LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian man died today after a Muslim landowner on Tuesday (Feb. 25) chained and tortured him, accusing him of “polluting” his tube-well water by rinsing in it, sources said. Saleem Masih, 22, had finished unloading chaff in fields in Baguyana village, Karsur District, some 50 kilometers (31 […]
Muslim Landowner Tortures Young Christian Man to Death in Pakistan, Sources Say
Field worker attacked for ‘polluting’ tube-well, relatives say.
February 28, 2020 By -
False Accusations Seriously Disrupt Lives of Eight Acquitted Christians in India
Trauma, lost income; 17-year-old still awaiting trial.
February 28, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – False charges against eight Christians acquitted on Feb. 19 of kidnapping and forcible conversion in central India have traumatized families and cost them jobs, sources said. Schoolteacher Amiya Jal, one of the Christians arrested on May 22, 2017 for allegedly abducting and forcefully converting 59 children, was suspended from […]
Family of 11 Homeless for Leaving Islam in Eastern Uganda
Congregation dwindles due to threats by Muslim villagers.
February 27, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church in eastern Uganda faces a dilemma after receiving threatening messages from Muslim villagers last week. A large family is staying at his church site after Islamist threats for leaving Islam forced them to flee their home. His congregation is dwindling as members have stopped […]
Six Years after Girls Kidnapped in Chibok, Nigeria, Attacks Persist in Area
Targeted for ‘annihilation,’ area leaders say.
February 26, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Nearly six years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a high school in northeastern Nigeria, the Chibok area in Borno state is under threat of “annihilation” from the rebel group and the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), area leaders said. While 112 of the kidnapped girls […]
Christians Suffer Two Months of Abuse in Jail on Baseless Charges in India
Police find no evidence for accusations but yield to Hindu extremist pressure.
February 25, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in northern India spent more than two months in jail suffering abuse from other prisoners, even though police found no evidence of wrongdoing and the complainant retracted his accusation, sources said. In Uttar Pradesh state’s Mau District, 23-year-old pastor Ajay Kumar, fellow pastor Om Prakash, 20, and […]
Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Predominantly Christian Community in Northeast Nigeria
Church buildings, houses destroyed; casualties unknown.
February 23, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants from terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday night (Feb. 21) destroyed three worship sites and an unspecified number of houses in northeast Nigeria, sources said. Thousands of people were displaced as the militants set three church buildings and the houses on fire in predominantly Christian Garkida, […]
Suspected Jihadist Attack on Church Service Kills 24 in Burkina Faso
Pastor slain, 18 others wounded.
February 21, 2020 By -
(Morning Star News) – In a West African country that now ranks 28th on Open Doors’ 50 most dangerous countries for Christians after not appearing on the list the previous year, suspected jihadists killed 24 Christians during a church service on Sunday (Feb. 16) in Burkina Faso. The church pastor was among those killed, and […]
Church Decimated after Upper-Caste Hindus Stir Hostilities in Andhra Pradesh, India
Christians too fearful to show up after attacks.
February 13, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Attacks and harassment of a house church in southern India have decimated the 40-member congregation and left the pastor injured and demoralized. Pastor Eswara Rao Appalabattula on Jan. 27 pleaded with about a dozen local residents to stop building a wall meant to block people from attending worship services […]
Court in Pakistan Validates Forced Conversion, Marriage of Christian Girl to Muslim
Underage victim continually kept from appearing at hearings.
February 12, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A high court ruling in Pakistan validating the marriage and forced conversion to Islam of a 14-year-old Christian girl has heightened fears that it will encourage others to commit such crimes, sources said. The High Court in Sindh Province on Feb. 3 dismissed a petition to have the marriage […]
Hindu Extremists in Southern India Beat Christian Children, Accuse Worshippers
Assailants threaten to kill Christians.
February 4, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in southern India who beat Christian children during worship on Jan. 19 and then filed a police complaint against the congregation left them with a warning. “If we hear that you stepped out of your homes and told anybody about this, we will set your homes on […]