HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Christians in Sri Lanka have never seen such a large-scale attack on them as the one that hit three churches and three hotels on Easter Sunday (April 21), killing at least 321 people, they said. “I don’t have words to express my pain,” a teary-eyed Eranda Weththasinghe told Morning Star […]
Unprecedented Suicide Bombing Attacks Shock Christians in Sri Lanka
Coordinated blasts at churches, hotels kill at least 290 people.
April 22, 2019 By -
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Massacre Christians after Baby Dedication in Nigeria
Mother of child killed, father in ICU.
April 18, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 17 Christians who had gathered after a baby dedication at a church in central Nigeria, including the mother of the child, sources said. Safaratu John Kabiru Ali, the mother of the baby, was slain in the attack on Sunday (April 14) in Konshu-Numa village, in Nasarawa […]
Food Deprivation, Beatings and Jail as Christians Suffer in Jharkhand, India
Hindu extremists influence those who practice tribal religion.
April 11, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A longstanding Hindu extremist practice of turning animistic villagers against Christians has intensified as elections get underway in India today, with tribal villagers taught that Christianity is anti-Indian. Upset about tribal Adivasi relatives leaving the animistic Sarna religion to become Christians, 60-year-old Sanpitha Majhi attacked a 28-year-old Christian mother he […]
Imam in Eastern Uganda Faces Wrath of Muslims after Putting Faith in Christ
Family turns on him after absences from mosque prayers.
April 9, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Sheikh Hassan Podo, a 28-year-old imam in Kerekerene village in eastern Uganda, missed mosque prayers for three consecutive weeks and was seen entering a church building around noon on March 16. He had kept his faith in Christ a secret for three weeks. The young Muslim who saw Podo enter […]
After Terrifying Attack in Uttar Pradesh, India, Host of House Church in Hiding
Hindu extremists keep Christians from medical care.
March 29, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Nearly two months after Hindu extremists in India humiliated, beat and forced Christians to praise a Hindu god, the host of the house church has yet to return to his home. Ranjeet Kumar Gautam is still in hiding after more than 20 Hindu extremists in Chapar village, Sultanpur District, Uttar […]
Christian Woman Raped, Killed as Herdsmen Attack Two Villages in Nigeria
Four church buildings destroyed, 28 houses burned.
March 28, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked two predominantly Christian villages in north-central Nigeria after beating, raping and killing a 19-year-old Christian woman in the pre-dawn hours on Saturday (March 23), her father said. Danlami Mante told Morning Star News that armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed Joy Danlami and her two younger siblings […]
Christian Clergy among Those Caught in Wave of Kidnappings in Nigeria
Pastor, priest abducted on same day.
March 27, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Protestant pastor and a Catholic priest in two different states in north-central Nigeria were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday (March 25), sources said. Amid a nationwide wave of kidnappings including last week’s discovery of the body of another abducted Catholic priest in southern Nigeria, the Rev. Emmanuel Haruna of […]
Christian Mother in Pakistan Forcibly Converted, Married and Tortured, She Says
Police tell husband she is now a Muslim and to forget about her, he says.
March 26, 2019 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Returning home from a night shift at a call center on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Feb. 25, Naveed Iqbal learned from his sons that a local criminal and three other men had taken his wife away, he said. He filed a report at the Khana police station. Iqbal […]
Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources Say
Teenage Christian girl beaten unconscious.
March 21, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three pastors in western India have been criminally charged in retaliation for refuting a false account of a Hindu extremist attack on six Christians that left a teenage girl unconscious, sources said. Three of the six Christians beaten in Maharashtra state this month were also charged in retaliation for reporting […]
Boko Haram Militants Terrify Residents in Attacks in Northeast Nigeria
Destruction in Adamawa last night, Borno last week.
March 19, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – After burning a church building in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state on Thursday (March 14), Boko Haram terrorists yesterday evening attacked a Christian-majority town in neighboring Adamawa state, sources said. Area residents said Muslim extremists of the Boko Haram insurgency last night invaded Michika, a town they had seized in September […]