returning home for lunch from the FGA Bible […]
Christian Deported from Maldives for Bringing in Literature
Bangladeshi development worker blacklisted from island country.
November 30, 2012 By -
DELHI (Morning Star News) – Authorities in the Maldives held a Bangladeshi Christian in jail for 23 days before deporting him for bringing Christian literature into the South Asian archipelago that claims to be 100 percent Muslim. Customs officials found Jathish Biswas with 11 books on Christianity in the Dhivehi language, the Christian worker said. […]
Suicide Bombers Strike Church in Northern Nigeria
Two student-pastors among 11 slain in blast in Kaduna state.
November 26, 2012 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two seminary students serving as pastors at a church bombed yesterday in Jaji, in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, were among 11 Christians killed in the suicide attack, the school’s president said. The Rev. Titus Sambo and Israel Olaleye, students at Baptist Theological Seminary in Kaduna, died in the dual […]
‘Blasphemy’ Case against Pakistani Girl Ruled a Fake
Judge decides firmly against ‘mockery of justice.
November 20, 2012 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – As of late Tuesday night in Pakistan there were no reports of Islamic extremist unrest following today’s dismissal of blasphemy charges against a Christian girl in Islamabad. Accusations of blasphemy in Pakistan commonly involve clamoring crowds of Islamists, but extremists appeared resigned that the case against Rimsha Masih […]
Nuba Civilians Bombed in Christian Areas of Sudan
Khartoum said to use South Kordofan unrest for ethnic, religious ‘cleansing.’
November 16, 2012 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese government has stepped up bombing of its own non-Arab civilians in Christian areas of Sudan’s South Kordofan state the past month, killing a 1-year-old baby and wounding others, sources said. Since South Sudan split from Sudan in a referendum last year, ethnic Nuba peoples in Sudan’s […]
Pastor Killed in Church Blast in Garissa, Kenya
Several others injured in attack by suspected Islamic extremists.
November 4, 2012 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Chaplain Julius Mukonzi was killed and 11 others were injured today when suspected Islamic extremists cast a grenade or other explosive at a church in Garissa in eastern Kenya, sources said. At least three of the 11 injured had wounds so serious they were air-lifted to Kenyatta General Hospital […]
Suicide Bombing at Church Takes More Lives in Nigeria
Within two days of inter-faith peace effort, suspected Islamic extremist attacks.
November 2, 2012 By -
KADUNA CITY, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A suicide bomb explosion that killed seven people at a Catholic church here on Sunday (Oct. 28) was the fourth such attack in Kaduna state in four months. Less than two days after a festival aimed at reconciling Muslims and Christians in this northern Nigeria city, the […]
Sudanese Bible School Re-opens amid Islamist Intimidation
Burned and ransacked in April, Christian compound faces further threats.
October 29, 2012 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Amid threats of further losses, classes resumed this month at a Khartoum Bible school and church compound that Muslim extremists set ablaze in April, an area Christian source said. Students and administrators at Gerif West Bible School in Sudan have yet to fully recover their losses from the […]