ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest was among 45 Christians abducted by Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists who raided at least six villages in Niger state, Nigeria last weekend (March 26-27). The Rev. Leo Raphael Ozigi of Mary’s Catholic Church was seized from Sarkin Pawa village, Munya County, on Sunday (March 27), […]
Priest among 45 Christians Kidnapped in Central Nigeria
Third Roman Catholic clergyman abducted this month.
March 31, 2022 By -
Christian Pastor Slashed, Shot to Death in Central India
Assailants stating they are Maoists leave note on body.
March 29, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Six masked men in central India this month killed one of 22 Christians a Maoist group had warned to “leave the pastorship,” sources said. Pastor Yalam Shankar was slashed and shot to death the evening of March 17 outside his home in Angampalli village, Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh state in front […]
Terrorists Kill 50 Christians and Abduct 100, including Priest
Church building, homes burned down in Kaduna state, Nigeria.
March 28, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (March 24) killed an estimated 50 Christians and abducted a Catholic priest in attacks on communities in an area of Kaduna state, Nigeria, area sources said. In late-night attacks on 10 predominantly Christian communities of Giwa County, herdsmen and others also took about 100 people captive […]
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill 32 Christians in Northern Nigeria
200 houses destroyed in attack in Kaduna state.
March 23, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – More than 100 suspected Fulani herdsmen and Islamic extremist terrorists on Sunday night (March 20) killed 32 civilians, two soldiers and possibly abducted a woman in an attack on a predominantly Christian town in Nigeria, sources said. In northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, the assailants raided the town of Kagoro, Kaura […]
Family Sprayed with Acid for Leaving Islam
In same district, former mosque leader beaten.
March 22, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Upset over conversions to Christianity, hardline Muslims in an area of eastern Uganda this month sprayed a newly Christian family with acid and beat a former mosque leader, sources said. In Intonko village, Namutumba District, Muslim relatives on March 8 sprayed acid on Juma Waiswa, 38, his 32-year-old wife Nasimu […]
Christian in Pakistan Arrested, Tortured on Blasphemy Charges
False accusation threatens 54-year-old father’s job, retirement fund.
March 21, 2022 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Pakistan beat and arrested a Christian on Tuesday (March 16) for allegedly making blasphemous comments on social media and later tortured him into confessing guilt, sources said. Cybercrime officials from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Gujranwala Circle raided the Lahore home of Fansan Shahid, 54, shortly after midnight […]
Young Woman Who Left Islam Killed in Iraq
Outspoken convert was preparing to be baptized.
March 16, 2022 By -
(Morning Star News) – A young woman preparing to be baptized in Erbil, Iraq last week was instead killed in a possible “honor” killing for converting to Christianity, with Muslim family members reportedly suspected, according to local media. The body of Eman Sami Maghdid, 20, was found on March 7 bound with tape and discarded […]
Catholic Church Worker Killed in Kidnapping of Priest in Nigeria
Christians attacked in Kaduna, Plateau and Niger states.
March 10, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church security guard was killed in the kidnapping of a Roman Catholic priest at about 1 a.m. on Tuesday (March 8) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The security guard, identified only as Luka, was killed in the abduction of the Rev. Joseph Akeke of St. John’s Catholic Church […]
Pastor Tied to Post, Beaten in Delhi, India
Police slow to act in Hindu extremist attack, he says.
March 9, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in the National Capital Territory of Delhi last month tied a pastor to a post at a busy intersection and beat him before hundreds of people, but police have yet to make arrests, sources said. Accusing Pastor Kelom Kalyan Tete of forcible conversion as they beat him, Hindu […]
Church Building Locked, Leaders Arrested in Sudan
Hardline Muslims upset with presence of Christian worship.
March 6, 2022 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Church leaders in Sudan were detained and questioned last month after Muslim extremists upset about the presence of their worship building locked it shut, sources said. Hardline Muslims locked the building of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in Al Hag Abdalla, about 85 miles southeast of Khartoum in […]