NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When a Hindu in northern India got rid of the idols in his house after several visits to a church, Hindu nationalists found the perfect opportunity to make life a nightmare for a pastor’s family, sources said. Since the Hindu nationalists accused pastor Avianshu Kalra of desecration of Hindu idols […]
Hindu Extremists in India Create Nightmare for Pastor’s Family
‘Somehow we have adjusted to this abnormal normal.’
August 20, 2018 By -
House-Church Members in Iran Reportedly Sentenced to Year in Prison
Authorities continue to lash out at Christians.
August 17, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Iran said he and 11 other Christians were sentenced to a year in prison for “inclination to the land of Christianity” among other charges, according to Mohabat News. “Interrogations were obviously indicating that they were looking for confession to communications with [those] abroad, especially America, Britain […]
Police in India Demand Money to Release Falsely Accused Christians, Sources Say
Christians arrested for praying in their home.
August 13, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – About an hour before midnight on July 31, three policemen and a Hindu neighbor barged into a Christian woman’s house in northern India and ordered her and her husband to either give them money or go to jail. The couple was immersed in prayer with their children and two other […]
Christian in Pakistan Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ in Scheme Involving Islamist Party, Sources Say
Young man accused of defaming Muhammad by text message.
August 10, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A member of an Islamic extremist party in Pakistan has charged a Christian with blasphemy as part of a scheme by the accused’s ex-girlfriend and her brother, sources said. Farhan Aziz, 26, was arrested under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy law in Muslim Town, Gujranwala District, Punjab Province, after the brother and […]
Military-Backed Forces in Burma Beat Two Youth Pastors, Sources Say
Military abuses of predominantly Christian Kachin continue.
August 6, 2018 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Burmese army-backed militia beat two youth pastors in northern Burma (Myanmar) last week, detaining one of them overnight at the force’s base, sources said. At the home of one of the Christians in Kachin state, members of the army-based Border Guard Force (BGF) on Tuesday (July 31) kicked and beat […]
Assault on Christian Leader in Nepal Reflects Growing Threat
Pastor attacked in broad daylight in crowded café.
July 31, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Sagar Baizu, 46, had finished one meeting and had an hour before the next one, so he decided to stop at a café on a major thoroughfare in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, on July 19. As he was about to sip a coffee in the crowded café at 2 […]
Christians in Iran Seized from Homes, including Violent Imprisonment of Pastor
Yousef Nadarkhani and son beaten, tasered, local reports say.
July 25, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Iran were arrested from their homes today and yesterday following the violent arrest of pastor Yousef Nadarkhani on Sunday (July 22), according to advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC). Pastor Nadarkhani, a convert from Islam like the others arrested, was awaiting a summons to begin a 10-year prison […]
Children Kidnapped by Islamists in Uganda in 2015 Are Found
Father suspects they were to be forced into foreign terrorist group.
July 25, 2018 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three children kidnapped in 2015 in eastern Uganda were found in May, malnourished and showing signs of having been indoctrinated in Islam, relatives said. Had the children not escaped, they might have been forced into a foreign terrorist group, their father, Badiru Madengho, told Morning Star News. “It seems the […]
Hindu Extremist Sexually Assaults Pastor’s Wife at Church Service in India, Sources Say
After failed rape attempt and beating, police charge victim and her husband, sources say.
July 20, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pratibha Stephen was immersed in worship at the house church her husband pastors in Tamil Nadu state, India when a man suddenly burst through the back door, shouting angrily. The intruder interrupted an elderly man’s singing and cymbal-playing by twisting his hands behind his back at the Jesus Power Ministries […]
Pastor in Hiding from Hindu Extremists – and Police – after Attack on His Church in India
Families terrorized in assault on congregation built on healing ministry.
July 19, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Brandishing hockey sticks and a gun that was fired on house-church grounds, masked Hindu extremists assaulted Christians in Uttar Pradesh, India. After the July 2 assault that terrorized families and sent nine of about 50 injured Christians to the hospital for treatment, influential Hindus pressured police to file charges against […]