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Illegal Serb church on Bosniak woman’s land is demolished

Bosnia Konjevic Polje church demolition

Sarajevo, Bosnia-HerzegovinaAP Bosnian authorities on Saturday demolished a Serbian Orthodox church that was illegally built on land owned by a Bosniak woman, a move that comes after a 20-year legal battle that saw the case reach the European Court of Human Rights.  Workers and construction machinery arrived at Fata Orlovic’s yard in the village of […]

Church building demolished in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Morning Star News A congregation on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar has been without a place to worship this year after local authorities demolished their church building, the pastor said. Local government officials gave no prior warning to church leaders before a bulldozer arrived on 7th January and razed the building in Zanzibar Town to […]

Sudan orders demolition of at least 25 church buildings, Christian leaders say

Morning Star News State officials in Sudan plan to demolish at least 25 church buildings in the Khartoum area, according to Christian leaders. A 13th June, 2016, letter from the Executive Corporation for the Protection of Government Lands, Environment, Roads and Demolition of Irregularities of Khartoum State reveals the names and locations of 25 church […]