Pastor Found Dead in Tamil Nadu, India
HYDERABAD, India, January 22, 2018(Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor in southern India was found hung from the thatched roof of his house early Saturday morning (Jan. 20), a week after he complained to police about opposition from Hindu extremists, sources...
Coptic Christian Slain in North Sinai, Egypt
January 16, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian killed by Islamic militants in Egypt’s northern Sinai was buried in his home village yesterday amid wailing and tears, religious rights activists said. Bassem Herz Attalhah, 27, was shot to death on a street in...
Pastors Draw Close to God as Tribal Churches Are Attacked in India
HYDERABAD, India, January 15, 2018 (Morning Star News) – When Hindu extremists in India told pastor Karma Oraon they would not stop beating him until he worshipped the monkey god, he felt Christ close to him, he said. “In those moments when they were kicking and...
Reporter’s Notebook, Nigeria: A Journey to Kidnapping Central
KADUNA, Nigeria, January 12, 2018 (Morning Star News) – At first the commercial motorcycle drivers I needed clamored for my business, but when they found out I was going to Kwanti village, in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, they all dispersed without haggling over...
Police, Hindu Extremists Halt Christmas Celebrations in Uttar Pradesh, India
HYDERABAD, India, January 8, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Summoned to a police station after Hindu extremists stopped his church’s worship last month, a pastor in northern India brought some 50 Christians with him to help plead for his rights. But 45-year-old pastor...
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Launch More Large-Scale Attacks in Benue State, Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, January 8, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A mass burial on Sunday(Jan. 7) was announced for 49 of at least 65 Christians killed in Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks in Benue state, Nigeria that began on New Year’s Day, sources said. Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom...
Fighting in Burma Hits Civilian Areas on Christmas Eve
YANGON, Burma, January 5, 2018(Morning Star News) – Government military operations in northern Burma (Myanmar) escalated in December, culminating in civilian casualties on Christmas Eve that left Christians feeling attacked in part for their faith. Offensives against...
Christian Widow in Eastern Uganda Poisoned on Christmas Day, Sources Say
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 4, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five in eastern Uganda was pleasantly surprised when two Muslim neighbors visited her on Christmas morning with gifts of sugar, salt, soap, matchboxes, groundnuts and cooking oil. Nafamba...
Mother, Daughter in Nigeria Pressured to Convert to Islam, Accused of Kidnapping
KANO, Nigeria, January 2, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman and her adult daughter face kidnapping charges filed to pressure them into following the family patriarch’s conversion to Islam, sources said. Amina Isa, 40, of Kano state’s Gidan Kuran village in...
At Least Nine People Killed in Attack on Coptic Church in Egypt
CAIRO, Egypt, December 29, 2017 (Morning Star News) – At least nine people were shot to death and several others wounded after gunmen attacked parishioners leaving a worship service this morning in a town south of Cairo, according to the Egyptian Interior Ministry....
Christians in India Strive to Overcome Typical Entrapment Scheme
HYDERABAD, India, December 26, 2017 (Morning Star News) – After being framed on false charges earlier this year, two Christians in eastern India recently spent a month in jail, where inmates beat them after discovering they were accused of defiling Hinduism, sources...
Hindu Extremists Block, Disrupt Large-Scale Prayer Service in India
DELHI, December 22, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in Chhattisgarh state this month kept hundreds of Christians from a prayer service and attacked those who managed to attend, and in neighboring Madhya Pradesh a frivolous accusation led to the arrest of...
Police Complicit in Hindu Extremist Attack in Tamil Nadu, India, Sources Say
HYDERABAD, India, December 20, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Police arrested Christians who were attacked by Hindu nationalists in Tamil Nadu state, India, then tried to portray the incident as a fight between two parties, sources said. The Hindu extremists savagely beat...
Muslim Fulani Kidnappers Ravage Village in Kaduna State, Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria, Dec. 18, 2017 (Morning Star News) – The latest in a series of Muslim Fulani attacks on a village in northern Nigeria has killed a Christian’s two adult sons, closed churches and sent residents fleeing the area. “We pray God will convict our attackers...
Suicide Attack on Church in Pakistan Darkens Christmas Celebrations
LAHORE, Pakistan, December 17, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Terror struck Christians in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province today as four terrorists allegedly linked with the Islamic State (IS) attacked a church, killing at least nine worshippers and injuring more than 50...
Conviction of Pastors Upheld, Scores of Christians in Court as Sudan Takes Over Church Properties
JUBA, South Sudan, December 13, 2017 (Morning Star News) – An Islamist judge in Sudan upheld the eviction of two pastors from their church-owned homes while 60 other Christians have been summoned to court over their refusal to relinquish property, sources said. Judge...
Christians Beaten, Falsely Charged and Jailed in Mob Attack in India, Sources Say
NEW DELHI, December 14, 2017(Morning Star News) – Seven Christians in India have been booked on charges of hurting religious feelings after Hindu extremists savagely beat them when they gathered to pray for a sick man at his home, sources said. Police in Mathura,...
Occult Groups in Nigeria Kill, Kidnap Christians
JOS, Nigeria, December 8, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Besides Islamic extremist Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen, occult groups are also terrorizing Christians in Nigeria. Pastor Victor Kanayo of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) was killed in a town in Lagos...
Hindu Extremists Beat Pastors, Stop Gospel Event in Chhattisgarh State, India
HYDERABAD, India, December 11, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Berating and slapping two pastors into signing an apology letter before police, Hindu extremists stopped a planned three-day gospel meeting in Chhattisgarh state, India minutes before it was to begin, sources...
Christian in Uganda Who Lost Family to Muslims Beaten Unconscious
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 7, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A former sheikh (Islamic teacher) in eastern Uganda has been in hiding since he lost his family for putting his faith in Christ two years ago, but last month he was tricked into a life-threatening encounter....