HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police broke up a congregational gathering of 6,000 worshippers in northern India on Tuesday (Oct. 15) after Hindu extremists leveled false charges of black magic, arms possession and forcible conversion against the pastor, sources said. An administrative officer from Bahraich District, Uttar Pradesh, arrived with police in Pandeypurwa village, […]
Hindu Extremists, Police Shut Down Worship Services in Uttar Pradesh, India
Healing prayer leads to accusation of ‘black magic.’
October 18, 2019 By -
‘Sad Day’ in Algeria as Officials Seal Buildings of Country’s Largest Churches
Police use force to eject Christians resisting in protest.
October 17, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Algeria on Wednesday (Oct. 16) closed the Tafath (Light) church building in Tizi-Ouzou, a day after sealing shut the country’s largest church despite resistance, sources said. A third church in northern Algeria, Source of Light church in Makouda, was also closed on Tuesday (Oct. 15). Pastor Mustapha […]
Peaceful Sit-In Provokes Order to Close Church in Algeria, Christian Leader Says
Head of EPA receives notice that his congregation’s building is targeted.
October 14, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian protest of Algeria’s church closures resulted in an order on Sunday (Oct. 13) to seal the church building of the head of the umbrella group of Protestant churches, the leader said. Salah Chalah, head of the Protestant Church of Algeria umbrella group (l’Église Protestante d’Algérie, or EPA), […]
Christian Slain in Kaduna State, 13 Others Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen terrorize north-central areas of country.
October 14, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a young Christian man after stopping him on a highway in Kaduna state on Oct. 5, while in Plateau state another 13 Christians have been slain in less than a month, sources said. Armed herdsmen stopped the vehicle of Bartholomew David, 23, and a female […]
Christian Woman Killed in Kidnapping of Four Baptists in Nigeria
Pastor’s wife among those abducted.
October 10, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Less than a week after Muslim Fulani herdsmen kidnapped six teenage girls from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, another attack in the same county led to the killing of a Baptist woman and the kidnapping of four others from the same church, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen […]
Six Girls, Two Staff Members Kidnapped from Christian-Run High School in Nigeria
Governor says kidnappers in Kaduna state are collaborating with Boko Haram.
October 7, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A day before the Kaduna governor said kidnappers terrorizing the state are working with Boko Haram, Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (Oct. 3) kidnapped six teenage girls and two staff members from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, sources said. Suspected to be herdsmen who have carried out […]
Christian Family in Hiding after Hindu Extremist Mob Assaults Them in India
Assailants threaten to kill Christians if they report attack to police.
October 3, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A retired pastor, his wife and their sons are in hiding from police after a Hindu extremist mob injured them in a gruesome assault in northern India, sources said. Patram Mangala, retired Church of North India pastor now helping to run St. John School in Sohna, Gurugram District in […]
Christian in Uganda Loses Children, Mother and Stepfather to Islamist Attack, Sources Say
Suspected radical Muslims set house on fire.
October 2, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 36-year-old Christian near Kampala, Uganda is mourning the deaths of his son, daughter, mother and stepfather, who were killed when Muslim extremists set their house ablaze seven weeks ago, sources said. Before the radical Muslims set Ali Nakabale’s house on fire on Aug. 20 in Nakaseke, Nakaseke District […]
Boko Haram Executes Two Christian Aid Workers in Nigeria
Islamic extremist group vows to kill others from predominantly Christian tribes.
September 30, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist group Boko Haram released a video last week showing the execution of two Christian aid workers in Nigeria, sources said. Lawrence Duna Dacighir and Godfrey Ali Shikagham, both members of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Plateau state, are shown kneeling while three masked, armed […]
Ransom Paid, but Kidnapped Pastor’s Wife Is Killed in North-Central Nigeria
Another pastor is shot dead in southern Kaduna state.
September 27, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen this month kidnapped and killed a pastor’s wife in north-central Nigeria’s Kaduna state three days after suspected herdsmen killed a Baptist pastor in another part of the state, sources said. Unaware that Esther Ishaku Katung had been killed after being kidnapped in Bagoma, 122 kilometers (75 miles) […]