Morning Star News
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Amid Reforms in Burma, Killing of Christian Civilians Continues
Days before Burmese president Thein Sein was reportedly nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize last week, a report revealed his government troops had killed and raped dozens of civilians and burned...Friday, March 15, 2013
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Torture Likely Led to Death of Egyptian Christian in Libya, Sources Say
Repeated electrical shock torture of an Egyptian Christian accused of "proselytizing" in Libya likely exacerbated his heart ailment, leading to his death in custody.Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Islamic Mobs Destroy Christian Area of Lahore, Pakistan
Muslim mobs upset over an alleged derogatory comment about the prophet of Islam burned down more than 180 Christian-owned houses and shops and at least two church buildings in Lahore on Saturday...Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Six Children Killed in Slaughter of Families in Plateau State, Nigeria
Regina Luka does not know whether it was rogue soldiers or Islamic terrorists who invaded her dual-family dwelling in Kogom Tah and killed 10 Christians; she only knows her husband and two young...Monday, March 11, 2013
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Nigerian Town's Christians Paralyzed Amid Islamic Extremist Attacks
In Mubi in northeastern Nigeria, Christians do not dare step out of their homes after 8 p.m., church leaders say, and many Christians are too afraid of Islamic extremist attacks to attend church...Friday, March 1, 2013
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Ethnic Families in Vietnam Ransacked, Beaten for Their New Faith
Newly converted Christians in Vietnam's Central Highlands were terrorized last week – their homes and personal property badly damaged or destroyed in four consecutive night raids, and some of the...Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Christian Bookstores Raided, Church Buildings Demolished in Sudan
Having deported scores of foreign Christians and demolished several church buildings in the past few months, Sudan continued ridding the country of Christianity this week by raiding Christian...Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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More Arrests in Libya After Detention of Foreign Christians
Arrests continue of Christians accused of proselytizing in Libya, with a total of seven now known to be in custody including one reported to have been tortured.Monday, February 25, 2013
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Christians in Syria Targeted for Kidnapping
In a poor gypsy neighborhood of Istanbul, a Syrian Orthodox refugee from Syria says he worked as a dentist in Aleppo as long as he could after fighting broke out in 2011; he finally fled when lack...Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Muslim Villagers in Egypt Attack Church
Muslim villagers in Egypt's Fayoum Province attacked a church this weekend – pelting four Christians with rocks, setting parts of the church building on fire and tearing down a cross atop the...Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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Persecution Rises in China as Plan Begins to End House Churches
China's Christians felt a noticeable rise in persecution in 2012 as the Communist government began the first of a three-phase plan to eradicate unregistered house churches.Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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Two Pastors in India Arrested After Being Beaten, Threatened
In India's Karnataka state, Hindu extremists beat and kicked Christians, threatened to set them on fire and tried to force them to worship Hindu idols.Friday, February 15, 2013
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Algeria Upholds Conviction of Convert From Islam
An Algerian judge under pressure from Islamists to uphold a Christian’s conviction for alleged proselytizing rescinded his one-year prison term Feb. 13 but doubled his fine, an attorney said.Thursday, February 14, 2013
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Violence Against Christians Spreading in India
Hindu extremist attacks on Christians in Maharashtra state could expand even as violence elsewhere in India grows in areas where extremist groups had not been so active, Christian leaders said.Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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Alleged Kidnapper Threatens Family of Christian Girl in Pakistan
A powerful Pakistani politician's aide who abducted a Christian girl from her home in Karachi has warned her parents that the same fate awaits their other daughters unless they drop charges against...Thursday, February 7, 2013
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Anti-Christian Hostility Heats Up Amid Unrest in Egypt
Among files on arrested converts from Islam, kidnapped Christian girls and beaten monks piling up on the desk of a noted lawyer in Egypt, on top is the case of two boys about to be tried for...Monday, February 4, 2013
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Under-Reporting Obscures Martyrdom of Christians in India
Four Christians in India died for their faith last year, but incomplete information obscured the anti-Christian hostility in three of the deaths.Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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Algerian Convert Fights Proselytism Verdict
The attorney for a Christian shocked to learn that he had been convicted of pressuring a Muslim to leave Islam said after an appeals hearing on Jan. 23 that the verdict was utterly unfounded.Tuesday, January 29, 2013