SURABAYA, Indonesia,(MorningStar News) – Christians broke into joyful celebration when local officials in East Jakarta, Indonesia removed the seal on their church building on June 26, three months after it was closed. Citing lack of a permit, the East Jakarta City… Continue Reading
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 3, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Lahore, Pakistan is seeking justice and protection after four Muslims abducted, gang-raped and killed a widow for refusing to convert to Islam and marry the primary suspect, sources… Continue Reading
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Islamist terrorists on Friday night (June 16) killed at least 37 students, most of them Christians, at the dormitories of a private high school in Uganda, and kidnapped six others, sources said.… Continue Reading
Dan Ole Shani, the Kenyan-born CEO of Open Doors International, brought stories of current persecution during his recent Australian visit. Open Doors is a ministry to the persecuted church, famously started by Bible Smuggler Brother Andrew. But Shani told a… Continue Reading
By Morning Star News East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim militants were suspected in the bombing of a Protestant church baptism service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that killed at least 14 worshippers on Jan. 15, officials… Continue Reading
North Korea is back on top of The World Watch list, produced annually by Open Doors, as the worst place in the world to live as a Christian. “North Korea’s score of 98, the highest score that’s ever been recorded… Continue Reading
By Richard Ostling, a regular at Get Religion which critiques media coverage of Christianity. The 2022 report from the Open Doors organization says “persecution of Christians has reached the highest levels” since it began accumulating data for its annual “World… Continue Reading
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother and her family in northern India have suffered assaults and threats since she and others were arrested from her son’s birthday party on false accusations of fraudulent conversion, her husband said.“Our lives… Continue Reading
When authorities in Iran summoned a Christian couple in Tehran on Aug. 13, the house-church members supposed it concerned the return of their confiscated belongings. Instead, Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison, notorious… Continue Reading