Mosque in Uganda. (ctsnow’s, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hardline Muslims who grew furious at the preaching of a speaker at an open-air evangelistic event last week in eastern Uganda beat him to death and burned his body, sources said. John Michael Okero was quoting verses from the Koran about Christ on Feb. […]
Pastor Rakesh Babu after attempt to kill him in Chandauli District, Uttar Pradesh, India on Jan. 14, 2022. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Rakesh Babu was about to go to bed one night earlier this year in northern India when eight Hindu extremists broke into his house, beat and choked him […]
Malingumu Bruhan was attacked near Nawaikoke, Kaliro District, Uganda on Feb. 6, 2022. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a Christian evangelist on Feb. 6 beat and tied him up to be burned to death after he returned home for a funeral in eastern Uganda, he said. Malingumu Bruhan, 34, […]
Remnant of Bible burned in Anand Nagar, Haryana state, India on Jan. 28, 2022. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Hindu extremist mob on Jan. 28 attacked two pastors in northern India, setting the Bible of one on fire as he blacked out from the beating, he said. Accusing the pastors of […]
Christian Community Remains Vulnerable to Future Attacks 02/02/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Wednesday morning, four people died in Kenya when their vehicle drove over an improvised explosive device suspected to have been planted by al-Shabaab militants. The incident occurred just two days after 13 people died in Arabia, Mandera county, in a similar […]
Incident Marks Ninth Terror Attack in Kenya Since the New Year 01/31/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Thirteen passengers were killed and others were severely injured on January 31 in northeastern Kenya after their public service vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device. According to a survivor, the attackers, suspected to be al-Shabaab militants, fired […]
Memorial Service Held at Site of 2013 Massacre 01/31/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Gunmen targeted three priests traveling home from church in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on January 30, killing one and injuring the other. Father William Siraj (75 years) died instantly from multiple gunshot wounds, while Father Naeem Patrick was treated for a […]
Government Officials Among Those Injured in Attack 01/27/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On January 26, 2022, six gunmen suspected to be al-Shabaab terrorists ambushed a convoy of vehicles near Kenya’s Somali border, and began shooting. Six people were injured in the attack and three were able to escape due to security measures in place. According to […]
Local Population Calls for Increased Security Measures 01/25/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On January 24 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one person was fatally shot by police and several others were arrested in Beni town while protesting the “state of siege” declared by President Felix Tshisekedi in May 2021. A […]
Mosque in Uganda. (ctsnow’s, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A former mosque leader in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity is still hospitalized with serious head, back and hand injuries after Muslim relatives beat him on Jan. 13, he said. Bashir Sengendo had not returned home to visit his family in Namaato village, […]