SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in northeastern Indonesia’s portion of Borneo Island prohibited a church from constructing a worship building, sources said. Local leaders of Selumit village, in Tarakan City in North Kalimantan Province, stated in a Feb. 28 letter that Mawar Sharon Christian Church’s proposed construction was against state regulations […]
Muslims Block Christians’ Construction in Indonesia
Another congregation wins right to build after initial ban.
March 13, 2023 By -
Iran Releases Yousef Nadarkhani, Other Christians from Prison
Pastor initially sentenced to death freed in annual tradition.
March 5, 2023 By -
(Morning Star News) – Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, once sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy, was the third Christian convert recently released from prison as part of the government’s annual amnesty marking the anniversary of the 1979 revolution. Originally sentenced to death in 2010 for leaving Islam, Nadarkhani was freed on Feb. 26, following the […]
Pastor Attacked after Invitation to Christian-Muslim Debate
Mosque leaders in Uganda invited church leaders to participate.
February 28, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor invited to participate in a religion debate by mosque leaders in Uganda was attacked after his arguments ostensibly led to 37 Muslims accepting Christ, sources said. Muslims who apparently converted to Christianity were among those who assaulted Pastor Arthur Asadi Babi, 42, on Feb. 10, he said. He […]
Police Rescue 40 Christian Children in Kidnapping Scam
Muslim posing as head of Christian organization arrested.
February 26, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Police in Uganda have arrested two people in connection with the kidnapping of 40 Christian children lured by a Muslim posing as the leader of a Christian charity offering free education, sources said. In Arua, in northwest Uganda’s West Nile Sub-Region, initial investigations alleged that 27-year-old Siraji Sabiri, a Muslim, […]
Christians’ Sunday Worship Broken Up in Indonesia
Local official, others intrude into church service.
February 22, 2023 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A local village official in Indonesia stopped a church service on Sunday (Feb. 19) in what became a mob intrusion, sources said. On western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, the head of the Rukun Tetangga area of Rajabasa Jaya village, Wawan Kurniawan, leaped over a meter-high fence to intrude into the […]
Christian Leader Arrested during Open-Air Event in Sudan
Evangelist in Blue Nile state detained.
February 20, 2023 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in southeastern Sudan on Friday (Feb. 17) arrested a church leader for preaching to Muslims, according to a local Christian group. Yousif Ayoub Hussein Ali was detained during an open-air worship event in the Blue Nile state capital of Ad-Damazin, according to a press statement from the local […]
Excessive Bail Bond Required of Christian in Pakistan
Jailed on baseless blasphemy charge for more than three years.
February 20, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Catholic who spent more than three years in jail on a baseless blasphemy charge had to pay an exorbitant amount of bail for release this month, just one example of gross injustices against him and other Christians, his attorney said. The maximum amount for bail under Section 295-C of […]
Police Thwart Plan to Burn Church Buildings in India
One worship site torched.
February 16, 2023 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Plans to burn several church buildings in central India came to an end on Sunday (Feb. 12) after officers arrested three Hindu extremists, but not before they had set one structure ablaze, police said. Pastor Mahesh Kumre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaukipura village (under tribal-dominated Sukhtawa block), Madhya […]
Christian Leader in Sudan Flees Kidnapping Attempts
Convert from Islam in hiding from relatives, extremists.
February 15, 2023 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – An evangelist in western Sudan has gone into a hiding following attempted attacks by Muslim extremists, he said. Ahmad Adam Mohamad, 49, of North Darfur state went into a hiding after his Muslim uncles accused him of apostasy earlier this month. He disciples about 25 Christians of Muslim upbringing, […]
Christian Girl Kidnapped by 60-Year-Old Muslim in Pakistan
Police slow to respond to alleged forcible conversion, marriage.
February 13, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Arif Gill said he lost hope of finding his 15-year-old daughter – abducted by a 60-year-old Muslim who forcibly married her and converted her to Islam – until police in Pakistan finally registered a case after nearly two months. Sitara Arif, also known as Saira, was kidnapped on Dec. 15 […]