

Iran: Prayer for a Christian convert in exile
LAHORE, Pakistan, October 6, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A Christian sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges six years ago was acquitted by a high court in Lahore on Monday (Oct. 5), sources said. Sawan Masih, a 40-year-old Catholic father of three, had...

Children Killed, Christian Leaders Kidnapped in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, October 2, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Two young Christian women and a 6-year-old boy were killed this week while other Christians were kidnapped or slain as uncontested lawlessness by Fulani herdsmen continued in Nigeria, sources said. In Plateau state...

Court in Iran Denies Christians Custody of Adopted Daughter
October 1, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A appeals court in Iran last week denied a Christian couple custody of their adopted daughter after they faced criminal charges for their faith. Sam Khosravi and Maryam Falahi, converts from Islam, had adopted 3-month-old Lydia...

Iran: Christian convert faces propaganda charge
NEW DELHI, September 30, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Incited by Hindu extremists, thousands of tribal animists in Chhattisgarh, India last week drove Christians in three villages from their homes in assaults that police declined to prevent or stop in spite of prior...

Iran: Christian convert parents lose custody of child
HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 25, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Punita Kumari was caring for her family in eastern India the morning of Sept. 14 when leaders of about 25 hard-line Hindu assailants armed with bamboo sticks forced their way into their one-room home. Saying...

Twin Sisters Kidnapped, Pastor and Three Other Christians Killed in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, September 22, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A church elder was shot as his daughters were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Friday (Sept. 18), days after a pastor and three other Christians in a north-central state were killed earlier this month. Hassana...

Child Marriages Rise as Families Struggle to Cope in Yemen
JOS, Nigeria, September 21, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (September 17) shot a Christian who was riding on a motorcycle with a policeman in north-central Nigeria, sources said. Sati Bulus, a member of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN)...

Christians in Northern India Forced to Stop Worship, Pastor Says
HYDERABAD, India, September 10, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Harassment of Christians by hard-line Hindus in northern India ended in police coercing a pastor to agree to stop holding worship in his home after an officer threatened to make false charges against his son,...

Omission of Christianity as School Subject in Sudan an Error, Official Says
JUBA, South Sudan, September 9, 2020 (Morning Star News) – The head of the body responsible for curricula in Sudan announced that a previous directive omitting Christian education as a subject for primary schools was in error, according to a new letter to educational...

Another Christian Sentenced to Death in Pakistan on Weak Blasphemy Charges
LAHORE, Pakistan, September 8, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A court in Lahore, Pakistan today (Sept. 8) sentenced a Christian to death over charges that he allegedly sent “blasphemous” text messages to a Muslim colleague seven years ago, his lawyer said. Asif Pervaiz, a...

Attacked Christians in India Risk Arrest if Worship Draws Assaults
NEW DELHI, September 7, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Police in eastern India have threatened to arrest Christians for “disturbing the peace” if their worship draws more opposition after recent attacks, including one that has nearly cost an elderly woman her sight,...

Transitional Government in Sudan Omits Christianity as School Subject
JUBA, South Sudan, September 3, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Fears that Christianity would again be omitted as a course subject in schools in Sudan were confirmed in a recent government directive, sources said. While Islam has long been taught in schools, the head of...

One Man Slain, Children and Others Kidnapped in North-Central Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, August 28, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked a predominantly Christian village in north-central Nigeria, killing one resident, burning a church building and kidnapping four children among others on Monday (Aug. 24), sources said. More...

Christian Girl Kidnapped in Pakistan Says Muslim ‘Husband’ Raped, Threatened Her
LAHORE, Pakistan, August 27, 2020 (Morning Star News) – The Muslim who regained custody of a 14-year-old Christian girl he had kidnapped threatened to kill her and her family unless she gave court statements that she had married him and converted to Islam of her own...

Christian Dies, Cousin in Critical Condition after Assault in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 27, 2020 (Morning Star News) – One young Christian man in eastern Uganda has died after family members beat him for leaving Islam while his cousin, also beaten, clings to life, sources said. The Muslim fathers and other relatives of the two men...

Pastor Jailed Since May after Standing Up to Land-Grabbers in Pakistan, Relatives Say
LAHORE, Pakistan, August 25, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in Karachi has languished in jail since May on a baseless charge of extortion leveled against him in retaliation for taking a stand against alleged land-grabbers who demolished homes of poor...

Pastor, 16-Year-Old Girl among 11 Christians Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, August 21, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A 16-year-old girl, a father of nine children and a church pastor were among 11 Christians killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen this week in southern Kaduna state, sources said. On Tuesday (Aug. 18) in Zangon Kataf...

Algeria: Court orders church closure to remain in effect
HYDERABAD, India, August 20, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Municipal officials in Nepal ordered a church to stop construction of a worship hall after local Hindus objected to it, sources said. Some of the area Hindus had threatened relatives who became Christians after...

As Outcry Grows, 37 More Christians Killed in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, August 18, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Amid a groundswell of domestic and international condemnation of unchecked violence by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria, 37 more Christians were killed in Kaduna state so far this month, sources said. Following the...

Christian Hospitalized for More than Two Weeks after Assault in India
NEW DELHI, August 17, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of seven in northern India was hospitalized for more than two weeks after Hindu extremists with iron rods interrupted his night prayers with his family and beat him at his home. Pappu Kumar, released...