Persecution

Omdurman, Sudan. (Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – 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…

North Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. (NordNordWest, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in northeastern Indonesia’s portion of Borneo Island prohibited a church from constructing a…

Yousef Nadarkhani. (Present Truth Ministries photo) (Morning Star News) – Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, once sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy, was the third Christian convert recently released from prison as part of the government’s…

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…

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…

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…

Fire damage to church building in Chaukipura village, Madhya Pradesh, India, discovered on Feb. 12, 2023. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Plans to burn several church buildings in central India came to an end on…

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…

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…

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…