Morning Star News

Unusual ruling frees Christian couple from prison in Iran
Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said.

Christian widow accused of blasphemy released on bail
A court in Pakistan on Saturday released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said.

Fulani herdsmen kill 12 Christians in central Nigeria
Pastor's house among at least 86 homes burned down.

Islamist extremists kill pastor, herdsmen slaughter 134 Christians in Nigeria
Terrorists are going unchecked in Borno and Benue states.

Jihadists bomb Christian Good Friday service in Uganda
Suspect sought Allah's reward, source says.

Terrorists kill 33 Christians in village in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Anglican bishop says government is capable of stopping bloodshed.

Pastor killed, wife abducted by radical Fulani terrorists in Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor last Thursday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, two weeks after terrorists killed a Baptist pastor's son in the same state, sources said.

Terrorists kill 27 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 27 Christians in two attacks this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, local sources said.

Christian mother in Sudan chained, tortured for her faith
For leaving Islam to accept Christ, a young mother in Sudan was chained in her home, subjected to electrical shocks at a psychiactric hospital and has lost her children, a local source said.

Iran releases Yousef Nadarkhani, other Christians from prison
Pastor initially sentenced to death freed in annual tradition.

Priest accused of blasphemy freed from prison after paying 'exorbitant' bail
A Catholic who spent more than three years in jail on a baseless blasphemy charge had to pay an exorbitant amount of bail for release this month, just one example of gross injustices against him and other Christians, his attorney said.

Christian girl kidnapped, forced into Islamic marriage by 60-year-old man in Pakistan, family says
Arif Gill said he lost hope of finding his 15-year-old daughter â abducted by a 60-year-old Muslim who forcibly married her and converted her to Islam â until police in Pakistan finally registered a case after nearly two months.

Suspected herdsmen kill 12 Christians in Nigeria's Benue State
The assailants attacked Ichembe and Mbaigbe villages in Kwande County and wounded dozens of others.

Suspected Islamic extremists kill four Christians in Sudan
Four others were wounded in the pre-dawn attack.

Nigeria: pastor shot and 25 churchgoers kidnapped
Terrorists attacked a church service in northwestern Nigeria on Sunday 15 January, shot and wounded the pastor and kidnapped 25 congregation members, sources said.

Christian worship service prohibited in Indonesia
A church in Indonesia was on January 8 prohibited from holding a Sunday service in front of a city hall building, where it had gone after losing its prior worship venue in a mall, sources said.