NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Hindu extremist mob in northeastern India tried to kill a pastor and his family in an attack on their home Sunday night (Oct. 27), the church leader said. At 1 a.m. on Monday (Oct. 28), Hindu extremists brandishing swords, bricks and rods broke through windows and the roof […]
Hindu Extremist Attack on Home Traumatizes Pastor, Family in Northeast India
Mob breaks through windows, roof with intent to kill.
October 29, 2019 By -
Hindu Extremists Beat Pastor Unconscious in Gujarat State, India
Assailants leave him for dead; couple also struck.
October 24, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in western India suffered severe injuries to his head and back on Tuesday (Oct. 22) after Hindu extremists beat him unconscious for visiting a Christian in a neighboring village, sources said. The eight assailants left pastor Ramesh Pargi in a pool of blood after surrounding and assaulting […]
Christian Family in Muslim Area of Kenya Loses House, Stable Life
Lives under threat even after moving three times, they say.
October 22, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Having moved three times since suspected Muslim extremists burned down their house in northeastern Kenya in March, a Christian mother of eight has a hard time explaining the loss of normal life to her children. More than three years after leaving Islam, Zinabu Mohammad and her family still fear […]
Hindu Extremists, Police Shut Down Worship Services in Uttar Pradesh, India
Healing prayer leads to accusation of ‘black magic.’
October 18, 2019 By -
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, […]
‘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 […]