Morning Star News
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Dozens of Christians killed in Fulani attack
In late-night attacks on 10 predominantly Christian communities of Giwa County, herdsmen and others also took about 100 people captive and burned down a church building, area residents said.
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Islamic terrorists kill three Christians in Chibok, Nigeria
Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on February 25 killed three Christians in an attack on northeast Nigeria's Chibok area, residents say.
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Kenya's Christians fearful after string of church attacks
Arsonists set five church buildings on fire and threw faeces on the charred structures from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24 in a village in western Kenya
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Pakistan court annuls marriage of Christian girl to Muslim man accused of kidnapping her
A high court in Sindh Province, Pakistan on Monday invalidated the marriage of a 13-year-old Catholic girl to a Muslim alleged to have abducted and forcibly married her, sources said.
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Pastor kidnapped by Islamic State pleads for release
A church pastor in Nigeria who went missing on October 19 has been captured along with two Christian women by militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), according to a video released by the terrorist group.
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Foreign Christians deported from Turkey or unable to return
Dozens of foreign Christians in Turkey have been forced to leave the country or been banned from returning in what appears to be government targeting of the Protestant Christian community, rights advocates say.
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Verdict in Pakistan could lead to more forced marriages and conversions of Christian girls
A court decision in Pakistan to return custody of a 14-year-old Christian girl to the Muslim who allegedly kidnapped her and forced her to convert to Islam and marry him will make more Christian girls vulnerable to such trauma, sources said.
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Fourth Christian killed in India in less than two months
Pastor Munshi Devu Tado was leading a worship service on his property for about 15 village families from 4pm to 6pm when three armed men and three women escorted him away
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Christians at greater risk of arrest after Iran passes new law
Legislation passed by parliament in Iran could make it easier to arrest and imprison Christians and other religious minorities, rights advocates said.
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Hopes fade for study of Christianity in Sudan
Hopes that the transitional government in Sudan would allow Christianity as a school subject alongside Islam wilted when officials omitted it from an academic schedule released last week, sources said.
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Christian families receive death threats in India
Animists in central India last week told five Christian families they would lose their harvest lands unless they returned to their tribal religion and beat them when they refused, sources said.
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12 Christians killed and couple kidnapped from church during wedding in Nigeria
Several others were also reportedly abducted in the attack in Niger state.