JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen early this morning kidnapped most of the nearly 180 students at a Christian high school in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. Shooting wildly, the armed assailants breached the walls of Bethel Baptist High School in Maraban Rido, on the outskirts of the city of Kaduna at about […]
Suspected Fulani Kidnap Christian High School Students in Nigeria
Most of nearly 180 children taken away at gunpoint, sources say.
July 5, 2021 By -
Gunmen Attack Christian Government Worker in Sudan
Religious affairs ministry advisor beaten for advocating return of church properties.
July 5, 2021 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Masked gunmen in an area south of Khartoum, Sudan attacked a government religious affairs worker at midnight on Friday (July 2) and threatened to kill him for supporting return of church properties to Christians, sources said. Botrous Badawi, a Christian and an advisor to the minister of Sudan’s Ministry […]
Pastor in Northern India Killed for His Faith, Sources Say
Ferocity of attack indicates anti-Christian motive, wife and Christian leaders say.
July 4, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A suspected criminal recently released on bail in northern India killed a pastor on Wednesday (June 30) for sharing the “love and forgiveness of Christ” with him, sources said. Sonu Kashyap, a Hindu of Sangoi village in Karnal District, Haryana state, attacked pastor Vinod Kumar with a wooden roof truss […]
Muslim Father Beats, Poisons Daughter for Turning to Christ
Societal persecution continues unchecked in eastern Uganda.
July 2, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in eastern Uganda is struggling to recover after her Muslim father beat her and forced her to swallow a toxic substance for leaving Islam, sources said. Hajat Habiiba Namuwaya, a 38-year-old mother of three, said she fled her home in Namakoko village, Nangonde Sub-County last month after Muslim […]
Death Threats Force Christian to Abandon Job Promotion
Muslim personnel at a hospital attack again in Pakistan.
June 29, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Riaz Gill was working in his office at one of Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest government hospitals last week when a group of Muslim doctors stormed in and attacked him. “How can a Chuhra and Bhangi dare to work on the same level as us?” the assailants said, using the pejorative terms […]
Life Sentence Upheld for Christian in Blasphemy Case
Islamist pressure again appears to influence judges in Pakistan.
June 27, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan upheld the life sentence of a Christian convicted of sending blasphemous text messages in spite of the prosecution’s manipulated evidence and failure to establish his involvement, his lawyer said. Zafar Bhatti, 56, had been handed the life sentence, which in Pakistan is 25 years, on […]
Christian Families Driven into Jungles of Eastern India
Police advise them to renounce Christ, victims say.
June 25, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists forced more than 50 Christians from three villages to flee their homes and take shelter in the jungles of eastern India last month. The Christians belong to 13 tribal families of Rayagada District, Odisha state who have been stranded in the jungle without proper shelter, food, water and […]
Armed Fulani Kill Doctor, 17 other Christians in Nigeria
Predominantly Muslim herdsmen attack in Niger, Plateau states.
June 24, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani shot a Christian doctor to death on June 17 in Niger state, Nigeria following attacks that killed 17 Christians in Plateau state. Precious Emeka Chinedu was killed after five Fulani herdsmen walked into the private hospital he operated in Salka village, Magama County, and abducted him the evening […]
Another 13-Year-Old Girl Forced to Marry/Convert to Islam
A judge, shelter again appear complicit in crime, sources say.
June 21, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Tears rolled down Shahid Gill’s face as he recalled the day last month when a court in Pakistan handed his 13-year-old daughter into the custody of a 30-year-old Muslim man. Gill, a Roman Catholic, works as a tailor in Gujranwala city, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Lahore. His daughter, […]
Christian Pastor Slain over Outreach to Muslims, Sources Say
Police say suspect confessed motive for killing bishop.
June 18, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A radical Muslim has confessed to killing a 70-year-old pastor in Uganda on June 11, sources said. Bishop Francis Obo, senior pastor of Mpingire Pentecoastal Revival Church Ministries International in Odapako village, Mpingire Sub-County, was killed after a group of Muslim extremists dressed in Islamic attire stopped him and his […]