LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Nurse Sakina Mehtab said she was stunned to see videos of her Muslim colleagues marching on hospital premises in Lahore, Pakistan last week, shouting Islamist slogans and accusing her of blasphemy. She has since gone into hiding after receiving anonymous calls threatening to “maim and kill” her over the false […]
Another Christian Nurse Falsely Accused of Blasphemy
She goes into hiding after threats to maim and kill her.
May 5, 2021 By -
Police Rescue – then Jail – Christian Family Attacked in India
Authorities again succumb to pressure by Hindu extremists.
May 4, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India who initially took a pastor and his family into custody to protect them from an attack by a 300-member Hindu extremist mob were pressured into jailing them under a baseless charge of forcible conversion, sources said. Pastor Manu Damor, 35, remains in Depalpur jail a month after […]
Muslims Allegedly Poison Pastor over Plans for Church Building
Church leader in Uganda refused to sell land for proposed mosque.
May 2, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda upset with a pastor’s plans to build a church on land they sought to buy are suspected in his death by poisoning, sources said. Pastor Yolonim Oduchu was poisoned on April 5 in Raraka village, Oloki Sub-County, Pallisa District after he declined to sell a five-acre […]
Students Kidnapped in Attack on Christian School in Nigeria
One of four still captive.
April 30, 2021 By -
(Update: Military spokesman Maj. Ibrahim Shittu said in a statement on Sunday (May 2) that the kidnapped Kelvin Eze of King’s School was rescued by troops on Saturday night (May 1) without payment of ransom. Below is the original story from April 30:) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – One Christian student remains captive after three others […]
Police in Pakistan Torture Christian into False Confession
Young man held illegally in custody for more than two months, attorney says.
April 29, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan tortured a Christian man into confessing to a false allegation of blaspheming Islam and illegally kept him in custody for more than two months, his attorney said. Salamat Mansha Masih’s attorney, Aneeqa Maria of The Voice Society, said police were required to present the 26-year-old Christian before […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 33 Christians in One Week in Benue, Nigeria
Camp for the displaced and five villages attacked.
April 28, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Monday night (April 26) killed 10 Christians who had taken refuge in a camp for the displaced in north-central Nigeria, bringing to 33 the number of Christians slain in Benue state the past week, sources said. A survivor of the attack in Abagena, Benue state, David […]
Campaign Launched to Discredit Christian Groups in Nepal
Hard-line Hindus seek to revoke registration of Christian charities.
April 28, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – In a ploy to revoke registration of Christian organizations and shrink their influence, Hindu extremists in Nepal have forged a document as if from Christian groups portraying them as seeking ethnic divisions to gain converts, sources said. The document falsely attributed to the Nepal Christian Society and the National Churches Fellowship […]
Christians Killed, Kidnapped in Attack on Worship Service
Two Christian women among university students abducted and slain.
April 27, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked a Baptist worship service in north-central Nigeria on Sunday (April 25), killing one Christian, wounding another and abducting five others, sources said. “The Fulani herdsmen came to our village as the church service was going on,” Yakubu Bala of Haske Baptist Church in Manini Tasha village, […]
Islamists in Pakistan Forcibly ‘Convert’ Catholic, Threaten Family
Muslims say harm will come if mentally challenged man ‘leaves’ Islam.
April 25, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Members of an Islamic extremist political party in Pakistan have forcibly converted a mentally challenged Catholic and are pressuring his family to renounce their faith, a relative said. Adnan Bashir, 40, wandered out of his home in Gujjar Khan, Punjab Province on April 14 and inadvertently walked into a sit-in […]
Christians Confined to Home by Police, Tribal Threats in India
Young children among family members beaten.
April 15, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian family in eastern India has been confined to their home for months amid police threats to jail them for “breach of peace” after tribal mob assaults for leaving their native religion, sources said. The mob of tribal followers of native religion gathered police and news media to accompany […]