JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Hopes that the transitional government in Sudan would allow Christianity as a school subject alongside Islam wilted when officials omitted it from an academic schedule released last week, sources said. Doubly disappointed when an expected TV broadcast of school lessons on Christianity was omitted from the government-owned Television […]
Hopes Wilt for Teaching Christianity in Schools in Sudan
Obligatory classes on Islam result in Islamization, sources say.
June 18, 2020 By -
Christian Boy, 16, Stabbed and Stoned to Death for His Faith in Eastern India
Tribal mob incited by Hindu extremists, pastor says.
June 11, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Incited by Hindu extremists, followers of traditional tribal religion in eastern India last week stabbed and stoned a 16-year-old Christian boy to death for his faith, sources said. The mutilated body of Sambaru Madkami was found on Friday (June 5) buried in the jungle of Malkangiri, about six kilometers […]
Nine Christians Killed in Gun and Machete Attack in North-central Nigeria
Seven others kidnapped.
June 9, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Women and children were among nine Christians shot or hacked to death in an attack on Wednesday (June 3) in north-central Nigeria, with seven others kidnapped, sources said. While more than 30 corpses of slain Christians still lay in nearby villages from prior attacks, Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded predominantly […]
Police Unresponsive or Hostile toward Christians Beaten in Jharkhand, India
Officers refuse to file complaint in one case, falsely accuse relatives in another.
June 8, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in Jharkhand, India refused to register a complaint about an attack that sent Christians to the hospital for treatment, while officers in another area falsely accused the victims’ relatives in an assault that left a woman unconscious, sources said. A mob of about 400 animists of the tribal […]
Civilians Apprehend Muslim Fulani Suspects in Killing of Five Christians in Nigeria
Assailants shoot dead store owner, four others.
June 3, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian in north-central Nigeria who led a team of civilians that apprehended Muslim Fulani herdsmen after they allegedly killed five Christians on Thursday night (May 28) was blunt about their motives. “These Muslim Fulani herdsmen have been attacking our communities because we are Christians,” Ibrahim Agu Iliya told […]
Some Prisoners Released, but Iran Continues Crack-Down on Christians
After brief lull, converts still targeted.
June 1, 2020 By -
(Morning Star News) – The COVID-19 crisis in Iran has resulted in freedom for several Christians among the roughly 85,000 people released from prison, but convictions have continued in spite of a short-lived lull in actions against converts to Christianity, sources said. The release of imprisoned Christians as part of the regime’s efforts to curb […]
Christians Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria as Herdsmen Threaten Kidnapped Missionary
Fulanis demand either conversion to Islam or ransom for abducted pastor’s release.
May 29, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state, Nigeria attacked seven villages from May 19 to Monday (May 25), killing five Christians and destroying four church buildings, sources said. In the same state, kidnappers said they will not release a pastor abducted earlier this month until he converts to Islam or […]
Mobs in India Threaten 16 Christian Families Every Night for Nearly Three Weeks
Pressure to convert back to tribal Sarna religion terrorizes villagers.
May 26, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal mobs armed with clubs went to the homes of 16 families of a church in Jharkhand state, India every night for nearly three weeks, threatening to kill them if they didn’t return to their animistic Sarna religion, a pastor said. “The persecutors were going with batons and wooden […]
Muslim Fulanis Kill Two Christians, Kidnap Two Others in Kaduna State, Nigeria
In Plateau state, police rescue kidnapped 6-year-old girl.
May 22, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim Fulanis killed two Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Saturday (May 16), days after two others were kidnapped, sources said. Christians Isa Dauda and John Zaman were killed in the 8 p.m. attack on the predominantly Christian village of Ungwan Anjo, near Godogodo town in Jema’a County, […]
Muslim Father in Uganda Burns Daughter for Becoming Christian
Unable to travel home due to coronavirus lockdown, she hears gospel.
May 21, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Unable to return to her home in western Uganda due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Rehema Kyomuhendo was in the eastern part of the country when she first heard about Christ. In March, Kyomuhendo – who is 24 but slight in stature and looks much younger – had accompanied her […]