NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When police took Gornath Chalanseth from his home in eastern India early on the morning of Dec. 13, 2008, he assumed they only wanted to question him over minor political activity in his capacity as a member of the local village council. Except for two brief releases on bail, he […]
Release of Imprisoned Christian Offers Hope for Justice for Wrongfully Convicted in India
Supreme Court grants bail after more than 10 years.
May 28, 2019 By -
Armed Gunmen Kidnap 19 Christians, Kill One in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Pastor, daughter among 17 abducted in one attack, while another assault claims a life.
May 27, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen stormed a church choir practice and kidnapped 17 Christians in north-central Nigeria the night of May 18, and the same night gunmen killed a Christian and kidnapped two others at a Baptist church, sources said. Each attack took place in Kaduna state, where assaults on Christians with […]
Another Church Building Sealed Shut in Algeria
Non-Muslim places of worship continue to be targeted.
May 23, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities in north-central Algeria sealed shut another church building on Wednesday (May 22), closing it and its Bible school, Christian leaders said. Citing a law that requires authorization for non-Muslim places of worship, gendarmes locked the doors of the evangelical church building in Boudjima, 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of […]
Villagers in India Deprive Five Christian Families of Farmland, Food, Water
District officials enforce country’s freedom of religion.
May 22, 2019 By -
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 […]
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 […]