(Christian Daily International) – Authorities in Egypt have abetted the kidnapping and forcible conversion to Islam of a Coptic Christian woman, according to a widely published expert on the Middle East and Islam. Irene Ibrahim Shehata, a 21-year-old medical student at Asyut National University, disappeared on Jan. 22 between mid-term exams in Asyut, according to […]
Officials in Egypt Abet Kidnappers of Christian Woman, Father Says
Muslim Brotherhood ring behind abduction, sources say.
March 14, 2024 By -
Christian Girl, 10, Kidnapped and Forcibly Converted in Pakistan
Parents fear she could be trafficked.
March 11, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Christian parents of a 10-year-old girl in Pakistan who was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam last month fear she could be sold to sex traffickers, sources said. A month after Laiba Suhail was abducted from her home in Chak 233-RB Ikhlaq Town, Faisalabad District, Punjab Province […]
Pastor, Two other Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria
ECWA leader taken from his home early Wednesday morning.
September 14, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Gunmen early Wednesday (Sept. 13) kidnapped a pastor and two other Christians in Jos East County, Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Usman Umaru of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was kidnapped at about 5:40 a.m. when the gunmen broke into his home on the ECWA premises, said […]
Police Rescue 40 Christian Children in Kidnapping Scam
Muslim posing as head of Christian organization arrested.
February 26, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Police in Uganda have arrested two people in connection with the kidnapping of 40 Christian children lured by a Muslim posing as the leader of a Christian charity offering free education, sources said. In Arua, in northwest Uganda’s West Nile Sub-Region, initial investigations alleged that 27-year-old Siraji Sabiri, a Muslim, […]
Terrorists Kill, Kidnap Christians in Northern and Southern Nigeria
Church members terrorized in Kaduna and Enugu states.
January 25, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Five Christians were killed on Jan. 17 in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, while a church leader in the southeastern state of Enugu said Christians there were “under siege.” In southern Kaduna state’s Zonkwa town, Zangon Kataf County, terrorists attacked at about 8 p.m. on Jan. 17, said local council official […]
Christian Parents in Pakistan Denied Custody of Kidnapped Girl
Separately, 14-year-old Nayab Gill escapes captors, sources say.
August 23, 2022 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Refusing to review evidence from a Christian couple trying to recover their 12-year-old daughter after she was allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert and marry, a judge in Pakistan last week denied them custody, sources said. Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan of the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi Bench on Thursday […]
Terrorists Kill, Kidnap Christians in Northern Nigeria
Islamic militants threaten to forcibly marry kidnapped women.
August 10, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim terrorists in northern Nigeria killed an 86-year-old Christian in his home on Aug. 2 and kidnapped two others who were later released, likely after ransom payments, sources said. The gunmen killed Daniel Yatai at his home in predominantly Christian Manchok village, Kaduna state, shortly after 11 p.m., according […]
Clergyman Kidnapped, Christians Killed in Northern Nigeria
Eight slain in Bauchi state.
May 30, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Abductions of Christian church leaders continued in northern Nigeria with the kidnapping of two Roman Catholic priests last week and two other clergymen earlier this month in Katsina state, sources said. The kidnapping early on Wednesday (May 25) of priests Stephen Ojapah and Oliver Okpara, along with two parishioners from […]
Muslim Forcibly Marries, Converts Christian Girl, Family Says
Neighbor kidnapped 15-year-old, relatives say.
May 27, 2022 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Faisalabad, Pakistan who abducted a 15-year-old Roman Catholic girl has forced her to marry him and convert to Islam, but police refuse to help the family, sources said. Nadeem Masih, a sanitation worker at a textile factory, told Morning Star News that his daughter, Saba Masih, was abducted on […]
Kidnapped Priest in Kaduna, Nigeria Killed by Captors
Islamic terrorists suspected.
May 12, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest kidnapped in early March in the city of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria, was killed around April 18-20, according to church officials. The Rev. Joseph Aketeh Bako, parish priest of St. John’s Catholic Church, was kidnapped at about 1 a.m. on March 8 from his home at […]