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...
by Publisher | Jun 13, 2016 | News, Vietnam |
Beatings, prison also constitute an attack on liberty. (Morning Star News) – In 2006, the U.S. State Department removed Vietnam from its list of Countries of Particular Concern, citing the release of religious prisoners and the easing of religious restrictions. Two...
