(Morning Star News) – A appeals court in Iran last week denied a Christian couple custody of their adopted daughter after they faced criminal charges for their faith. Sam Khosravi and Maryam Falahi, converts from Islam, had adopted 3-month-old Lydia from an orphanage in February 2019. Before a welfare organization finalized the adoption, government security […]
Court in Iran Denies Christians Custody of Adopted Daughter
Verdict upheld on appeal because parents converted from Islam.
October 1, 2020 By -
Mobs of Thousands Attack Christian Homes in India
Animists incited by Hindu extremists as police stand by.
September 29, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Incited by Hindu extremists, thousands of tribal animists in Chhattisgarh, India last week drove Christians in three villages from their homes in assaults that police declined to prevent or stop in spite of prior warnings, sources said. The attacks on Sept. 22-23 by mobs that swelled to more than 3,000 […]
Christian Boy in Uganda Feared Killed in Ritual Sacrifice
Radical Muslim sold convert’s son and daughter to witchdoctor, sources say.
September 28, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy has been killed after a woman said to be a radical Muslim opposed to his father’s conversion from Islam sold him and his sister to a witchdoctor for ritual sacrifice, sources said. Sulaiman Pulisi, a former imam (mosque leader) who became a Christian three years ago, said […]
Hindus, Ex-Church Members Attack Christian Family in India
Assailants threaten to kill Christians if they do not leave village.
September 25, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Punita Kumari was caring for her family in eastern India the morning of Sept. 14 when leaders of about 25 hard-line Hindu assailants armed with bamboo sticks forced their way into their one-room home. Saying Christians could not live in their village of Jhikatia, Bihar state, the assailants dragged her […]
Twin Sisters Kidnapped, Pastor and Three Other Christians Killed in Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen suspected as lawlessness continues.
September 22, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church elder was shot as his daughters were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Friday (Sept. 18), days after a pastor and three other Christians in a north-central state were killed earlier this month. Hassana and Hussaina Garba, teenaged Christian twin sisters, were kidnapped from their home beside their Evangelical […]
Christian Killed in Fulani Herdsmen Ambush in North-Central Nigeria
Muslim assailants resume attacks in area of Plateau state.
September 21, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (September 17) shot a Christian who was riding on a motorcycle with a policeman in north-central Nigeria, sources said. Sati Bulus, a member of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Malul village in Bokkos County, Plateau state, was ambushed and shot to death by […]
Christians in Northern India Forced to Stop Worship, Pastor Says
Officers, Hindu extremists coerce church leader after police detain his son, he says.
September 10, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Harassment of Christians by hard-line Hindus in northern India ended in police coercing a pastor to agree to stop holding worship in his home after an officer threatened to make false charges against his son, he said. The pastor said the coercion by police in Uttar Pradesh state came […]
Omission of Christianity as School Subject in Sudan an Error, Official Says
But there are still no Christians hired to teach it, church leader says.
September 9, 2020 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The head of the body responsible for curricula in Sudan announced that a previous directive omitting Christian education as a subject for primary schools was in error, according to a new letter to educational directors. Omer Ahmed al-Garay, director general of the National Centre for Curriculum and Educational Research […]
Another Christian Sentenced to Death in Pakistan on Weak Blasphemy Charges
Father of four accused of sending text messages defaming Muhammad.
September 8, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Lahore, Pakistan today (Sept. 8) sentenced a Christian to death over charges that he allegedly sent “blasphemous” text messages to a Muslim colleague seven years ago, his lawyer said. Asif Pervaiz, a 37-year-old father of four, has been in jail for seven years since he was charged […]
Attacked Christians in India Risk Arrest if Worship Draws more Assaults
Police issue warning not to ‘disturb the peace.’
September 6, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in eastern India have threatened to arrest Christians for “disturbing the peace” if their worship draws more opposition after recent attacks, including one that has nearly cost an elderly woman her sight, sources said. Complaining that Christian prayers have driven away their nature-based gods, tribal animists in Badaguda, Odisha […]