JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At least 32 people were killed in a Muslim Fulani herder attack on a Christian area of north-central Nigeria on Tuesday (Feb. 26), sources said. The early morning assault on villages in and around Maro, in Kajuru County of Kaduna state, came after a Feb. 10 herdsmen attack on Angwan […]
At Least 40 Christians Killed in Two Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria
School for missionary children shut.
February 28, 2019 By -
Two Christians Killed in Separate States in India
Tribal animists are said to enlist Maoist rebels to kill converts.
February 26, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Chhattisgarh state, India who endured opposition for three years was killed on Feb. 12, a day after a convert who faced persecution in neighboring Odisha state was slain. In each case, villagers angry at the Christians for converting were said to have influenced Maoist guerrillas to kill […]
Killing of Christians Continues in Run-up to National Elections in Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 12 at church wedding reception.
February 25, 2019 By -
JAGINDI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Nigerian Christians this month prayed that national elections would bring leaders who can stop Islamist attacks on them following killings by Boko Haram extremists and Muslim Fulani herdsmen. In the wake of a Muslim herdsmen attack on a church wedding that killed 12 Christians Kaduna state in December and Boko […]
Christian Mother Facing False Accusation in India Is Transferred Far from Home, Sources Say
Mob rule increasingly common in world’s largest democracy.
February 19, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Days after Hindu extremists in northern India marched in protest to file a false claim against a Christian mother, her government employer transferred her to a district more than 100 miles away, sources said. Members of a Hindu-awakening movement in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh state on Wednesday (Feb. 13) staged a […]
Christian in Sri Lanka Arrested after Reporting Threat on His Life, Watchdog Group Reports
False assault allegation filed against him, according to organization.
February 18, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in Sri Lanka arrested a Christian who reported a Buddhist mob’s threat on his life, according to an advocacy group in the island country. In Nattandiya, in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, six area Buddhists on Jan. 26 threatened to attack the Christian if he refused to stop inviting […]
Christian Mother from Somalia Beaten, Raped in Kenya
Somali Muslims attack convert from Islam.
February 11, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Somali Muslims who beat and raped a Christian mother of four last month began sending threatening messages more than a year ago at a refugee camp in Kenya, she said. The 41-year-old Somali woman was a Muslim living in Somalia with her husband when he sent her and their four […]
Legal Struggle of Doctor Reflects Wider Harassment of Christians in India
Hindu extremist government reminded that practicing one’s faith is not unlawful.
February 7, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Emergency medicine doctor Christo Thomas Philip was returning with his family to his native India from a medical conference in Greece when immigration officials at Delhi’s Indira Ghandi International Airport took him into custody. His deportation from India on that day, April 26, 2016, came after working for three years […]
Hindu Extremists Pressure Convert to File False Charge against Pastor in India, Sources Say
Across the border in Nepal, spike in persecution continues.
February 5, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor is facing criminal charges in northern India even though the complainant later denied allegations against the church leader of luring him to convert, sources said. Police in Rupaidiha village, Uttar Pradesh state on Jan. 28 arrested 40-year-old pastor Dharmendra Singh on a charge of “alluring to convert” and […]
Kidnapping, Torture in Egypt of Christian Woman from Sudan Highlights Convert Pressures
Muslim extremists also threaten to kill husband, daughter.
January 31, 2019 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother from Sudan had deep cause for fear last November when her Muslim brother went to her church in Cairo, Egypt with a photo of her husband and asked members if they knew his whereabouts. Muslim extremists from Sudan had kidnapped and tortured her less than two […]
Supreme Court in Pakistan Upholds Acquittal of Asia Bibi
Christian mother likely headed to Canada with her husband, lawyer says.
January 29, 2019 By -
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today upheld its acquittal of Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (better known as Asia Bibi), leaving her free to leave the country after spending nine years on death row in Pakistan’s most high-profile blasphemy case. The mother of two children and stepmother to three others has been in […]