Ferocity of Hindu Extremist Attacks Stuns Christians in Tamil Nadu, India
HYDERABAD, India, March 21, 2018(Morning Star News) – Before Hindu extremists attacking a church in southern India this month repeatedly kicked a pastor’s wife in the face, rendering her unconscious, they tried to snatch her Bible from her. Persia Jacob, 38, clasped...
Christians Wounded in Muslim Attack on Church Service in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 20, 2018 (Morning Star News) – At least seven Christian worshippers were injured in an armed attack by local Muslims on a church service on Sunday (March 18) in southern Punjab Province, Pakistan, the church pastor told Morning Star News....
Christian Widow, Bereaved Father Show Reality behind Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria
MIANGO, Nigeria, March 19, 2018(Morning Star News) – Crestfallen, the 48-year-old Christian sat in his house in Miango, central Nigeria, where three of his children were killed a week before. “These series of attacks have been carried out against us Christians in this...
Christian Woman in Hiding after Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Husband in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, March 17, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A young Christian mother of three has been in hiding for more than four months since Muslim Fulani herdsmen threatened her after killing her husband, she said. Soon after the herdsmen killed her husband in an attack...
Pastor’s Family Assaulted in Southern India
HYDERABAD, India, March 14, 2018 (Morning Star News) – On a recent Monday at noon in southern India, a pastor’s family in Telangana state noticed motorcycles parked outside their church gate and a gang of young men loudly reading the church banner. The banner of the...
Sentencing of Pastor Adds to Uptick in Persecution in Algeria
March 12, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In the latest of a rash of persecution incidents in Algeria, a judge on Thursday (March 8) sentenced a pastor to a fine and a suspended prison sentence under a law that prohibits causing Muslims to doubt their religion, sources...
Hindu Extremists in Eastern India Attack Christians Coming Off Bus
NEW DELHI, March 7, 2018 ((Morning Star News) – Christians on their way to a recent Christian camp in eastern India shared the purpose of their trip with fellow bus passengers, not realizing one of them was a Hindu extremist. He began to argue about conversion with...
As More Christians Are Killed in Somalia, Number of Orphans Grows
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 6, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Orphans in Somalia whose parents were killed for their faith by Islamic extremist, Al Shabaab rebels are becoming more numerous – and hungrier, an underground church leader said. The pastor started a care center for...
Iran: Christians recently imprisoned in Tehran and Tabriz
NEW DELHI, March 5, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists upset that Christians tried to bury one of their dead in a village in eastern India seriously injured a 13-year-old girl and others who tried to protect a Christian woman the villagers threatened to burn...
Pastor, Other Christians Slain in Herdsmen Revenge Attacks in Northeast Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria, March 2, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday (Feb. 27) killed a pastor and 19 other Christians in apparent retaliation for attacks by ethnic Bachama militia on Fulani families, sources said. The Rev....
Christians in Malaysia to Fight for Rights after Court Ruling on Conversion
February 28, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In the wake of the highest court in Malaysia refusing to hear an appeal by four Christians wanting to officially convert out of Islam, Christian leaders continued to hold hope for change. In a country where there is no legal way...
Kidnapping of Christian Girls in Kaduna, Nigeria Leads to Casualties, Area Christians Say
JOS, Nigeria, February 27, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Muslim residents of Kasuwan Magani in northern Nigeria yesterday killed 12 Christians after an attempt to rescue two Christian teenage girls from Muslims who had kidnapped them and coerced them to convert, area...
Bible Burning in Southern India Shows Depth of Hostility Toward Christians
HYDERABAD, India, February 27, 2018(Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in southern India issued harsh threats to Christians distributing Bibles before snatching their car keys, taking Bibles out of their vehicle and setting the Scripture on fire, sources said....
Cousin of Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Injured While Fleeing Interrogators
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 26, 2018(Morning Star News) – A young Christian man in Pakistan is in critical condition after jumping from a fourth-floor window when interrogators tried to force him to sodomize his cousin, a suspect in a blasphemy case, sources said....
Highest Court in Malaysia to Hear Appeal of Christian Converts from Islam
February 23, 2018 (Morning Star News) – On Monday (Feb. 26) the highest court in Malaysia is scheduled to hear the appeal of four people who wish to have their conversions from Islam to Christianity legally recognized. In a country where there is no legal way to leave...
Church Building Demolished in Zanzibar, Tanzania
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 22, 2018 (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...
Christian in Pakistan Arrested for ‘Blasphemy’ to Appease Islamist Throng, Sources Say
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 20, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in a village near Lahore, Pakistan yesterday after Muslim protestors called for the death of a young Christian accused of blasphemy, sources said. Patras Masih,...
Suspected Al Shabaab Militants Kill Three Christians in Northeast Kenya, Sources Say
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 19, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Suspected members of Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab shot three Christians to death in northeastern Kenya at 1 a.m. on Friday(Feb. 16), sources said. Targeting Kenyans who came from other areas to work in...
Muslim Extremist Who Attacked Church in Indonesia Tried to Go to Syria
February 16, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim extremist who attacked a Catholic church in Indonesia on Sunday (Feb. 11) had tried to go to Syria, according to reports. The 23-year-old identified as Suliyono of Bayuwangi in East Java wounded a priest and three...
Authorities in Sudan Demolish Church Building in Khartoum
JUBA, South Sudan, February 12, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan yesterday demolished a church building in North Khartoum, sources said. The 64 members of the Evangelical Church in Al Haj Yousif in the Sudanese capital will have no place to worship next...