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 […]
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 -
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 […]
Another 10 Christians Killed in Kaduna State as Carnage Continues in Nigeria, Sources Say
Muslim Fulani attacks on Saturday follow a month that saw 130 people slain.
March 18, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria on Saturday (March 16), bringing the lives lost in the past five weeks to 140 with 160 houses destroyed, sources said. “We were all asleep in our various homes when at about 4 a.m. [Saturday], we heard gunshots everywhere in […]
Muslim in Pakistan Bursts into Christian’s Home Alleging He Overheard Blasphemous Comment
Mentally disabled Pentecostal beaten, arrested.
March 17, 2019 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian with a mental disability in Pakistan has been arrested under the country’s blasphemy law after a Muslim neighbor outside his home overheard him arguing inside, sources said. Francis Masih, older brother of 42-year-old Stephen Masih, said that Muslim neighbor Hafiz Mudassir on March 11 burst into their home […]
Pastor of Underground Church in Kenya Beaten Unconscious
Relocated family seeks safe home.
March 11, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Somali pastor of an underground church in Kenya near the Somali border suffered a broken thigh bone and other injuries after Muslim extremists beat him with wooden clubs on Friday night (March 8), sources said. Pastor Abdul (surname withheld for security reasons), a 30-year-old father of three, had finished […]
Churches Deprived of Their Worship Buildings in Tamil Nadu, India
Opposition where previously none existed.
March 7, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Churches in Tamil Nadu, India that had never experienced opposition now find Hindu extremists forcing them out of their places of worship, sources said. In one case Hindu extremists called praying women prostitutes and threatened to kill them; in another case near Chennai, the state capital, police went door-to-door with […]
West African Court Faults Government of Nigeria for Failing to Stop Killings in Benue State
Christian leaders file suit alleging 1,000 people killed in the past three years.
March 6, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The government of Nigeria failed to protect people massacred by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in predominantly Christian areas of Benue state in 2016 and should prosecute those responsible, a West African court has ruled. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice on Feb. 26 ordered the government […]
Report Shows 57 Percent Jump in Aggression against Christians in India
Hate and targeted violence up first two months of year.
March 4, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Cases of hate and violence against Christians in India increased 57 percent the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year, an advocacy group reported. The Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission (EFIRLC) documented 77 incidents of hate and targeted violence against Christians in […]
Muslim Mobs Attack 10 Church Buildings in Ethiopia
Unprecedented religious destruction in town sparked by false rumor.
March 1, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Christians in a town in southern Ethiopia were stunned when local Muslims attacked 10 church buildings on Feb. 9, destroying one and burning the property inside all the structures, according to aid agencies. Chanting the jihadist slogan, “Allahu akbar [God is greater],” Muslims in Halaba Kulito targeted worship buildings belonging to […]