NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a former Islamic teacher in Uganda who became a Christian set a trap for him last month, hiring killers to bury him alive in a large ant mound, sources said. Saban Sajabi, 32, had gained repute as an itinerant sheikh, teaching Islam in various mosques and schools […]
Muslim Relatives Set Lethal Trap for Convert to Christianity
Former itinerant sheikh beaten, buried alive.
August 26, 2021 By -
Soldiers Complicit in Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria, Christians Say
30,000 people displaced, 500 homes burned this month.
August 25, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Soldiers and security personnel failed to intervene this month as Fulani herdsmen killed 70 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria, while in other areas soldiers helped herdsmen destroy farmland, Christian leaders said. Muslim Fulanis killed 70 Christians, displaced 30,000 others and burned 500 homes in attacks on villages […]
Pastor’s Wife, 19-Year-Old Injured in Attack on Christians
Hard-line Sikhs, Hindus use swords and wooden rods.
August 23, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A pastor’s wife is still bed-ridden after hard-line Sikhs and Hindus broke her leg in an attack on their church last month in northern India, sources said. Carrying swords and wooden rods, the assailants also slashed the head of a church member in the attack on Christians gathered for […]
Muslim Father Kills Son for His Christian Faith, Sources Say
Young convert in Uganda refused to recant.
August 19, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim father of a 20-year-old convert to Christianity in Uganda on Sunday (Aug. 15) killed him for refusing to recant his faith, sources said. Kasimu Kawona of Bupalama village, Buseta Sub-County in Kibuku District was not charged with murder but a lesser charge of manslaughter because he killed his […]
Sudan Detains Bible Shipment, Christian Leaders Say
Customs duty due on religious literature, officials say.
August 17, 2021 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Christian leaders in Sudan said government officials have detained a shipment of Bibles by demanding customs fees from which it is exempt. The Rev. Saad Idris Komi, chairman of the Sudan Pentecostal Church, said customs officials refused to release the Bibles earlier this month after rejecting his denomination’s application […]
Woman Survives Attempt on Her Life for Becoming Christian
Brother brandishes knife and spear shouting jihadist slogan, she says.
August 16, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim brother of a woman in eastern Uganda attacked her with a knife and spear on Aug. 8 after discovering she was a Christian, the mother of two said. In a village near Kasasira, Kibuku District undisclosed for security reasons, Harriet Nanzala said she had kept her faith secret […]
Christians Jailed after Hindus Attack Them for Visiting Widower
Two pastors and wife were comforting Hindu who lost family to COVID-19.
August 13, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three Christians are in jail after hard-line Hindus in northern India last week beat two of them, both pastors, and a Hindu they were comforting in the loss of his family to COVID-19. Hindu neighbors from the upper-caste Thakur community in Phoolpur, Uttar Pradesh state on Aug. 3 attacked 62-year-old […]
Mother Beaten Unconscious for Leaving Islam, Marrying Christian
Muslim father forces her to ingest mosquito repellant, she says.
August 9, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of four children in eastern Uganda remains in pain after her Muslim father beat her and forced her to take mosquito repellant when he learned that she had left Islam and her Muslim husband and married a Christian, sources said. When Hajira Namusobya, 34, visited her family in […]
Missing Catholic Girl in Pakistan Depicted as Married Muslim
14-year-old disappeared on July 27.
August 6, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – When Gulzar Masih’s 14-year-old daughter did not return home from school in Faisalabad, Pakistan on July 27, the rickshaw driver and his brother set out to find her. Reaching the school later that afternoon, they found it was locked from the outside. They frantically searched for his daughter, Chashman, on […]
Sikhs Beat, Choke Christian Women in Northern India
Young woman still suffering symptoms of shock.
August 4, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A 24-year-old Christian woman in northern India regained the ability to speak nearly a month after she went into shock from a Sikh family choking her unconscious and attacking her sister and mother, sources said. Meenu Kaur Tank remains bed-ridden, on strong medicines, sometimes continues to fall unconscious and still […]