Harriet Nanzala rests alongside her daughter in eastern Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim brother of a woman in eastern Uganda attacked her with a knife and spear on Aug. 8 after discovering she was a Christian, the mother of two said. In a village near Kasasira, Kibuku District undisclosed […]
(BBC) — Afghanistan is on the brink of a total Taliban takeover and President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country. The Taliban reached the outskirts of the capital Kabul earlier on Sunday, but said fighters were now being sent into the city. People have sought safety from the fighting in Kabul but there have been scenes […]
Police take three Christians to jail from court in Uttar Pradesh, India earlier this month. (Morning Star News) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three Christians are in jail after hard-line Hindus in northern India last week beat two of them, both pastors, and a Hindu they were comforting in the loss of his family to […]
(Christian Headlines) — Archaeologists in Israel say they have uncovered physical evidence in Jerusalem of an earthquake referenced in the biblical books of Amos and Zechariah that struck during the divided kingdom and after the reigns of David and Solomon. Zechariah 14:5, seen by many as a reference to the second coming of Christ, says, “You […]
ICC has learned that a Christian woman in Pakistan has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s notorious blasphemy laws after she received a text message on WhatsApp.
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(The Times of Israel) — Inked 3,100 years ago during the era of the biblical judges, an extremely rare five-letter inscription discovered in the lush Judean foothills could be a missing link in the development of Early Alphabetic (also known as Canaanite) writing used during the 12th-10th centuries BCE. If correct, this would be the […]
(Christian Post) — After facing arrest and detention for preaching that homosexuality is a sin, an American evangelist is warning that “things are getting very bad” in the United Kingdom and other Western countries, suggesting that the situation has deteriorated to the point where they are “becoming communist.” Ryan Schiavo, who describes himself as an […]
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Hindu nationalist leaders in India held an anti-Christian rally in the Bastar District of Chhattisgarh state.
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Meenu Kaur Tank after assault in Ludhiana District in Punjab state, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A 24-year-old Christian woman in northern India regained the ability to speak nearly a month after she went into shock from a Sikh family choking her unconscious and attacking her sister and mother, sources said. […]
ICC has learned that President Biden has announced his intent to nominate four individuals to key international religious freedom roles in his administration.
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