JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Christian leaders meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria this month delivered a sharp rebuke, saying the military is complicit in attacks on Christians. With the governor of Plateau state in attendance, the Rev. Dacholom Datiri, president of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), delivered a report to […]
In Meeting with President, Pastors in Nigeria Say Military Complicit in Attacks on Christians
Church leaders try to correct false narratives about violence.
November 28, 2018 By -
Hindu Extremist Mob Tries to Burn Pastor Alive in Odisha State, India
Christian leader attacked while driving with family in car.
November 26, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pastor John Lakra was taking his 18-month-old baby to the hospital for emergency treatment in Odisha state, India when hundreds of Hindu extremists surrounded his car. The pastor, his wife and their three children were on the way to the hospital in Sundargarh at about 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 […]
Muslims in Kenya Give Christian Family One Day to Return to Islam
Father turns to Christ after healing prayer.
November 23, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – After a family in southeast Kenya put their faith in Christ this month, Muslims gave them one day to return to Islam or be killed, the father said. “We were given a day to either recant the Christian faith or face the sword, as well as lose all the privileges […]
Arrest of Converts Shows Close Surveillance of Christians in Iran, Advocate Says
Detention of two men planning to meet indicates 'close monitoring.'
November 21, 2018 By -
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Two Christian converts from Islam planning to meet in a northern city of Iran were detained on the same day, part of what rights advocates say could be part of a rash of arrests in the area. Behnam Ersali and Davood Rasooli, both of Karaj, were arrested on Friday (Nov. 16) […]
Hard-Line Sikhs, Hindus Persecute Christians in Northern India
Pastor thrown off motorbike, accused of illicit relationship.
November 19, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Villagers hostile toward Christians in northern India falsely accused a pastor of an illicit relationship with a woman and, in another village, burned a church building, sources said. As people throughout the country on Nov. 7 prepared to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, neighbors alerted pastor Satpal Masih […]
Church in Nepal Forced to Shut Down
Elsewhere in Himalayan country, evangelists arrested, deported.
November 16, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – High-caste Hindus who have been harassing a church in Nepal forced it to shut down last week, sources said. For two months Brahmins, the highest caste from which Hindu priests and teachers are drawn, in western Nepal’s Palpa District had disrupted worship of the Pakhluwa Eternal Life Church in Palpa […]
Tribal Leaders Join Hands with Hindu Extremists to Persecute Christians in Jharkhand, India
Police harm more than help victims.
November 13, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Five families in eastern India were at a worship service last month when they received a phone call telling them to return to their homes immediately. The Christians rushed nearly four miles from their church in Lisiya village to their homes in Durula, West Singhbhum District in Jharkhand state, where […]
Christian Mother Acquitted of Blasphemy in Pakistan Released from Prison
Islamic extremists warn of retaliation if she is allowed to leave country.
November 8, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother who spent nine years on death row before being acquitted in Pakistan’s most high-profile blasphemy case was released from prison late Wednesday night (Nov. 7), sources said. Sources close to the family and government officials confirmed that Aasiya Noreen, better known as Asia Bibi, was released from […]
Persecution of Christians Radiates Outward from Hub in Northern India, Sources Say
Fear spreads throughout churches in Uttar Pradesh.
November 7, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Attacks on Christians that began in one area of Uttar Pradesh in July have spiked and spread, instilling fear in congregations throughout the state, sources said. After several attacks in Jaunpur District in July, by the end of October persecution of Christians had spread to 32 of Uttar Pradesh’s 75 […]
Islamist Terrorists Ambush, Kill Seven Christians near Monastery in Egypt
Families mourn their dead.
November 5, 2018 By -
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – Funerals were held over the weekend in Egypt for seven Christians ambushed and killed on Friday (Nov. 2) in Islamist attacks. Hundreds of people attended the funeral service in Minya for six Coptic Christians from the same family killed when Islamist gunmen ambushed their microbus near a desert monastery. A 15-year-old boy […]