LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The Pakistani government on Friday (Nov. 2) capitulated to demands of Islamist groups protesting the acquittal of Christian mother Aasiya Noreen, better known as Asia Bibi, by agreeing to allow the possibility of a Supreme Court review of the verdict. In the agreement between administration officials and leaders of an […]
Government in Pakistan under Pressure from Islamists Protesting Asia Bibi Acquittal
Officials facilitate filing of review petition against verdict.
November 5, 2018 By -
Christians in Darfur, Sudan Arrested during Combined Worship of House Churches
Whereabouts of converts from Islam unknown.
October 17, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News)– Security officials in Sudan last week arrested 13 Christians during a worship service in the Darfur Region, sources said. Personnel from Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) interrupted the worship service the afternoon of Oct. 10 in Nyala, capital of South Darfur state in western Sudan’s Darfur Region and […]
Christian Loses Sight in One Eye in Attack by Muslim Neighbors
Pakistani Islamists try to drive out only Christian family on the block.
August 28, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian man in Karachi, Pakistan lost sight in one eye when armed, Muslim neighbors attacked his family, his father said. Vikram John, 25, lost sight in his left eye after Muslim neighbors who had pressured his family to leave the neighborhood with months of harassment beat him and […]
Church Near Kampala, Uganda Closes after Months of Islamist Attacks
Pastor knocked unconscious by stone.
August 22, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A church outside Kampala, capital of Uganda, has closed after months of area Muslims pelting its gatherings with rocks, sources said. The final blow came on Aug. 4, when a stone thrown through a window struck Pastor Moreen Sanyu of Greater Love Church in Namasuba Para Zone, Wakiso District, and […]
Christian in Pakistan Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ in Scheme Involving Islamist Party, Sources Say
Young man accused of defaming Muhammad by text message.
August 10, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A member of an Islamic extremist party in Pakistan has charged a Christian with blasphemy as part of a scheme by the accused’s ex-girlfriend and her brother, sources said. Farhan Aziz, 26, was arrested under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy law in Muslim Town, Gujranwala District, Punjab Province, after the brother and […]
Christians in Iran Seized from Homes, including Violent Imprisonment of Pastor
Yousef Nadarkhani and son beaten, tasered, local reports say.
July 25, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Iran were arrested from their homes today and yesterday following the violent arrest of pastor Yousef Nadarkhani on Sunday (July 22), according to advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC). Pastor Nadarkhani, a convert from Islam like the others arrested, was awaiting a summons to begin a 10-year prison […]
How Muslim Mobs Attack Christian Churches in Egypt with Impunity
Copts coerced into out-of-court settlements that close worship sites.
June 19, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – Christians coerced into an out-of-court settlement following an Islamist attack on a church building in Egypt recently saw the usual outcome – a closed church – a practice that has long oppressed Christians, according to Middle East observers. Members of an armed Muslim mob that attacked a church building in Meinin […]
Cousin of Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Injured While Fleeing Interrogators
Investigators ordered him to sodomize relative, he says.
February 26, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian man in Pakistan is in critical condition after jumping from a fourth-floor window when interrogators tried to force him to sodomize his cousin, a suspect in a blasphemy case, sources said. Sajid Masih, 24, was summoned for questioning in Lahore on Friday (Feb. 23) by the Federal […]
Christian in Pakistan Arrested for ‘Blasphemy’ to Appease Islamist Throng, Sources Say
Hundreds of villagers flee.
February 20, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in a village near Lahore, Pakistan yesterday after Muslim protestors called for the death of a young Christian accused of blasphemy, sources said. Patras Masih, an 18-year-old resident of Dher village in Shahdara Town area of Lahore, was taken into police custody late Monday […]
Authorities in Sudan Demolish Church Building in Khartoum
No notice given before bulldozers arrive two hours after service.
February 12, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan yesterday demolished a church building in North Khartoum, sources said. The 64 members of the Evangelical Church in Al Haj Yousif in the Sudanese capital will have no place to worship next Sunday after land officials sent a bulldozer accompanied by police to tear down their […]