HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state is in hiding after hard-line Hindu neighbors beat him unconscious with iron rods last month, sources said. Santosh Kumar, 35, left his home on Aug. 1 shortly after a church elder visited him in Kamaraj Nagar, Karur District. A Hindu neighbor who […]
Hard-Line Hindus Beat Christian Unconscious in Tamil Nadu, India
Neighbors attack after seeing church leader visit him.
September 2, 2021 By -
Sexually Assaulted Christian Threatened with Blasphemy Charge, Rights Group Says
Muslim supervisor retaliating for accusation of misconduct, leader says.
August 31, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim supervisor is threatening to file blasphemy charges against a Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan if she refuses to withdraw her sexual assault accusation against him, a human rights leader said. Salima Rani Bibi, a 50-year-old Catholic sweeper in the sanitation branch of the Khanewal Municipal Committee in Punjab […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 36 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Anglican bishop laments government inaction.
August 30, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed 36 Christians in multiple attacks in Kaduna state, Nigeria this month with impunity, while a church leader complained that authorities arrested only Christians for defending themselves. The attacks from Aug. 4 to Saturday (Aug. 28) on Zangon Kataf, Kaura and Chikun counties took the lives of 17 […]
Muslim Relatives Set Lethal Trap for Convert to Christianity
Former itinerant sheikh beaten, buried alive.
August 26, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a former Islamic teacher in Uganda who became a Christian set a trap for him last month, hiring killers to bury him alive in a large ant mound, sources said. Saban Sajabi, 32, had gained repute as an itinerant sheikh, teaching Islam in various mosques and schools […]
Soldiers Complicit in Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria, Christians Say
30,000 people displaced, 500 homes burned this month.
August 25, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Soldiers and security personnel failed to intervene this month as Fulani herdsmen killed 70 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria, while in other areas soldiers helped herdsmen destroy farmland, Christian leaders said. Muslim Fulanis killed 70 Christians, displaced 30,000 others and burned 500 homes in attacks on villages […]
Pastor’s Wife, 19-Year-Old Injured in Attack on Christians
Hard-line Sikhs, Hindus use swords and wooden rods.
August 23, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A pastor’s wife is still bed-ridden after hard-line Sikhs and Hindus broke her leg in an attack on their church last month in northern India, sources said. Carrying swords and wooden rods, the assailants also slashed the head of a church member in the attack on Christians gathered for […]
Muslim Father Kills Son for His Christian Faith, Sources Say
Young convert in Uganda refused to recant.
August 19, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim father of a 20-year-old convert to Christianity in Uganda on Sunday (Aug. 15) killed him for refusing to recant his faith, sources said. Kasimu Kawona of Bupalama village, Buseta Sub-County in Kibuku District was not charged with murder but a lesser charge of manslaughter because he killed his […]
Sudan Detains Bible Shipment, Christian Leaders Say
Customs duty due on religious literature, officials say.
August 17, 2021 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Christian leaders in Sudan said government officials have detained a shipment of Bibles by demanding customs fees from which it is exempt. The Rev. Saad Idris Komi, chairman of the Sudan Pentecostal Church, said customs officials refused to release the Bibles earlier this month after rejecting his denomination’s application […]
Woman Survives Attempt on Her Life for Becoming Christian
Brother brandishes knife and spear shouting jihadist slogan, she says.
August 16, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim brother of a woman in eastern Uganda attacked her with a knife and spear on Aug. 8 after discovering she was a Christian, the mother of two said. In a village near Kasasira, Kibuku District undisclosed for security reasons, Harriet Nanzala said she had kept her faith secret […]
Christians Jailed after Hindus Attack Them for Visiting Widower
Two pastors and wife were comforting Hindu who lost family to COVID-19.
August 13, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three Christians are in jail after hard-line Hindus in northern India last week beat two of them, both pastors, and a Hindu they were comforting in the loss of his family to COVID-19. Hindu neighbors from the upper-caste Thakur community in Phoolpur, Uttar Pradesh state on Aug. 3 attacked 62-year-old […]