LONDON (Morning Star News) – Bent on suppressing Christianity in Iran, Islamic courts handed down six times more prison time to persecuted Christians in 2024 than the previous year, according to advocacy group Article 18. Iranian courts last year sentenced 96 Christians across the country to 263 years in prison for practicing their faith – compared […]
Prison Terms for Christians in Iran Shot Up in 2024, Group Says
Report on sham judiciary released as regime faces international review.
January 22, 2025 By -
Catholic Bishop Beaten, Left for Dead in Sudan
Islamist militants from rival sides each attack church leaders.
December 4, 2024 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan severely wounded a Catholic bishop over the weekend (Nov. 30-Dec. 2), shortly after soldiers from the rival Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) had harassed and robbed him, sources said. The RSF militants left for dead Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali, […]
Supreme Court of Pakistan Bows to Islamist Threats
Religious freedom takes a hard blow, sources say.
August 23, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Islamist death threats compelled the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday (Aug. 22) to remove part of a ruling recognizing an Ahmadi’s religious freedom, a move that will lead to more persecution of religious minorities, sources said. The court’s surrender to Islamist demands came in an appeal by […]
Christians Wounded amid Military Fighting in Sudan
Gunmen storm Coptic Orthodox church in Omdurman.
May 24, 2023 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military last month, a priest and other Christians were reportedly shot and injured in at least one assault with apparent anti-Christian motives. Unidentified gunmen attacked the Coptic Orthodox Church of Mar Girgis (St. […]
Father Recovers Forcibly Converted/Married Daughter
12-year-old girl in Pakistan was found chained in home of ‘husband.’
February 18, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Asif Masih beamed with joy to have his 12-year-old daughter back home on Tuesday (Feb. 16) in Faisalabad, Pakistan following her alleged kidnapping and forcible conversion and marriage to a 45-year-old Muslim. “Praise God, for He has answered our prayers and rescued my daughter,” Masih said hours after Faisalabad Session […]
Two Christians Studying Bible in Park Charged with Blasphemy
Far-right Islamist group in Pakistan enlisted to pressure police, lawyer says.
February 16, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Lahore, Pakistan have charged two Christians with blasphemy after Muslims objected to their Bible study in a park last weekend, the attorney for one of the accused said. Haroon Ayub Masih, 26, and friend Salamat Mansha Masih, about the same age, were studying the Bible in Lahore’s Model […]
Jihadist Militants Slaughter Christians in Congo, Sources Say
Clergyman loses wife, four children in horrific attack.
December 1, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected members of an insurgent jihadist group slaughtered 20 Christians in villages in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Nov. 20 and Nov. 25, area sources said. The Islamic State-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are suspected in the attacks on villages in North Kivu Province, […]
Pastor, Two Christian Boys Killed in Islamist Attacks in Uganda
Native missionary, 12-year-old son slain after visiting Congo border.
November 26, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a former sheikh in eastern Uganda who refused to renounce Christ killed his 6-year-old son on Monday (Nov. 23), two days after Islamists in the western part of the country killed a pastor and his 12-year-old son, sources said. Following a two-hour meeting with Muslim relatives in […]
Baptist Church Recovers Truck Confiscated Eight Years Ago in Sudan
Christian leaders awaiting return of properties.
March 27, 2020 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Christian leaders in Sudan rejoiced when the new transitional government on Wednesday (March 25) released a truck confiscated eight years ago from a Baptist church. The Rev. Philemon Hassan Kharata, a well-known gospel music composer and singer and senior pastor of the church, confirmed the release of the […]
Family of 11 Homeless for Leaving Islam in Eastern Uganda
Congregation dwindles due to threats by Muslim villagers.
February 27, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church in eastern Uganda faces a dilemma after receiving threatening messages from Muslim villagers last week. A large family is staying at his church site after Islamist threats for leaving Islam forced them to flee their home. His congregation is dwindling as members have stopped […]