JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (April 24) attacked a Roman Catholic Church service in central Nigeria, killing two priests and 17 other parishioners during an early morning Mass, sources said. In Ayar-Mbalom village in Benue state, the assailants shot dead the Rev. Joseph Gor and the Rev. Felix Tyolaha of […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Gun Down Christians in Catholic Church in Nigeria
Benue state hit by multiple attacks.
April 25, 2018 By -
Christian Woman in Pakistan Dies after Being Set on Fire
Muslim suitor insisted she renounce Christ and marry him, relatives say.
April 23, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan died on Sunday night (April 22) after a Muslim in the Sialkot area set her on fire for refusing to convert to Islam and marry him, relatives said. Muhammad Rizwan Gujjar poured kerosene on 25-year-old Asma Yaqoob and set her on fire on Wednesday (April […]
Police Slow to Respond to Vicious Attack on Pastor in Uttar Pradesh, India
‘I have found favor in God’s eye. I am blessed to have suffered for His name.’
April 23, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In a village in northern India, pastor Rakesh Kumar Masih passed out from the pain of Hindu extremists beating his genitals, and they left him for dead. The sun was shining bright when the Hindu nationalists stormed into the house of one of his church members, where some Christians had […]
Security Agents in Morocco Reportedly Detain Christian for 24 Hours
Harassment comes amid calls for religious freedom.
April 20, 2018 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Security police in Morocco detained a Christian for 24 hours after finding Christian literature in his backpack, according to published reports. Spanish news agency EFE reported that authorities stopped the 35-year-old Moroccan, whose name was not disclosed, as he came out of his home in Rabat on Wednesday morning (April […]
Gunmen Kill Two More Christians, Wound Three, in Quetta, Pakistan
Two girls, 11 and 13, injured in second attack this month in city.
April 17, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians in Quetta, Pakistan are living in fear after the second attack this month by suspected Islamist militants killed two Christians in front of a home. Three other people were injured, including two girls, in the shooting on Sunday (April 15) in the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, […]
Christians in Sudan Charged in Defense of Church Property Case
Court drops charges against five others.
April 13, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Omdurman, Sudan on Wednesday (April 11) charged four Christians who defended church property from a takeover by a Muslim business interest, sources said. Azhari Tumbara, Muna Matta, George Adam and Kudi Abderhman last year tried to keep authorities from seizing Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) property […]
Hard-line Hindu Confesses to Attempted Murder of Pastor in Southern India, Police Say
Axe attack leaves house church leader within 30 minutes of death, doctor says.
April 9, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A hard-line Hindu has confessed to attempting to murder a pastor in southern India as the Christian leader was praying at night, according to police. Pastor Madira Koti Reddy, who leads a house church in Rentachintala village, Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh state, on March 29 had gone to his […]
Four Christians Killed, Girl Wounded in Easter Monday Attack in Pakistan
Islamic extremist groups suspected.
April 3, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Four Christians, including a woman, were killed and a young girl wounded in a terrorist attack in Pakistan on Monday (April 2), sources said. Rickshaw driver Pervaiz Masih was transporting his brothers-in-law Imran Masih and Tariq Masih, along with their sister-in-law Firdous, in Quetta, capital of the restive province, when […]
Staff Members at Emergency Maternity Ward in Pakistan Kill Christian, Relatives Say
Muslim doctors upset that Catholic woman in labor asked for immediate attention, brother says.
March 28, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Medical staff and security guards at a major government hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (March 26) killed a Christian father of four and injured five members of his family, including the pregnant sister he had brought because she was in labor, sources said. Anil Saleem said that he, his […]
Hindu Extremists Turn Tribal, Animist Villagers against Christians in India
Assault drives five families out of village for nearly a week.
March 27, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – About 20 villagers questioning Christians gathered for worship in a home in Odisha state, India were animists who worshipped objects in nature and other gods, but Hindu nationalists had led them there. “Why have you left your ancestral faith and begun following the Christian faith?” a few of them asked, […]