by Publisher | Jul 29, 2015 | India, News |
Officers intervene only after Christians ‘beaten enough,’ pastor says. NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – After watching idly as a mob of Hindu extremists dragged Christians from a prayer meeting in West Delhi and beat them, police questioned those who were attacked as...
by Publisher | Jul 24, 2015 | News, South Sudan, Sudan |
Charges stem from ‘political’ motives, source says. JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Attorneys for two South Sudanese pastors facing the death penalty made their closing arguments on Thursday (July 23) before a judge who appears to favor the prosecution,...
by Publisher | Jul 23, 2015 | Egypt, Ghana, IS, Libya, News, Nigeria |
Militants also seize Christians from Nigeria, Ghana. ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – As unconfirmed reports and rumors about the status of three Christians kidnapped in Libya by the Islamic State (IS) continue to spread in Egyptian media, a Coptic family waits...
by Publisher | Jul 22, 2015 | News, Pakistan |
Execution of Asia Bibi suspended until final ruling. LAHORE, Pakistan(Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today agreed to review the case of a Christian mother sentenced to death on a blasphemy charge, temporarily suspending her execution. Aasiya Noreen,...
by Publisher | Jul 21, 2015 | News, Sudan |
Remaining eight await verdict. JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Two of 10 young Christian women charged with wearing indecent clothing in North Khartoum, Sudan were fined 500 Sudanese pounds (US$85) on Wednesday (July 15), a Christian leader said. Ferdoos...
by Publisher | Jul 20, 2015 | Belarus, News |
By Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service A conscientious objector to military service in Belarus has been threatened with conscription, Forum 18 News Service has learned, even though President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 4 June signed into law an Alternative Service Law. But...
by Publisher | Jul 16, 2015 | News, Nigeria |
Three suspected members of Islamist terror group Boko Haram were arrested in Nigerias Plateau State on 14 July, after their behaviour aroused the suspicion of local traders. Three suspected members of Islamist terror group Boko Haram were arrested in Nigeria’s Plateau...
by Publisher | Jul 16, 2015 | Egypt, News |
Angry Muslim forcibly detains evangelist in Alexandria. ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Egypt have been accused of showing disdain or contempt for Islam after an evangelism outreach to Muslims over the weekend in the port city of Alexandria,...
by Publisher | Jul 15, 2015 | News, Nigeria |
Bomb found in restroom tossed over fence before it explodes. JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A congregation in this central Nigerian city continued worshiping on Sunday (July 12) after a security man found and tossed over a fence a bomb before it exploded, the...
by Publisher | Jul 11, 2015 | India, News |
Five families and pastor threatened, banished. NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christian families driven from their village in India’s Jharkhand state have returned home with police help, but tribal people instigated by Hindu extremists are still bent on expelling...
by Publisher | Jul 9, 2015 | News, Uganda |
Evangelist lost 12-year-old daughter to killers last year. NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Twice in the past two weeks, Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda have tried to kill a former sheikh known throughout the region for his Christian activities, the...
by Publisher | Jul 8, 2015 | Kenya, News |
At least 17 killed, 11 injured. Nairobi, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists with Somalia-based Al Shabaab killed 17 quarry workers in northern Kenya early Tuesday morning (July 7), including several Christians, sources said. The attack in Soko Mbuzi,...
