LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Maintaining their innocence, 39 Christians accused of killing two Muslims after 2015 church bombings in Pakistan reached an agreement to pay victim families in exchange for acquittal this week, sources said. An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday (Jan. 29), acquitted all 39 Christians and one Muslim accused in the […]
Forced into Payment Settlement, Christians Acquitted of 2015 Murders in Pakistan
Breadwinners maintaining their innocence spend nearly five years in jail.
January 31, 2020 By -
Violence in Plateau State, Nigeria Escalates with more Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Attacks
At least 32 Christians killed in assaults this week.
January 30, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At least 32 people were killed and a pastor’s house and church building were burned down in two nights of attacks this week by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) building and home were destroyed in an attack on […]
Order Issued to Close Church Building in Oran, Algeria, Christian Leaders Say
Former provincial governor maintained pressure to seal building.
January 17, 2020 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – An order to close a church building in the city of Oran, Algeria was issued last fall but was not conveyed to the pastor until last weekend, sources said. Pastor Rachid Seighir did not receive the Nov. 10, 2019 closure order until Saturday (Jan. 11), he said. “This official […]
Grenade Attack Near Cathedral Leaves Several Wounded in the Philippines
Assailants, motives remain uncertain.
December 26, 2019 By -
MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – A grenade attack near a Catholic cathedral and radio station in the southern Philippines on Sunday (Dec. 22) could have been aimed at a military advance team for a presidential visit as much as the Christian sites, according to local reports. The grenade explosion injured at least eight soldiers […]
Police, Extremists Use Clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, India to Thwart Christians
Order preventing assembly invoked to stop church services.
November 21, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Heavy-handed revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy and statehood by the government of India three months ago has led to measures used against Christians, sources said. The government on Aug. 5 revoked the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir state in 1949 that allowed it to have its […]
Coptic Christian Family Attacked in Upper Egypt; Adult Son in Intensive Care
Muslim assailant told them Christians forbidden to sit outside.
November 19, 2019 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian is in critical condition after he, his mother and brother were stabbed in Egypt on Sunday night (Nov. 17), according to media reports. The Muslim assailant in a village in Upper Egypt’s Minya Governorate first told them that Christians must not sit outside before attacking them, […]
Christian Begins Sentence of Exile in Remote, Islamist Area of Iran
Convert from Islam convicted of evangelizing.
November 18, 2019 By -
(Morning Star News) – A Christian in Iran convicted of conducting evangelistic activities began a mandated two years in exile this month in a remote area on the border with Pakistan, sources said. As part of a larger prison sentence delivered in 2013, Ebrahim Firoozi, 33, was sentenced to two years in exile in Sarbaz, […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Two Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Reformed Church members, 87 and 48, attacked as they slept.
November 15, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on early Thursday morning (Nov. 14) hacked an 87-year-old Christian to death by machete and killed another by gunshot, an area resident said. A group of herdsmen attacked predominantly Christian Agom village in southern Kaduna state’s Sanga Country at 4:30 a.m., area resident […]
Priest from Northeastern Syria Killed as Christians Suffer in Turkish Offensive
Syrian church facing violence from both Islamic State and Turkey.
November 13, 2019 By -
(Morning Star News) – Islamic State (IS) militants claimed responsibility for killing an Armenian Catholic priest and his father on Monday (Nov. 11) in eastern Syria, where they had traveled from their home in a northeastern town hit by Turkish air strikes and terrorist bombs. In the wake of a Turkish military operation into Syrian […]
Girls, Staff Members Kidnapped from Christian-Run High School Released
Hostages reportedly tortured to extract ransom from parents.
November 9, 2019 By -
(Morning Star News) – Six girls and two staff members from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria have been released after torture and payment of a ransom, according to local reports. The girls and staff members kidnapped at gunpoint on Oct. 3 in Kaduna state from Engravers’ College in Kakau Daji village, Chikun County […]