Church leaders ask Egyptians in Libya to return
Church leaders are asking all Egyptians living in Libya to return home because their lives are at risk.
...continue reading this storyNiger: Muslims Burn 69 Churches; Christians Forgive
It took only a few hours, but it was enough time for hundreds of radical Muslims in Niger, West Africa, to destroy dozens of churches and several Christian homes. Ten people lost their lives and hundreds were injured when Muslim mobs went on the deadly rampage in early January.
...continue reading this storyPakistan Boy Burned to Death for His Christian Faith
A Pakistani Christian boy who was set on fire by young Muslims after he professed his faith in Jesus Christ has died of his injuries.
...continue reading this storyPakistan: Over 100 Christians Arrested and Tortured Following Lynching of Two Muslims
As over 100 Pakistani Christians were arrested in mid-March following the lynching of two Muslim men wrongly thought to be involved in two earlier church bombings that killed 17, some 30 prisoners have been released and show clear signs of being abused and tortured by the police.
...continue reading this storyChristian Girl in Uganda Seriously Injured, Traumatized after Gang-Rape
Five Muslims in eastern Uganda gang-raped the 17-year-old daughter of a pastor because the church leader ignored their warnings that he stop worship services.
...continue reading this storyUS Court Awards $330 Million to Family of Slain Missionary in Landmark Judgment Against North Korea
A U.S. court has awarded $330 million to Shurat HaDin, or Israel Law Center, on behalf of the U.S.-based family of Rev. Kim Dong-Shik, a Christian missionary and activist who was abducted by North Korean agents inside China and later killed in North Korea.
...continue reading this storyEgypt: Militants attack Church, Police
Last Sunday, jihadists exploded a bomb in Cairo and attacked a church in Alexandria, leaving one dead and seven others wounded.
...continue reading this storyIndia: Hindu Extremists Block Good Friday Service, Beat Christians
Under pressure from Hindu extremists, local officials kept a church from meeting on Good Friday (April 3) in India's Uttar Pradesh state and ordered the pastor to vacate the property, a church leader told Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyISIS Demands $30 Million to Free Christian Hostages
Islamic State militants are demanding up to $30 million in ransom to release the hundreds of Christian hostages in Syria, according to an officer within the Assyrian leadership.
...continue reading this storyIndia: Christians in Haryana Assaulted at Burial
A mob of more than 700 Hindus assaulted 45 mourners as they began burial rites for an elderly Christian woman at a cemetery in Faridabad, India, on March 6.
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