LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A judge changed a Christian’s life prison term under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws into the death sentence last week, while the Pakistan Supreme Court granted historic bail to another Christian held on similar charges, sources said. Zafar Bhatti, 56, who has languished in jail since 2012 after being accused of sending […]
Christian’s Prison Term Changed to Death Sentence in Pakistan
Separately, historic bail granted to blasphemy suspect.
January 10, 2022 By -
Muslim Extremists Kill Six Christians in Coastal Kenya
Somali militants suspected in attacks in southeastern county.
January 7, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Kenya, including suspected militants from Somalia, killed six Christians in southeastern Kenya between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 3), sources said. Members and sympathizers of Somali militant group Al Shabaab were suspected of joining local Muslim extremists in attacks in Widho, Majembeni Mpeketoni, in […]
Three Christians Jailed in Southern Mexico Are Released
Villagers upset they declined to contribute to indigenous festival.
January 6, 2022 By -
OAXACA DE JUAREZ, Mexico (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in southern Mexico jailed on Monday (Jan. 3) were released Thursday afternoon (Jan. 6), according to news reports. In the village of San Pedro Chimaltepec, near San Juan Mazatlan Mixe in eastern Oaxaca state, local authorities had jailed Bonifacio Martínez Sánchez, Donato Martínez Sánchez and Gerino […]
Mother, Children in Uganda Hanged for Faith in Christ
Absconding Muslim husband suspected.
January 5, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in central Uganda is suspected of hanging his wife and two children because the young mother and oldest child received Christ after attending Christmas Day and Sunday worship services, sources said. A neighbor on Dec. 28 found Shamira Nakato hanged with her two children, ages 3 and 8, […]
Hindu Nationalists Stop Christmas Services in Northern India
Extremists spoil celebrations of Christ’s birth throughout Haryana state.
January 5, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in northern India launched an attack on a house church service on Dec. 25 that seriously injured a pastor’s son, one of at least 10 cases of aggression in Haryana state that stopped Christmas celebrations for hundreds of Christians. Pastor J.J. Singh, a Christian leader in Haryana […]
Hindu Extremists Attack Christian-Run School in India
Glass shatters in assault fueled by false report on YouTube.
January 3, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Incited by false information on YouTube, a mob of hundreds of Hindu extremists last month threw stones that smashed through the glass of a Christian-run school in Madhya Pradesh, India where 12th-grade students were taking critical exams, sources said. Shouting Hindu nationalist slogans like Jai Shri Ram (Victory to Lord […]
Christian Refugees Describe Fears in Leaving Afghanistan
Uncertainty reigns as they try to recover their lives.
December 30, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christian relatives of a convert who fled to India from Afghanistan shortly before the Taliban seized power described days of terror before they were able to leave the country. The Christian refugee in India, 24-year-old Esin, has been granted a visa extension. Her brother, going by the pseudonym Zakariya for […]
Newly Christian Families Driven from Homes in Uganda
Mother flees Muslim husband; farmer’s plantation destroyed.
December 30, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman and her children last week fled the violence of her Muslim husband in eastern Uganda, and earlier in a nearby district villagers destroyed a newly believing family’s crops and drove them from their home, sources said. Aisha Nambeya, 27, and her five children ages 9 to 2, […]
Herdsmen Suspected in Killing of Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
At least four lives lost in one day.
December 28, 2021 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 16 December killed four Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. Killed in Sako village, Zangon Kataf County were Samson Maza and David Garba, said Samuel Aruwan, commissioner of Kaduna state’s Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs. Area resident Susan Peter sent a […]
Pastor in Nepal Sentenced to Prison under Proselytism Law
Statute violates religious freedom standards, leaders say.
December 25, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Nepal forced to pay exorbitant bail amounts for three separate cases was sentenced to two years in prison on Nov. 30 under a law against proselytizing, sources said. The Dolpa District Court sentenced 33-year-old pastor Keshab Raj Acharya of Abundant Harvest Church, Pokhara to two years in […]