JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspecting corrupt police and accusing the Nigerian government of failing to contain a rash of kidnappings, Christian leaders announced that a pastor abducted last week was freed on Wednesday (Aug. 9). The Rev. Jen Tivkaa Moses, kidnapped by young Fulani men on Friday (Aug. 4) on the highway from Jos […]
Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Released from Five Days of Captivity
Church leaders release sharply worded statement about police, government.
August 9, 2017 By -
Fulani Herdsmen Kidnap Pastor in Plateau State, Central Nigeria
Wounded, released driver relates ordeal.
August 8, 2017 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Aug. 4) kidnapped a pastor as he and his driver were traveling in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, the wounded driver told Morning Star News. The Rev. Jen Tivkaa Moses and his driver, Yohanna Maina, were on their way to Abuja from Jos to attend a […]
Christians Taking Children to Camp in India Charged with Kidnapping, Forced Conversion
One minor held for 25 days, another still in custody along with five adult volunteers.
June 23, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Six Christians taking children to a Vacation Bible School camp remain in custody in Madhya Pradesh state, India after police detained them last month on charges of kidnapping and forcible conversion, sources said. Also detained was a 15-year-old boy who was held in a juvenile detention center for nearly […]
Terrorists Linked with Islamic State Abduct Priest in Attack in Mindanao, Philippines
Policeman beheaded, 13 other Catholics kidnapped.
May 24, 2017 By -
MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – An ascendant terrorist group in the Philippines that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) yesterday wreaked violence on the island of Mindanao, kidnapping a catholic priest and 13 members of his parish. Soldiers engaged in firefights with the Maute Group (MG) in Marawi City as its militants reportedly […]
Muslims Shoot Father of Kidnapped Christian Woman in Pakistan, Sources Say
Catholic wounded three days after police defied court order to arrest assailants.
September 7, 2016 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Three days after police in Pakistan refused to comply with a court order to arrest Muslims who abducted, raped and tried to convert and marry a young Christian woman, one of the kidnappers shot her father, sources said. Ghulam Hussain and three other Muslims kidnapped 27-year-old Asma Gulzar at gunpoint […]
One Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Dead, Two Others Released
Many questions remain unanswered.
April 2, 2016 By -
KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two of three pastors kidnapped in north-central Nigeria on March 21 have been released, while the third died after being left in the wild, sources said. The Rev. Iliya Anto, initially said to have been released by the kidnappers because of ill health, was found dead in the bush 10 […]
Pastors Kidnapped in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Armed assailants release one church leader, demand $500,000 for two others.
March 25, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Unidentified assailants on Monday (March 21) kidnapped three church leaders at gunpoint in northern Nigeria, Christian leaders said. The armed men stormed a church prayer camp site in the city of Kaduna, where the pastors were supervising work in preparation for an Easter retreat for their church, the Haddiyar Ekklesiya […]
Humiliating Attack in India Tests Young Pastor’s Faith
Hindu extremists accused of beating, shaving, parading him through streets.
February 4, 2016 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India who was beaten and paraded through streets with his head half-shaved as crowds called for him to be cut to pieces said he is thankful that he was counted worthy to suffer for the name of Christ. On Friday (Jan. 29) Hindu extremists posing as […]
Pastors in Nigeria Fall Prey to Kidnappers
Two kidnapped, another wounded by gunshot amid abduction of parishioner.
January 27, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two Nigerian pastors have been abducted this month in Kogi state, as kidnapping cartels that have plagued the central state the past three years directed their aim at Christian leaders. In a departure from numerous kidnappings of high-profile business and government leaders in Kogi state since 2013, gunmen abducted pastor […]
Muslim Extremists in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian Policeman, Kidnap Three Children
Bloodshed continues for converts in heavily Islamic region.
December 14, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda on Tuesday (Dec. 8) set a deadly trap for a Christian policeman who had left Islam, and the next day other hard-line Muslims kidnapped three children from another convert in a nearby village, sources said. More than 20 Muslim extremists in the Komodo area of […]