JAGINDI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Christians in a village in Kaduna state, in north-central Nigeria, don’t understand why Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot a 70-year-old Christians and wounded two others there last month. They do know the herdsmen’s cattle destroyed several of their crops last year, that since the attack many Christians have fled, and that […]
Grieving Christians Baffled by Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Aggression in Nigeria
70-year-old is killed, 16-year-old wounded.
January 29, 2019 By -
Hindu Version of Feng Shui Leads to Demolition of Church Building in Southern India
Bibles set ablaze after extremists stop Christians’ van.
January 17, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Hindus on Jan. 9 tore down a church building in southern India because it was built on the west side of a village, which they said violated Hindu principles of placement and positioning, sources said. The Vastu Shastra architectural and planning principles, a Hindu version of Feng Shui, were […]
Muslim Throng Converges on Worship Site of Coptic Church in Egypt
Priests evicted, building shuttered.
January 15, 2019 By -
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Police in Upper Egypt evicted Coptic priests and shuttered their church building after an Islamist mob converged on the site over the weekend, according to reports. Muslim villagers in Manshiyet Zaafarna, Minya Governorate, attacked the church of Mar-Giris (St. George) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 11), after mosque noon prayers, […]
Christian Mother, Pastor Fear for their Lives after Attacks in Eastern Uganda
Radical Muslims in two areas issue threats.
January 11, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda sent a Christian mother to the hospital with injuries from a beating in one village and tore down a church building in another, sources said. Both the woman and the pastor of the destroyed church building fear their lives could be in danger. Deborah Gimbo of […]
Faith Costs Christian in Algeria His Family, Livelihood
Wife pressured to file charges against him of ‘undermining Islam.’
January 9, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A 32-year-old convert in Algeria has not seen much of his two young daughters since his wife divorced him and charged him with undermining Islam more than two years ago. Ahmed Beghal (name changed for security reasons) has legal rights to visit his daughters, ages 4 and 6, but his […]
Christian Family, Church Devastated by Killing of Church Elder in Nigeria
Police declined to take action against Muslim Fulani herdsmen.
January 7, 2019 By -
DOGO AWO (Morning Star News) – Ladi Yakubu does not know how her family will eat after Muslim Fulani herdsmen destroyed crops on their farm in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Nov. 26 and shot and killed her husband. “My husband is no more alive, and so the burden to feed our children is on me,” she […]
Authorities Order Closure of another Church Building in Algeria
Local officials have been fighting its presence since 2016.
January 2, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – The official notice that a village pastor in Algeria received on Sunday (Dec. 30) confirmed what he had heard – his church had been ordered to close. Pastor Rabah Messaoudi had won a legal battle in 2017 after local officials in the Muslim country tried to close his church in […]
Christians Hospitalized after Terrifying Christmas Attacks in India
Violence afflicts Church that had experienced little opposition.
December 31, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in India who previously experienced little or no opposition reported that Hindu extremists stoned, slashed and terrorized them this Christmas season. At least 18 incidents against Christians were reported and verified during the Christmas season, according to the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). […]
Christians in Algeria Acquitted of Conversion Charge
Muslim wife of convert pressured to file accusation, husband says.
December 26, 2018 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Five Christians in Algeria were acquitted on Tuesday (Dec. 25) of the charge of inciting a Muslim to change her religion, sources said. A judge at the court of Bouira acquitted Rachid Ouali, whose Muslim wife had filed the charges against him. Ouali, his friend Ali Laarchi, Laarchi’s wife and […]
Spike in Arrests of Christians in Iran Especially Severe this Christmas Season, Sources Say
Government trying to intimidate Iranians interested in Christianity, analysts say.
December 20, 2018 By -
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Arrests of Christians in Iran usually spike as Christmas approaches, but this year has been especially severe, sources said. More than 150 Christians have been detained across the officially Shia Muslim country in the last month, and arrests are expected to continue. “The current situation has been described by some as […]