NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Village leaders in eastern India prohibited five Christian families from working on their farms or walking on the main road before district authorities this month revoked the order, sources said. Leaders of Banhardi village, in Jharkhand state’s Latehar District, told the five families in April to either convert back to […]
Villagers in India Deprive Five Christian Families of Farmland, Food, Water
District officials enforce country’s freedom of religion.
May 22, 2019 By -
Large Family in Eastern Uganda Becomes Big Target for Muslim Extremists
Six months after putting faith in Christ, they are homeless.
May 13, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Yusuf Tulo and his sizeable family were worshipping in their home in eastern Uganda on April 28 when they heard their neighbors shouting, “Fire!” Tulo, 35, had left Islam to put his faith in Christ last October. He still had three wives and 14 children dependent on him living on […]
More than Six Months after Acquittal, Asia Bibi Finally Allowed to Leave Pakistan
Death threats, Islamist protests raised security concerns.
May 8, 2019 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Aasiya Noreen, better known as Asia Bibi, has arrived in Canada along with her husband more than six months after being acquitted of blasphemy charges and released from prison in Pakistan, sources said. After spending eight years on death row in Pakistan’s most infamous blasphemy case before the country’s Supreme […]
Fire at Historic Church Building on Easter Stuns, but Does Not Stop, Worshipers in India
Police advise pastor to avoid mentioning fire in complaint.
May 8, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – It was a different kind of Easter celebration this year for Pastor Anil Juit of Maranatha Full Gospel Church in eastern India. Opening the door of the historic church building in Arrah, in Bihar state’s Bhojpur District, on Easter Sunday (April 21), he found a gaping hole in the back […]
Three Christians Killed in Ambush Attacks near Jos, Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen suspected.
May 4, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed and killed a 26-year-old Catholic on Thursday (May 2) in north-central Nigeria and two other Christians in the same manner on April 27, sources said. After a herdsmen assault in March 2018 that left 27 Christians dead in the predominantly Christian community of Dong village […]
Acquittals Upheld for Christian Converts in Algeria Who Lost Their Wives
Muslim in-laws pressured women to accuse husbands.
May 2, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Algeria whose Muslim wife charged him with inciting her to change her religion won a final court battle in April – after losing her to divorce in March. A court on April 17 upheld Rachid Ouali’s acquittal following a final appeal of the Dec. 25 […]
After Attack, Pastor in Nepal Filled with Fear – and Faith
Christian leader assaulted, threatened on highway.
April 30, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star New) – More than a month after men claiming to be Maoists in Nepal assaulted Dhurba Kumar Pariyar, the 40-year-old pastor is still physically and mentally traumatized. “I still have headache and chest pain, though I am under strong medication,” Pastor Pariyar told Morning Star News. He later quoted Matthew 5:10, Christ […]
Funeral Held for Eight Christians Killed in Easter Procession in Nigeria
Off-duty officer rams car into celebration of resurrection.
April 29, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of family members and sympathizers on Saturday (April 27) attended a funeral in northeastern Nigeria for eight young Christians, six of them minors, who were killed when an off-duty security officer drove his vehicle into their Easter procession on April 21, sources said. The officer, identified as Adamu Abubakar […]
Four Christians, including U.S. Woman, Arrested from Hotel in Nepal
Police harass minorities with false charges, deportation, victims say.
April 24, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in Nepal arrested four Christians from a hotel, including a woman from the United States, early Tuesday morning (April 23) on false charges of conversion by allurement, sources said. Police from Dang Deukhuri District Police Headquarters in Ghorahi charged into the Hotel Doko in Ghorahi at 7 a.m. and […]
Church Closed in Egypt after Muslim Mob Frightens Children in Sunday School
Another worship building shuttered over ‘sectarian tensions.’
April 23, 2019 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic church in Upper Egypt is closed after a throng of angry Muslims attacked it this month, beating a priest and another Copt as more than 200 fearful children who had gathered for Bible lessons looked on, according to advocacy groups. One of the injured Copts, Asaad Bakheet Rezek, […]