by Publisher | Jul 14, 2016 | News, Nigeria
“Buckle Up” Nigeria’s largest Church organization issued a statement 10 July decrying not only the recent violence against Christians, but the government’s “lukewarm” response to it. ‘‘The unprovoked attacks on Christians and the...
by Publisher | Jul 13, 2016 | News, Pakistan
Two female relatives taken into custody are released after his arrest. LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) A Christian father of two in Pakistan was arrested last night under blasphemy charges after a Muslim friend accused him of forwarding a poem on an instant...
by Publisher | Jul 12, 2016 | News, Nigeria
A female preacher was hacked to death in the early hours of 9 July near Nigeria’s capital. Eunice Elisha, a mother of seven, had gone out to preach as was usual, her husband, Olawale Elisha, a Redeemed Church of God Pastor, told local media. Later, two of their sons,...
by Publisher | Jul 8, 2016 | News, Russia
By Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 President Putin has signed amendments imposing harsh restrictions on sharing beliefs, including where and who may share them, and increased “extremism” punishments, introduced with alleged “anti-terrorism” changes....
by Publisher | Jul 6, 2016 | Egypt, News |
Islamic month of Ramadan marked by violence. ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Coptic pharmacist was stabbed to death and then beheaded by a group of Salafi Muslims in Egypt’s Delta region Monday (July 4), the latest in a string of attacks against Copts during...
by Publisher | Jun 29, 2016 | India, News
Villagers deprive impoverished Dalits of state benefits. A month after a crowd of village Hindus in Jharkhand state, India summoned 25 Christians, tied up six of them and beat them with sticks, some of the assailants ran into one of the Christians and asked if he was...
by Publisher | Jun 29, 2016 | News, Pakistan
Death sentences meted out to Christians, Muslim under draconian statute. LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) A Christian in Pakistan who reported an attempt to blackmail him for allegedly blaspheming Islam’s prophet was sentenced to death this week in a bizarre case...
by Publisher | Jun 24, 2016 | News, Uganda
Boy tied to tree with dry leaves that catch fire. NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim father of a 9-year-old boy in eastern Uganda who put his faith in Christ this month tied his son to a tree and burned him, sources said. Nassif Malagara of the...
by Publisher | Jun 22, 2016 | Egypt, News |
To convert away from Islam is “treason” that should carry the death penalty, according to Sunni Islam’s topmost religious authority. “The penalty for an open apostate, departing from the community, is well stipulated in Sharia,” Al-Azhar’s...
by Publisher | Jun 16, 2016 | News, Pakistan
Christian ice-cream seller also beaten A church leader in Lahore was beaten up during his Sunday service by a policeman, during a dispute over whether or not music was being played over his church loudspeaker. Lahore has the largest concentration of the Christian...
by Publisher | Jun 16, 2016 | News, Uganda
Elsewhere, mother and children flee violent husband after leaving Islam. NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian in eastern Uganda who had received death threats from Muslims after a religious discussion was killed on June 4, sources said. The body of...
by Publisher | Jun 14, 2016 | Kazakhstan, News
By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service Kazakhstan’s President orders harsher Religion Law drafted by mid-August, as fines for exercising freedom of religion or belief continue. 89-year-old Baptist Yegor Prokopenko was again fined for leading his community, while...
