NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers in civilian clothes walked through the church’s door, stepped up to the podium and then grabbed the […]
Sentence Upheld for Pastor in Algeria Stopped for Carrying Christian Literature
Judge rebukes church leader.
May 17, 2018 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A case that began with police in Algeria stopping a Christian suspected of carrying Bibles in his car ended yesterday with a large fine for the church leader. A judge in Tiaret, 600 kilometers (372 miles) southwest of Algiers, on Wednesday (May 16) denied pastor Nouredine Belabed’s appeal of a […]
Conviction, Sentencing of Christian in Algeria ‘Ridiculous,’ Attorney Says
Authorities interrogating convert pressured him to renounce Christ, he says.
May 4, 2018 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A court in Algeria yesterday withdrew a six-month prison sentence but upheld a fine on a convert from Islam for carrying Christian literature and some crucifix-shaped keychains into the country, sources said. Idir Hamdad was fined 20,000 Algerian dinars (US$172) plus customs expenses after a judge at the court in […]
Muslims in Eastern Uganda Desecrate Body of Slain Christian, Sources Say
Widow says villagers threatening to kill her.
May 4, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers in eastern Uganda mutilated the corpse of a convert from Islam likely killed for his faith last month, his widow said. Fatuma Muluuta told Morning Star News that Muslims in Kachomo village, Budaka District cut and stuck pins into her husband’s body before burying it and have since […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Mount another Slaughter of Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
At least 39 members of different churches reported killed.
April 26, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Still shocked over a deadly attack on a Catholic congregation on Tuesday (April 24), Christians in Nigeria’s Benue state yesterday suffered another onslaught by Muslim Fulani herdsmen that reportedly left at least 39 people dead. More than 160 houses also were reported to have been set ablaze in heavily armed […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Gun Down Christians in Catholic Church in Nigeria
Benue state hit by multiple attacks.
April 25, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (April 24) attacked a Roman Catholic Church service in central Nigeria, killing two priests and 17 other parishioners during an early morning Mass, sources said. In Ayar-Mbalom village in Benue state, the assailants shot dead the Rev. Joseph Gor and the Rev. Felix Tyolaha of […]
Christian Woman in Pakistan Dies after Being Set on Fire
Muslim suitor insisted she renounce Christ and marry him, relatives say.
April 23, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan died on Sunday night (April 22) after a Muslim in the Sialkot area set her on fire for refusing to convert to Islam and marry him, relatives said. Muhammad Rizwan Gujjar poured kerosene on 25-year-old Asma Yaqoob and set her on fire on Wednesday (April […]
Security Agents in Morocco Reportedly Detain Christian for 24 Hours
Harassment comes amid calls for religious freedom.
April 20, 2018 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Security police in Morocco detained a Christian for 24 hours after finding Christian literature in his backpack, according to published reports. Spanish news agency EFE reported that authorities stopped the 35-year-old Moroccan, whose name was not disclosed, as he came out of his home in Rabat on Wednesday morning (April […]
Gunmen Kill Two More Christians, Wound Three, in Quetta, Pakistan
Two girls, 11 and 13, injured in second attack this month in city.
April 17, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians in Quetta, Pakistan are living in fear after the second attack this month by suspected Islamist militants killed two Christians in front of a home. Three other people were injured, including two girls, in the shooting on Sunday (April 15) in the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, […]
Four Christians Killed, Girl Wounded in Easter Monday Attack in Pakistan
Islamic extremist groups suspected.
April 3, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Four Christians, including a woman, were killed and a young girl wounded in a terrorist attack in Pakistan on Monday (April 2), sources said. Rickshaw driver Pervaiz Masih was transporting his brothers-in-law Imran Masih and Tariq Masih, along with their sister-in-law Firdous, in Quetta, capital of the restive province, when […]