Mosque in Uganda. (ctsnow’s, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A young mother of two in eastern Uganda sustained deep knife wounds on Easter Sunday (April 17) when her Muslim husband discovered she had converted to Christianity, sources said. Zaina Gimbo, 26, of Sirinya B Island in Lake Victoria, Mayuge District, had put her […]
Indian Authorities Arrest 36 Christians During Maundy Thursday Service 100 Christians Locked Inside Church in Uttar Pradesh 04/16/2022 International Christian Concern – A congregation of 100 Christians celebrating a Maundy Thursday service in Uttar Pradesh’s Fathepur District were threatened by a radical Hindu mob who surrounded the church and subsequently locked the doors. A First […]
Muslim colleagues burned headteacher Yusufu Mwanje in Bugiri town, eastern Uganda, on April 2, 2022. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The headteacher of a private Islamic school in eastern Uganda suffered third-degree burns and was fired after staff members heard him praying as a Christian, he said. Yusufu Mwanje led Ibunbaz Primary […]
Predominantly Christian Village Suffers from Continued Violence 04/12/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fulani militants killed 14 Christians, including women and children, in Nigeria’s Benue State on Monday night. The attack happened around midnight in the Tarka Local Government Area, close to the state capital of Makurdi. Pictures from the scene show the deceased lying on […]
Muslim-Background Believer Imprisoned for Blasphemy Against Islam 04/08/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 6, an Indonesian Christian YouTuber was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a viral YouTube video that allegedly offended Muslims across Indonesia. Muhammad Kace, 56, is a former Muslim cleric who converted […]
Hiire Sadiki after he was poisoned in Nawanjofu village, Butaleja District, Uganda on April 2, 2022. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A former sheikh (Islamic teacher) in eastern Uganda was poisoned on Saturday (April 2), shortly after his wife learned he had converted to Christianity, he said. Hiire Sadiki, 56, of Masjidi […]
BURMA Act of 2021 Cleared the House of Representatives, En Route to the Senate 04/07/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) welcomes last night’s passage of the “Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2021,” or the BURMA Act, (H.R. 5947) by the U.S. House of Representatives. The BURMA Act was […]
Sultan Bello Mosque, city of Kaduna, Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Anasskoko, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed terrorists on Thursday night (March 31) raided a predominantly Christian suburb of Kaduna city in northern Nigeria, killing three Christians and wounding three others, sources said. The gunmen attacked Angwan Bulus village, in the Sabon Tasha area […]
Pastor Kailash Dudwe is attacked by Hindu extremist-led mob on Jan. 14, 2022 in Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. (Morning Star News screenshot) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Still recovering from injuries at the hands of a Hindu extremist-led mob that beat him unconscious in January, a pastor in central India faces death threats, landlords […]
Hardliner Group Unfurled Banner to Intimidate the Church 03/30/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A radical group in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia refused to allow the HKBP Church (Huria Kristen Batak Protestant) Betania Rancaekek to worship at its shophouse March 23. In a video that has gone viral on social media, a group of radical Muslims […]