LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Poor Christians in Pakistan commonly see police target them for extortion on false charges, and last week such a case ended in the death of a 24-year-old Christian, relatives said. On the assumption that Christians with few legal resources can be targeted with impunity in the 96-percent Muslim country, policemen […]
Police in Pakistan Kill Young Christian Man in Raid, Relatives Say
Officers notorious for filing false charges, then blackmailing the poor, they say.
June 8, 2018 By -
Catholic Priest Attacked in Bethlehem after Giving Refuge to Tourists
Franciscan friar appears to be stabbed with a knife.
June 4, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – An unidentified man in Bethlehem lunged at a Catholic priest with what appears to be a knife on Friday (June 1) in a rare attack on a clergyman in the Palestinian Territories. At Bethlehem’s Milk Grotto, the Rev. Fadi Shallufi on Friday afternoon opened the chapel gates to foreign tourists, including women […]
Police Complicit in Hindu Extremist Persecution of Christians in Tamil Nadu, India, Sources Say
Officers refuse to help pastor’s mother suffering seizure in custody, they say.
May 30, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – After three policemen in southern India interrupted a pastor as he preached this month, his 58-year-old mother accompanied him to the police station. Officers told them to sit on the floor. Pastor Paul Joshua’s mother, Florence Jacintha, would face worse treatment at Peelamedu police station in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu […]
Pastor’s Wife Hides Husband from Hindu Extremists Seeking to Kill Him in Northern India
Police disparage Christians for holding worship services, sources say.
May 28, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In an attack on a church service in northern India that left a 55-year-old man unconscious, the wife of a pastor hid her husband after Hindu extremists said they would kill him, sources said. Women and children were not spared in the attack by 25 masked extremists armed with wooden […]
Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church
Officials stop worship service as crackdown continues.
May 24, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers in civilian clothes walked through the church’s door, stepped up to the podium and then grabbed the […]
Christians in Nepal Suspect Hindu Extremists in Sudden Attacks on Churches
Perpetrators remain free, while six Christians jailed on unrelated charges.
May 21, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in Nepal are alarmed after this month’s sudden series of arson and bomb attacks on four church buildings, and church leaders suspect authorities are lax in investigating. At the same time, six Christians were arrested for evangelizing while suspected Hindu extremists launched attacks on three church buildings and bombed […]
Sentence Upheld for Pastor in Algeria Stopped for Carrying Christian Literature
Judge rebukes church leader.
May 17, 2018 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A case that began with police in Algeria stopping a Christian suspected of carrying Bibles in his car ended yesterday with a large fine for the church leader. A judge in Tiaret, 600 kilometers (372 miles) southwest of Algiers, on Wednesday (May 16) denied pastor Nouredine Belabed’s appeal of a […]
Islamic Extremist Suicide Bomber Family Attacks Three Churches in East Java, Indonesia
Deadliest assault in more than a decade on the archipelago.
May 14, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in Indonesia, including a family of suicide bombers that targeted three churches, launched multiple attacks yesterday and today that reportedly killed at least 12 people not including the assailants. The father of the family that killed the Christians on Sunday (May 13), Dita Futrianto, was the suspected head of […]
Hindu Extremists’ Level Spurious Accusation of ‘Conversion Racket’ in India, Sources Say
Police officers beat, ridicule Christians.
May 9, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Christians in eastern India were worshipping on April 29 when Hindu extremists attacked and had them arrested on baseless accusations of operating a “conversion racket,” sources said. Three of seven Christians arrested have been in jail since then, and yesterday a judge in Danapur, Bihar state, rejected their plea for […]
Conviction, Sentencing of Christian in Algeria ‘Ridiculous,’ Attorney Says
Authorities interrogating convert pressured him to renounce Christ, he says.
May 4, 2018 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A court in Algeria yesterday withdrew a six-month prison sentence but upheld a fine on a convert from Islam for carrying Christian literature and some crucifix-shaped keychains into the country, sources said. Idir Hamdad was fined 20,000 Algerian dinars (US$172) plus customs expenses after a judge at the court in […]