Mahnoor Ashraf, 14, went missing on Jan. 4, 2022. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The abduction and forced conversion of Christian girls in Pakistan continued with impunity as another minor was separated from her parents the first week of the year, sources said. Mahnoor Ashraf, a 14-year-old Pentecostal Christian, […]
Jenifer Nakirya and her daughter Oliva Apio were attacked in Pallisa District, Uganda on Dec. 30, 2021. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a widow and her 16-year-old daughter unconscious on Dec. 30, leaving the girl unable to walk a year after killing her father, sources said. […]
Second Attack on Ancha Village in One Week 01/12/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Fulani militants killed 18 Christians in Ancha village on Tuesday evening, January 11, marking the second attack on the Christian community in Nigeria this week. “A loud voice shouted, ‘Allahu Akubar’ (Allah is the greatest) at midnight,” an eyewitness told […]
Bhairavnath Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Suraj Belbase, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A young father knows the intensity of Hindu opposition to Christianity in his native Nepal – it temporarily took his newborn son from him and has left his young family homeless for nearly two years. Having moved in with his parents after […]
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Attacks Continue Unabated as Government Turns a Blind Eye 01/11/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) –Fulani militants killed 28-year-old Stephen Monday and injured his wife, Ejoma, while the couple was walking to their farmland on January 10. “Fulani militants attacked and ambushed two people on their way to farm at Ancha village,” reported […]
Zafar Bhatti. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A judge changed a Christian’s life prison term under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws into the death sentence last week, while the Pakistan Supreme Court granted historic bail to another Christian held on similar charges, sources said. Zafar Bhatti, 56, who has languished in jail since 2012 […]
Charred home of the slain Joseph Mwangi Maina in Widho, Lamu County, Kenya. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Kenya, including suspected militants from Somalia, killed six Christians in southeastern Kenya between 11 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 2) and 3 a.m. Monday, sources said. Members and sympathizers of Somali militant group […]
Attack Occurs One Day After Six Christians Were Killed in Nearby Village 01/04/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A Christian man in Kenya was killed last night, January 3, by suspected al-Shabaab militants in Bobo-Hindi, just one day after six Christians were killed in a nearby village. Three houses were also set ablaze during the […]
Fulani Militants Threaten Further Attacks Against Christians in 2022 01/04/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Five people in Nigeria were brutally attacked by Fulani militants on Friday, December 31, while on their way home from an annual prayer meeting held for the Christian communities of Irigwe chiefdom. An International Christian Concern (ICC) correspondent who […]
Bodies Burned Beyond Recognition by Al-Shabaab Militants 01/03/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Six Christians were killed in the early hours of Monday, January 3, by suspected al-Shabaab militants in Widhu village, Lamu West, Kenya. Speaking to International Christian Concern (ICC) from the site of the attack, Pastor Stephen Sila of a local church in […]