NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Representatives of eight village councils in central India first summoned a new Christian to give him an ultimatum in October. They interrupted a church service on Oct. 18 asking for Sattar Singh Markam. “I was conducting the church service when some men came to call Markam and asked him to […]
Long Ostracized Christian Withstands New Level of Persecution in India
Chhattisgarh a growing flash point for violations of religious freedom.
December 8, 2020 By -
Police in Pakistan Find Christian Girl Chained in Kidnapper’s Home
Separately, Muslim suitor kills young woman for refusing him and Islam.
December 6, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Catholic family’s five-month search for their 12-year-old daughter who was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a 45-year-old Muslim in Faisalabad, Pakistan, ended on Saturday (Dec. 5) when police found her chained in her abductor’s house, sources said. The discovery came on the heels of the killing […]
Christians in Hiding after Brutal Mob Attack in Central India
Assault sends 21 guests at dedication celebration to various hospitals.
December 3, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Several families are in hiding after tribal animists in Chhattisgarh state, India threatened to kill them for reporting a mob attack to police last week that sent 21 Christians to hospitals, sources said. Armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods, bows and arrows and iron sickles, the large mob at 1 […]
Jihadist Militants Slaughter Christians in Congo, Sources Say
Clergyman loses wife, four children in horrific attack.
December 1, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected members of an insurgent jihadist group slaughtered 20 Christians in villages in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Nov. 20 and Nov. 25, area sources said. The Islamic State-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are suspected in the attacks on villages in North Kivu Province, […]
Christians Killed in Central and Southwestern Nigeria
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill pastor in Ekiti state.
November 29, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian communities in Kaduna state on Saturday night and Sunday morning (Nov. 28-29) killed seven Christians, two days after a pastor was slain in southwestern Nigeria, sources said. The “Fulani terrorists” in Kaduna state also kidnapped two children and wounded four people in the attacks […]
Pastor, Two Christian Boys Killed in Islamist Attacks in Uganda
Native missionary, 12-year-old son slain after visiting Congo border.
November 26, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a former sheikh in eastern Uganda who refused to renounce Christ killed his 6-year-old son on Monday (Nov. 23), two days after Islamists in the western part of the country killed a pastor and his 12-year-old son, sources said. Following a two-hour meeting with Muslim relatives in […]
Parents Denied Custody of Allegedly Kidnapped Daughter
Marriage of minor invalidated, but forcible conversion issue unresolved.
November 23, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan on Monday (Nov. 23) ruled that a 13-year-old Catholic girl allegedly abducted and forcibly converted and married to a Muslim man must remain in a government shelter home until she reaches age 18, sources said. The court failed to return Arzoo Raja of Karachi, Sindh […]
Christians, Others in Egypt Arrested for ‘Insulting Islam’
Heated Facebook exchange leads to charges against teacher.
November 23, 2020 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A young Christian teacher in northeastern Egypt is facing charges of insulting Islam after he posted comments on Facebook, according to local reports. Youssef Hany of Ismailia, a city on the Suez Canal 78 miles northeast of Cairo, posted the comments earlier this month in reply to a Muslim who […]
Christian Leaders Urge Prayer for Nigeria’s Forgotten Victims
Violence escalating despite pleas to government, Family Research Council reports.
November 19, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Their pleas for government help falling on deaf ears, Christian leaders issued calls for prayer this month as Islamic extremist groups continued terrorizing northeast Nigeria. In the wake of attacks and kidnappings by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), leaders of the […]
Fulani Kill Four Christians, Abduct Others in North-Central Nigeria
In northwest, five daughters of pastor kidnapped.
November 12, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani killed four Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Nov. 6) and the next day kidnapped seven persons, including five daughters of a church pastor, according to a local advocacy group. Surviving witnesses in Kaduna state’s Dande village, part of Kasaya in Chikun County, described the killers as armed […]