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 […]
Christian in Pakistan Arrested for ‘Blasphemy’ to Appease Islamist Throng, Sources Say
Hundreds of villagers flee.
February 20, 2018 By -
Muslim Extremist Who Attacked Church in Indonesia Tried to Go to Syria
Priest, three parishioners and policeman wounded in sword attack.
February 16, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – A Muslim extremist who attacked a Catholic church in Indonesia on Sunday (Feb. 11) had tried to go to Syria, according to reports. The 23-year-old identified as Suliyono of Bayuwangi in East Java wounded a priest and three others during Mass at St. Lidwina Catholic Church in Central Java’s city of Yogyakarta. […]
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 […]
Court in Sudan Fines Christian Leaders for Defending Church Property
Government helping Muslim business interest take over school, sources say.
February 6, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has fined seven church leaders fighting a takeover of their school in Omdurman for “objection to authorities,” a church leader said. The court yesterday (Feb. 5) found Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) elder Yohanna Tia guilty under articles 182/183 for objection to authorities and fined […]
Christian Convert in Uganda Suffers Sudden Loss of Father, Wife, Children
‘Infidel’ fears for his life.
January 31, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – In a village in eastern Uganda, it took no more than a day for Munabi Abudallah to lose his wife and seven children after putting his faith in Christ. “The Muslims are searching to kill me,” Abudallah, 37, told Morning Star News by phone. “My family members have deserted me. I […]
Muslim Student Accused of Killing Christian in Pakistan Released on Bail
Move suggests suspect could be acquitted, advocates fear.
January 30, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim high school student accused of killing a Christian in Pakistan has been freed on bail due to gaps in police investigations, sources said. Sharoon Masih, 17, died on Aug. 27, 2017 after Ahmed Raza beat him for drinking water from a glass used by all students in a […]
Christian Students Knifed, Beaten in High School Clash in Kenya
Muslim boys stab those who refused to convert, source says.
January 29, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim students at a high school in Nairobi on Tuesday night (Jan. 23) beat and stabbed Christians who refused to convert to Islam, a local source said. Tensions had been growing for weeks at Jamhuri High School in northern Nairobi, with Muslims primarily of Somali, Boran and Oromo descent complaining […]
Reporter’s Notebook, Nigeria: A Journey to Kidnapping Central
As kidnappings increase, Christians are often targeted.
January 12, 2018 By -
KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At first the commercial motorcycle drivers I needed clamored for my business, but when they found out I was going to Kwanti village, in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, they all dispersed without haggling over prices. Kwanti and its surrounding villages of large estates inhabited mostly by farmers have been taken […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Launch More Large-Scale Attacks in Benue State, Nigeria
At least 65 people killed in predominantly Christian areas.
January 8, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A mass burial on Sunday (Jan. 7) was announced for 49 of at least 65 Christians killed in Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks in Benue state, Nigeria that began on New Year’s Day, sources said. Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom announced on Saturday (Jan. 6) that coffins would be provided for the […]
Christian Widow in Uganda Poisoned on Christmas Day
Muslim neighbor confesses.
January 4, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five in eastern Uganda was pleasantly surprised when two Muslim neighbors visited her on Christmas morning with gifts of sugar, salt, soap, matchboxes, groundnuts and cooking oil. Nafamba Bongo Madina, whose children range in age from 5 to 14, thanked Taaka Hajira and the other Muslim neighbor […]