HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Hindus in southern India, upset that members of their caste-based group have become Christians, burned down a church building and the pastor’s home this month, sources said. After pastor John Muller and his pregnant wife left for a store on May 3, the assailants in Tamil Nadu state’s Attipattu […]
Church Building, Pastor’s Home Burned Down in Tamil Nadu State, India, Sources Say
Young hard-line Hindu men threatened Christian leader, he says.
May 17, 2017 By -
Muslim Extremists in Uganda Threaten to Kill Family of Pastor
Islamists seek revenge for pursuit of legal case against them.
May 12, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 12, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda who relocated after an Islamist attack has had to shift to yet another site, but he can only visit his family there briefly as his life is in danger, his wife said. Muslims continue to track pastor Christopher James Kalaja of […]
Pastor, Christian Activist Sentenced to Prison in Sudan Are Released
Presidential pardon frees two remaining Christians in false case.
May 11, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A pastor and another Christian serving a 12-year sentence in Sudan were freed today after they were granted a presidential pardon, sources said. The Rev. Hassan Abdelrahim Tawor had been in prison since his arrest in December 2015, as was Abdulmonem Abdumawla of Darfur. They were convicted on baseless […]
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for ‘Blasphemy’
Scanty evidence calls for acquittal, attorney says.
May 10, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to life in prison under the country’s blasphemy laws in spite of scanty evidence, an advocacy official said. Nasir Saeed said a trial court in Rawalpindi sentenced Zafar Bhatti to life imprisonment, even though conviction under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s blasphemy law […]
Pastor in India Loses Hearing from Assault by Hindu Extremists
Officials ignored his complaint of attack two months prior.
May 9, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern India’s Bihar state has lost his hearing after Hindu extremists assaulted him outside his home on church premises last month, sources said. Doctors at a Hajipur government hospital determined the loss of hearing and wounds on Pastor Sikandar Kumar’s body were a result of being beaten […]
Church Building Demolished, Two Christians Arrested in Sudan
One of at least 25 on government list of targeted houses of worship.
May 8, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Khartoum state authorities in Sudan demolished a church building yesterday (May 7) as Christians were preparing to worship, sources said. In the Khartoum suburb of Soba al Aradi, which began as a refugee camp for south Sudanese, a bulldozer sent by Jebel Aulia locality and the Ministry of Planning […]
Girl, 14, Rescued from Muslim in Pakistan Accused of Forcibly Converting Her
Police officer held her captive at his home, family says.
May 2, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 14-year-old Catholic girl in Pakistan, taken from her family in December and forcibly converted to Islam, was rescued on Wednesday (April 26), her lawyer said. Attorney Tahir Bashir said police officer Munir Ahmed on Dec. 6 illegally detained Sumbal Arif of Hafizabad District, Punjab Province and coerced her into […]
Violence against Muslims Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Spurs Calls for Reform of Laws
Christians long persecuted under the statutes are hopeful.
May 1, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Gruesome violence against Muslims accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has reignited calls for amending blasphemy statutes commonly used to persecute Christians. The lynching of a Muslim student over blasphemy charges at a university in northwestern Pakistan, the murder of a blasphemy accused Muslim in Punjab Province and mob violence against […]
Police, Mob Attack Synod Guard’s Quarters, Arrest His Family in Omdurman, Sudan
Mother, three young children released without charges.
April 26, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Three weeks after an elder was killed in an attack on church property in Omdurman, Sudan, a mob with police on Monday (April 24) ransacked the living quarters of the compound guard and arrested his family, sources said. Police accompanied by a mob demolished part of the room where […]
Muslim Extremists Destroy Pastor’s Farm, Church Building in Eastern Uganda
Assailants to threaten to kill him for taking legal action, he says.
April 21, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda is without his home, farm and church building after Muslim extremists armed with swords and clubs rampaged through his property on March 27, he said. The band of nine Muslims, who also carried blunt metal objects, were shouting the jihadist slogan “Allah Akbar [God is […]