(Morning Star News) – Two Christians imprisoned in Iran for their church leadership roles were released a few days after a fire broke out in Tehran’s Evin Prison on Oct. 15, but rights advocates were mystified about why they were freed. Pastor Naser Navard Goltapeh, who had spent two months in solitary confinement, was released […]
Iran Releases Two Christians from Notorious Evin Prison
After denial of pardons, church leaders receive freedom.
October 30, 2022 By -
Islamic Extremists Kill 15 Christians in North-Central Nigeria
Assailants cut off woman’s breast, community leader says.
October 27, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed two Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Oct. 21) after slaughtering 13 others in two prior attacks, sources said. The assailants attacked Gidan Ityotyev village, Obi County, at about 11 p.m., killing Moses Saaku and Aondofa Saaku and wounding a Christian woman, all […]
Fulani Terrorists Kill More than 70 Christians in Central Nigeria
Benue state officials seek to arm citizens to defend themselves.
October 25, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last week killed more than 70 Christians in a village in central Nigeria, prompting state officials to state that lack of government protection means citizens must defend themselves, sources said. In what a Benue state police official suspected was a revenge attack for the alleged killing of five […]
Christian Evangelists Attacked for Preaching to Muslims in Uganda
Both sustain knife wounds.
October 23, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda were beaten and slashed with knives after leading several Muslims to Christ, sources said. Earlier this month Robert Okia, a 43-year-old father of six children, and Wilberforce Mutenga, a father of two, shared the gospel in predominantly Muslim Busakira village, in eastern Uganda, where eight […]
Iran Punishes Christians with Harsh Prison Sentences
House churches considered threat to national security.
October 16, 2022 By -
(Morning Star News) – When authorities in Iran summoned a Christian couple in Tehran on Aug. 13, the house-church members supposed it concerned the return of their confiscated belongings. Instead, Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison, notorious for its harsh treatment of people deemed political enemies of the […]
Islamic Terrorists Attack Chibok Village in Northeast Nigeria
Three people slain in predominantly Christian community.
October 10, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants killed three Christians in an attack on a village of Chibok County, northeast Nigeria on Tuesday (Oct. 4) that wounded dozens of others and burned homes, sources said. The terrorists attacked Njilang village, Borno state, in the latest of many acts of terrorism over several years targeting […]
Evangelists Sustain Knife Wounds after Debates in Uganda
Muslims upset after event leads many to Christ.
October 7, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists on Sept. 24 sustained deep knife wounds after leading several Muslims to Christ at debates on Islam and Christianity in eastern Uganda, sources said. Andrew Dikusooka, 35, and 26-year-old Ronald Musasizi had debated Islamic scholars in several areas around Iganga District, and some attacked them after a Sept. […]
Christian Woman on Trial for Blasphemy in Northeast Nigeria
Charges based on a WhatsApp message she shared.
October 5, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in northeast Nigeria is on trial after being held incommunicado for more than four months on blasphemy charges for forwarding a WhatsApp message, sources said. Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, 45, was arrested in Bauchi state in May after receiving a WhatsApp message from Ghana condemning the gruesome killing […]
Christians Beaten, Lose Homes in Separate Attacks
Muslims in Uganda injure father in one area and mother in another.
October 3, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Uganda upset with a father of four for converting to Christianity beat him and destroyed his home, and a week later a 52-year-old convert in a neighboring district also suffered injuries that left her unable to walk, sources said. In Bulumba Sub-County, Kaliro District, 38-year-old Musa Wabwire was […]
Christians Slain in Kano and Plateau States, Nigeria
Islamic State, Fulani herdsmen suspected.
September 30, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 25) killed two Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria after Islamic State terrorists allegedly killed two others in the city of Kano on Saturday (Sept. 24), sources said. In northern Nigeria’s Kano state, suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) shot the […]