NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists attacked a pastor and his family at their home in North West Delhi on Sunday morning (Oct. 14), continuing to beat him even after he fell unconscious, according to area Christians. Samuel Prasad said about 10 extremists began by hurling stones and woodblocksat the house of his […]
Pastor Beaten Unconscious in New Delhi, India
Police slow to respond to Hindu extremist attack.
October 20, 2012 By -
Church Buildings Attacked across Tanzania
Muslims incited to destruction after children’s argument leads to alleged defiling of Koran.
October 19, 2012 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamists burned several church buildings in various parts of Tanzania this week after two children’s argument about the Koran resulted in a Christian boy allegedly defiling Islam’s sacred book. The attacks took place in the normally peaceful country from its western border to its semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. In Kigoma, […]
Authorities Close Down Churches in Aceh, Indonesia
Provincial official issues veiled threat to congregations that do not comply.
October 18, 2012 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – At the behest of Islamist extremists, authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh Province have forbidden nine churches to worship, saying they are “illegal.” Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal, deputy mayor of Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh Province, called pastors of nine churches and five Buddhist monasteries for a meeting on Monday (Oct. 15), said […]
Pakistani Imam Charged in Christian Girl’s Case Wins Bail
Cleric accused of producing false evidence against Rimsha Masih, who is charged with ‘blasphemy.’
October 15, 2012 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim cleric charged with fabricating evidence to make it appear that a Christian girl desecrated the Koran – thus incurring charges of desecrating the Koran himself – has been granted bail. While Christians accused of blaspheming Islam in Pakistan routinely spend years languishing in jails, Islamabad Session Judge […]
Sudanese Military Kills Christian Mother in Bombing
Non-Arab Nuba Christians targeted in town in South Kordofan.
October 12, 2012 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Government bombing of ethnic Nuba civilians in a predominantly Christian town of Sudan last month – killing a mother of seven children – is further evidence that officials are trying to rid the country of Christians, area Christian leaders said. Sudanese government forces bombarded Heiban in war-torn South Kordofan […]
Christians Targeted in Nigeria’s University Killings, Students Say
Carnage follows authorities’ raid on area Islamic extremists of Boko Haram
October 5, 2012 By -
YOLA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The gunmen who killed at least 46 people in Nigeria’s northwestern town of Mubi on Monday (Oct. 1) first asked them if they were Christians before shooting or knifing them, according to students who escaped the carnage. Two students from the off-campus housing site in the Mubi suburb of Wuro […]
Violence against Christians Persists in Nigeria
Children, elderly among those killed in Bauchi state.
October 1, 2012 By -
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – September proved a bloody month in Nigeria as Christians continued to come under attack from Islamic extremists. A suicide bomber believed to belong to the Islamic extremist Boko Haram sect on Sept. 23 detonated explosives in a car he was driving in the parking lot of St. John’s […]