LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The abduction and forced conversion of Christian girls in Pakistan continued with impunity as another minor was separated from her parents the first week of the year, sources said. Mahnoor Ashraf, a 14-year-old Pentecostal Christian, went missing shortly after leaving her home in Lahore’s Cantonment area for a nearby shop […]
Another Christian Girl Allegedly Forced to Convert/Marry
Family of 14-year-old says Muslim neighbor kidnapped her.
January 14, 2022 By -
Christian Widow, Daughter Beaten Unconscious in Uganda
Muslim extremists who killed husband also tried to kill them in October, mother says.
January 12, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a widow and her 16-year-old daughter unconscious on Dec. 30, leaving the girl unable to walk a year after killing her father, sources said. Suffering from an apparent spinal injury, Oliva Apio has had to discontinue her high school studies, said her injured mother, […]
Young Christian Family Forms amid Persecution in Nepal
Couple driven together by Hindu hostility toward their faith.
January 11, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A young father knows the intensity of Hindu opposition to Christianity in his native Nepal – it temporarily took his newborn son from him and has left his young family homeless for nearly two years. Having moved in with his parents after the birth of his son, Pawan (surname withheld […]
Christian’s Prison Term Changed to Death Sentence in Pakistan
Separately, historic bail granted to blasphemy suspect.
January 10, 2022 By -
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 […]
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 […]