Persecution

Apostasy laws worldwide. (RLoutfy, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian on Oct. 4 was killed on Oct. 21, area sources said. Wanjala…

Maj.-Gen. Zamani Lekwot released book on 1992 religious violence. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A former Army general in Nigeria said his death…

A Louisiana law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who ruled it coercive and unconstitutional. The law, set to take effect January 1, was challenged by nine…

Children in fields in Kaliro District, Uganda. (Isac Fridlund, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A local group of Muslim extremists on Oct. 30 killed an evangelist in eastern Uganda after he and another…

Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan. (Romero Maia, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fearing Islamist rage, residents in an area of Lahore on Nov. 3 fled their homes after a…

11/8/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — After serving more than one year of his 10-year prison sentence, an Armenian-Iranian pastor recently gained freedom from Tehran’s Evin Prison following public outcry. Pastor Anooshavan…

Location of Mangu LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Wikimedia maps, Mapa data © OpenStreetMap contributor) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Nov. 3) ambushed and killed a…

Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Map data © Google 2024) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Nov. 1) kidnapped four Christians in an attack on villages in north-central Nigeria,…

Location of River Nile state in Sudan. (TUBS, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Sudan’s River Nile state on Oct. 19 drove 34 displaced Christians from their homes, sources said. The Muslim…

Shagufta Kiran was sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. (Jubilee Campaign) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim vigilante groups are working with federal authorities to lure…