Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal
NEW DELHI, July 11, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In a rash of recent actions against Christians in Nepal, an alcoholic who became violent during an intervention had Christian leaders arrested on forcible conversion charges, and a foreign couple was deported. Isak...
Christians in Rajasthan, India Harassed with False Charges, Church Leaders Say
NEW DELHI, July 9, 2018 (Morning Star News) – When evangelists in India were accused of fraudulent conversion in a village at a time when they were hundreds of miles from it, they knew powers beyond their control were at play. Pastor Kasiram Meghwal, 46, was leading...
Traumatized Widows in Kenya Face Ordeal of How to Press On
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 6, 2018 (Morning Star News) – One year after several Christian women lost their husbands to Islamic extremist attacks in coastal Kenya, they have few means of supporting their children. Gone is the Non-Governmental Organization aid initially...
Iran: Mohammadali Yassaghi freed from detention
JOS, Nigeria, July 5, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Thousands of people attended the funeral yesterday of a pastor, his wife and another church leader, all killed by suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen on June 27 in central Nigeria. The three Christians were ambushed and...
Death Toll in Jos, Nigeria Attacks at 218, including Pastor, Wife and Son
JOS, Nigeria, July 2, 2018 (Morning Star News) – An Assemblies of God Nigeria pastor, his wife and son were among at least 218 people killed in Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian areas near Jos on June 23-25, a denominational leader said. Two...
Algeria: Another church re-opens
HYDERABAD, India, June 28, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Falsely accused of running a brothel, a badly beaten pastor in Tamil Nadu state jumped out of a moving car to save himself from Hindu extremists who were threatening to kill him. The hard-line Hindu mob had...
Slaughter of More than 200 People in Plateau State, Nigeria Shocks Christians
JOS, Nigeria, June 27, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen with machetes and firearms slaughtered more than 200 people in 10 predominantly Christian communities near Jos, Nigeria on Saturday and Sunday (June 23-24) in what a cattlemen’s spokesman...
Christian Death Toll from Herdsmen Attacks Mounts in Adamawa State, Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, June 21, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen have killed at least 54 Christians this year in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Adamawa, according to area sources. In a state where predominantly Christian Bachama tribesmen have formed...
Algeria: Correction on church reopenings
June 19, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Christians coerced into an out-of-court settlement following an Islamist attack on a church building in Egypt recently saw the usual outcome – a closed church – a practice that has long oppressed Christians, according to Middle...
Two Christians Ambushed, Killed in Central Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, June 14, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (June 10) killed two Christians and seriously wounded another in central Nigeria as they made their way home from a church service, local sources said. Ibrahim Weyi, 45, and Larry...
Algeria: three churches re-open, though pressures continue
HYDERABAD, India, June 13, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Two weeks ago a Christian couple in eastern India was about to get married, not knowing the bride’s father had filed a false complaint of forcible conversion against them, relatives said. As they were preparing for...
Police in Pakistan Kill Young Christian Man in Raid, Relatives Say
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 8, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Poor Christians in Pakistan commonly see police target them for extortion on false charges, and last week such a case ended in the death of a 24-year-old Christian, relatives said. On the assumption that Christians...
Algeria: Increasing government pressure on churches and Christians
June 4, 2018 (Morning Star News) – An unidentified man in Bethlehem lunged at a Catholic priest with what appears to be a knife on Friday (June 1) in a rare attack on a clergyman in the Palestinian Territories. At Bethlehem’s Milk Grotto, the Rev. Fadi Shallufi on...
Police Complicit in Hindu Extremist Persecution of Christians in Tamil Nadu, India, Sources Say
HYDERABAD, India, May 30, 2018 (Morning Star News) – After three policemen in southern India interrupted a pastor as he preached this month, his 58-year-old mother accompanied him to the police station. Officers told them to sit on the floor. Pastor Paul Joshua’s...
Pastor’s Wife Hides Husband from Hindu Extremists Seeking to Kill Him in Northern India
NEW DELHI, May 29, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In an attack on a church service in northern India that left a 55-year-old man unconscious, the wife of a pastor hid her husband after Hindu extremists said they would kill him, sources said. Women and children were not...
Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 24, 2018 (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers...
Christians in Nepal Suspect Hindu Extremists in Sudden Attacks on Churches
NEW DELHI, May 21, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Christians in Nepal are alarmed after this month’s sudden series of arson and bomb attacks on four church buildings, and church leaders suspect authorities are lax in investigating. At the same time, six Christians were...
Sentence Upheld for Pastor in Algeria Stopped for Carrying Christian Literature
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, May 17, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A case that began with police in Algeria stopping a Christian suspected of carrying Bibles in his car ended yesterday with a large fine for the church leader. A judge in Tiaret, 600 kilometers (372 miles)...
Islamic Extremist Suicide Bomber Family Attacks Three Churches in East Java, Indonesia
May 14, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in Indonesia, including a family of suicide bombers that targeted three churches, launched multiple attacks yesterday and today that reportedly killed at least 12 people not including the assailants. The father of...
Iran: Appeal hearing for Shamiram Isavi Khabizeh
HYDERABAD, India, May 9, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Christians in eastern India were worshipping on April 29 when Hindu extremists attacked and had them arrested on baseless accusations of operating a “conversion racket,” sources said. Three of seven Christians...