NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Village leaders in eastern India prohibited five Christian families from working on their farms or walking on the main road before district authorities this month revoked the order, sources said. Leaders of Banhardi village, in Jharkhand state’s Latehar District, told the five families in April to either convert back to […]
Villagers in India Deprive Five Christian Families of Farmland, Food, Water
District officials enforce country’s freedom of religion.
May 22, 2019 By -
Fire at Historic Church Building on Easter Stuns, but Does Not Stop, Worshipers in India
Police advise pastor to avoid mentioning fire in complaint.
May 8, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – It was a different kind of Easter celebration this year for Pastor Anil Juit of Maranatha Full Gospel Church in eastern India. Opening the door of the historic church building in Arrah, in Bihar state’s Bhojpur District, on Easter Sunday (April 21), he found a gaping hole in the back […]
Food Deprivation, Beatings and Jail as Christians Suffer in Jharkhand, India
Hindu extremists influence those who practice tribal religion.
April 11, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A longstanding Hindu extremist practice of turning animistic villagers against Christians has intensified as elections get underway in India today, with tribal villagers taught that Christianity is anti-Indian. Upset about tribal Adivasi relatives leaving the animistic Sarna religion to become Christians, 60-year-old Sanpitha Majhi attacked a 28-year-old Christian mother he […]
After Terrifying Attack in Uttar Pradesh, India, Host of House Church in Hiding
Hindu extremists keep Christians from medical care.
March 29, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Nearly two months after Hindu extremists in India humiliated, beat and forced Christians to praise a Hindu god, the host of the house church has yet to return to his home. Ranjeet Kumar Gautam is still in hiding after more than 20 Hindu extremists in Chapar village, Sultanpur District, Uttar […]
Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources Say
Teenage Christian girl beaten unconscious.
March 21, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three pastors in western India have been criminally charged in retaliation for refuting a false account of a Hindu extremist attack on six Christians that left a teenage girl unconscious, sources said. Three of the six Christians beaten in Maharashtra state this month were also charged in retaliation for reporting […]
Churches Deprived of Their Worship Buildings in Tamil Nadu, India
Opposition where previously none existed.
March 7, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Churches in Tamil Nadu, India that had never experienced opposition now find Hindu extremists forcing them out of their places of worship, sources said. In one case Hindu extremists called praying women prostitutes and threatened to kill them; in another case near Chennai, the state capital, police went door-to-door with […]
Report Shows 57 Percent Jump in Aggression against Christians in India
Hate and targeted violence up first two months of year.
March 4, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Cases of hate and violence against Christians in India increased 57 percent the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year, an advocacy group reported. The Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission (EFIRLC) documented 77 incidents of hate and targeted violence against Christians in […]
Two Christians Killed in Separate States in India
Tribal animists are said to enlist Maoist rebels to kill converts.
February 26, 2019 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Chhattisgarh state, India who endured opposition for three years was killed on Feb. 12, a day after a convert who faced persecution in neighboring Odisha state was slain. In each case, villagers angry at the Christians for converting were said to have influenced Maoist guerrillas to kill […]
Christian Mother Facing False Accusation in India Is Transferred Far from Home, Sources Say
Mob rule increasingly common in world’s largest democracy.
February 19, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Days after Hindu extremists in northern India marched in protest to file a false claim against a Christian mother, her government employer transferred her to a district more than 100 miles away, sources said. Members of a Hindu-awakening movement in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh state on Wednesday (Feb. 13) staged a […]
Legal Struggle of Doctor Reflects Wider Harassment of Christians in India
Hindu extremist government reminded that practicing one’s faith is not unlawful.
February 7, 2019 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Emergency medicine doctor Christo Thomas Philip was returning with his family to his native India from a medical conference in Greece when immigration officials at Delhi’s Indira Ghandi International Airport took him into custody. His deportation from India on that day, April 26, 2016, came after working for three years […]