Rural Mbale, Uganda, near a Christian theological college. (Michael Shade, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor invited to participate in a religion debate by mosque leaders in Uganda was attacked after his arguments ostensibly led to 37 Muslims accepting Christ, sources said. Muslims who apparently converted to Christianity were among those who […]
Arrest of Siraji Sabiri in Arua, Uganda on Feb. 2, 2023. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Police in Uganda have arrested two people in connection with the kidnapping of 40 Christian children lured by a Muslim posing as the leader of a Christian charity offering free education, sources said. In Arua, in […]
Local official Wawan Kurniawan stops worship service in Rajabasa Jaya village, Indonesia, on Feb. 19, 2023. (Morning Star News screenshot from YouTube) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A local village official in Indonesia stopped a church service on Sunday (Feb. 19) in what became a mob intrusion, sources said. On western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, […]
Location of Blue Nile state, Sudan. (TUBS, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in southeastern Sudan on Friday (Feb. 17) arrested a church leader for preaching to Muslims, according to a local Christian group. Yousif Ayoub Hussein Ali was detained during an open-air worship event in the Blue Nile state capital of […]
North Darfur state, Sudan. (Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – An evangelist in western Sudan has gone into a hiding following attempted attacks by Muslim extremists, he said. Ahmad Adam Mohamad, 49, of North Darfur state went into a hiding after his Muslim uncles accused him of apostasy earlier this month. He disciples […]
ECI church building in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India remains in jail after more than three months despite winning bail because Hindu extremists filed new false charges against him, his wife said. “We are going through troubled times, and we don’t know when […]
Sunita Masih after acid attack on Feb. 1, 2023, in Karachi, Pakistan. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday (Feb. 1) threw acid on a 19-year-old Christian woman for refusing his pressure to enter into relationship and convert to Islam, sources said. Sunita Masih, […]
1/31/2023 Wasg (International Christian Concern)—The 2023 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit brings together a broad coalition that passionately supports religious freedom around the globe for a three-day in-person event in Washington, D.C., beginning Jan. 31 to Feb. 1. For much of the conference, participants will attend breakout sessions to learn about these topics from […]
Benue River in Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria. (Bandele Femi, Ashinze, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – After authorities in Nigeria ignored warnings that thousands of cattlemen were arriving in Benue state, suspected herdsmen on Saturday (Jan. 28) attacked two villages there and killed 12 Christians, sources said. The assailants attacked Ichembe and Mbaigbe villages […]
Pastor Jerry Hinjari was killed in Yola, Adamawa state, Nigeria on Jan. 26, 2023. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in northeast Nigeria was slain on Thursday (Jan. 26), and anti-Christian violence continued to grow in the southern part of the country with the killing of two Christians in Delta state, sources […]