NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christian relatives of a convert who fled to India from Afghanistan shortly before the Taliban seized power described days of terror before they were able to leave the country. The Christian refugee in India, 24-year-old Esin, has been granted a visa extension. Her brother, going by the pseudonym Zakariya for […]
Christian Refugees Describe Fears in Leaving Afghanistan
Uncertainty reigns as they try to recover their lives.
December 30, 2021 By -
Newly Christian Families Driven from Homes in Uganda
Mother flees Muslim husband; farmer’s plantation destroyed.
December 30, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman and her children last week fled the violence of her Muslim husband in eastern Uganda, and earlier in a nearby district villagers destroyed a newly believing family’s crops and drove them from their home, sources said. Aisha Nambeya, 27, and her five children ages 9 to 2, […]
Herdsmen Suspected in Killing of Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
At least four lives lost in one day.
December 28, 2021 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 16 December killed four Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. Killed in Sako village, Zangon Kataf County were Samson Maza and David Garba, said Samuel Aruwan, commissioner of Kaduna state’s Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs. Area resident Susan Peter sent a […]
Pastor in Nepal Sentenced to Prison under Proselytism Law
Statute violates religious freedom standards, leaders say.
December 25, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Nepal forced to pay exorbitant bail amounts for three separate cases was sentenced to two years in prison on Nov. 30 under a law against proselytizing, sources said. The Dolpa District Court sentenced 33-year-old pastor Keshab Raj Acharya of Abundant Harvest Church, Pokhara to two years in […]
Christian Parents in Pakistan Regain Custody of Minor Daughter
Allegedly kidnapped, forcibly married/converted girl opts for home.
December 23, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Wednesday (Dec. 22) handed custody of a 14-year-old girl back to her Christian parents after she testified that she wished to return to them from a shelter home, sources said. The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued the decision in the case of Arzoo Raja, now […]
Ethnic Somali Muslims in Kenya Break Pastor’s Leg
Underground Christian leader still in pain three weeks after attack.
December 23, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Somali-born pastor in Kenya is still in severe pain after ethnic Somali Muslims in northeastern Kenya beat him on Dec. 3 for leaving Islam, sources said. The pastor, whose name is withheld for security reasons, said the four Kenyan-born, ethnic Somalis attacked him on a road near Wajir town, […]
ISWAP Terrorists Kill 12 Christians in Borno State, Nigeria
Nine houses burned, stores looted.
December 21, 2021 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorists with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Sunday (Dec. 19) killed 12 Christians in an attack in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, sources said. The Islamic extremist militants attacked the predominantly Christian village of Kilangal, Askira-Uba County, in the afternoon, shortly after residents were leaving church worship services, […]
Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Slain Despite Ransom Payment
The Rev. Dauda Bature preached Christ to captors.
December 12, 2021 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen who kidnapped a Christian pastor outside the city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria killed him last week after receiving ransom payments, sources said. The Rev. Dauda Bature of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Hayin Narayi, Kaduna state, was kidnapped by armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen on […]
Fulani Herdsmen Attack Christians near City of Kaduna, Nigeria
Pregnant woman wounded; mother and children kidnapped.
December 12, 2021 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in northern Nigeria wounded a pregnant woman and set houses on fire on Saturday (Dec. 11) in attacks on predominantly Christian villages near the city of Kaduna, sources said. Prompt action by the Nigerian army prevented further harm by heavily armed herdsmen who attacked Sabo GRA at about […]
Heavy Fine Upheld on Appeal by Christian in Algeria
Six-month prison sentence for ‘unauthorized donations’ suspended.
December 8, 2021 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian convert from Islam on Dec. 1 received a six-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 100,000 Algerian dinars (US$716) from an appeals court on a conviction of “accepting donations without a license,” he said. Ahmed Beghal (name changed for security reasons) had been sentenced in July to […]