JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked two predominantly Christian villages in north-central Nigeria after beating, raping and killing a 19-year-old Christian woman in the pre-dawn hours on Saturday (March 23), her father said. Danlami Mante told Morning Star News that armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed Joy Danlami and her two younger siblings […]
Christian Woman Raped, Killed as Herdsmen Attack Two Villages in Nigeria
Four church buildings destroyed, 28 houses burned.
March 28, 2019 By -
Christian Clergy among Those Caught in Wave of Kidnappings in Nigeria
Pastor, priest abducted on same day.
March 27, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Protestant pastor and a Catholic priest in two different states in north-central Nigeria were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday (March 25), sources said. Amid a nationwide wave of kidnappings including last week’s discovery of the body of another abducted Catholic priest in southern Nigeria, the Rev. Emmanuel Haruna of […]
Christian Mother in Pakistan Forcibly Converted, Married and Tortured, She Says
Police tell husband she is now a Muslim and to forget about her, he says.
March 26, 2019 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Returning home from a night shift at a call center on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Feb. 25, Naveed Iqbal learned from his sons that a local criminal and three other men had taken his wife away, he said. He filed a report at the Khana police station. Iqbal […]
Muslim in Pakistan Bursts into Christian’s Home Alleging He Overheard Blasphemous Comment
Mentally disabled Pentecostal beaten, arrested.
March 17, 2019 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian with a mental disability in Pakistan has been arrested under the country’s blasphemy law after a Muslim neighbor outside his home overheard him arguing inside, sources said. Francis Masih, older brother of 42-year-old Stephen Masih, said that Muslim neighbor Hafiz Mudassir on March 11 burst into their home […]
Muslim Mobs Attack 10 Church Buildings in Ethiopia
Unprecedented religious destruction in town sparked by false rumor.
March 1, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Christians in a town in southern Ethiopia were stunned when local Muslims attacked 10 church buildings on Feb. 9, destroying one and burning the property inside all the structures, according to aid agencies. Chanting the jihadist slogan, “Allahu akbar [God is greater],” Muslims in Halaba Kulito targeted worship buildings belonging to […]
At Least 40 Christians Killed in Two Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria
School for missionary children shut.
February 28, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At least 32 people were killed in a Muslim Fulani herder attack on a Christian area of north-central Nigeria on Tuesday (Feb. 26), sources said. The early morning assault on villages in and around Maro, in Kajuru County of Kaduna state, came after a Feb. 10 herdsmen attack on Angwan […]
Christian Mother from Somalia Beaten, Raped in Kenya
Somali Muslims attack convert from Islam.
February 11, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Somali Muslims who beat and raped a Christian mother of four last month began sending threatening messages more than a year ago at a refugee camp in Kenya, she said. The 41-year-old Somali woman was a Muslim living in Somalia with her husband when he sent her and their four […]
Supreme Court in Pakistan Upholds Acquittal of Asia Bibi
Christian mother likely headed to Canada with her husband, lawyer says.
January 29, 2019 By -
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today upheld its acquittal of Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (better known as Asia Bibi), leaving her free to leave the country after spending nine years on death row in Pakistan’s most high-profile blasphemy case. The mother of two children and stepmother to three others has been in […]
Muslim Police Officers, Others Beat and Arrest Christian in Kenya
Young man held in police jail in Industrial Area of Nairobi.
January 25, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim policemen on Saturday (Jan. 19) beat and arrested a Christian man on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya in retaliation for refusing to recant Christianity, sources said. Accompanied by two Muslims of Somali descent who had attacked him previously, the policemen arrived at the home where Hassan (surname withheld for […]
Christian Acquitted of Blasphemy Charge after Two Others Sentenced to Death in Pakistan
Brothers accused of insulting Muhammad on website.
January 23, 2019 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan has acquitted a Christian accused of blasphemy one month after two Christians were sentenced to death in an online blasphemy case, sources said. Kasur District Additional Sessions Judge Ijaz Ahmed Bosal dropped charges against Pervaiz Masih, 38, on Jan. 15 after prosecutors failed to submit any […]