HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Hindus used steel rods and a butcher’s knife to attack a father-son pastoral team in Tamil Nadu state, India, injuring the brain tissue of the elder clergyman, sources said. In Thyagaraja Nagar, in the Sirkali area of Nagapattinam District, 28-year-old pastor Daniel Jebraj was returning home on July 19 […]
Police Disingenuous in Hindu Extremist Assault on Pastors in Tamil Nadu, India, Sources Say
Officers arrest non-Hindu to hide religious motive for attack, sources say.
August 1, 2017 By -
Calling Worship ‘Unlawful Assembly,’ Police in Uttar Pradesh, India, Arrest Six Christians
Officers verbally, physically harass congregation.
July 24, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Berating and slapping a pastor for reading the Bible instead of Hindu texts, police in Uttar Pradesh state, India last month detained six Christians under “unlawful assembly” laws for worshiping together, sources said. After traveling from Etah village to a church in nearby Pujaripurvah, the six Christians were detained for […]
Pastor in Punjab State, India Shot Dead
Hindu extremists suspected..
July 17, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India’s Punjab state was shot dead in front of his church premises two months after Hindu extremists took offense at a gospel event celebrating his church’s 25th anniversary, sources said. Pastor Sultan Masih of Temple of God was found shot dead at Peer Banda Mohalla in the […]
Hindu Extremist Attack in Odisha State, India Ends in ‘Agreement’ Stopping Worship Services
Injured Christians forced to sign document.
June 30, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – After an attack in eastern India in which a Christian was seriously injured, police and Hindus this month created an “agreement” – without participation of church members – effectively halting worship services, sources said. Church members were bullied into signing the agreement, they said. As a result, in the tribal […]
Christians Taking Children to Camp in India Charged with Kidnapping, Forced Conversion
One minor held for 25 days, another still in custody along with five adult volunteers.
June 23, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Six Christians taking children to a Vacation Bible School camp remain in custody in Madhya Pradesh state, India after police detained them last month on charges of kidnapping and forcible conversion, sources said. Also detained was a 15-year-old boy who was held in a juvenile detention center for nearly […]
Christian Families in India Forced into Hindu Ritual, Denied Water
Village head allows Hindus to deprive, isolate Christians, they say.
June 16, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Villagers in Uttar Pradesh state, India beat Christians, forced them to participate in Hindu rituals and have refused to provide them water, sources said. Four families who were attacked in Jalalabad village, Ghazipur District rely on the water to irrigate their fields, they said. “How will we survive if we […]
Church Building, Pastor’s Home Burned Down in Tamil Nadu State, India, Sources Say
Young hard-line Hindu men threatened Christian leader, he says.
May 17, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Hindus in southern India, upset that members of their caste-based group have become Christians, burned down a church building and the pastor’s home this month, sources said. After pastor John Muller and his pregnant wife left for a store on May 3, the assailants in Tamil Nadu state’s Attipattu […]
Pastor in India Loses Hearing from Assault by Hindu Extremists
Officials ignored his complaint of attack two months prior.
May 9, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern India’s Bihar state has lost his hearing after Hindu extremists assaulted him outside his home on church premises last month, sources said. Doctors at a Hajipur government hospital determined the loss of hearing and wounds on Pastor Sikandar Kumar’s body were a result of being beaten […]
Police Compliant in Hindu Extremist Attacks in Bihar State, India
Radicals order officer not to interfere with assault.
March 27, 2017 By -
NEW DEHLI (Morning Star News) – Police in Bihar state this month obeyed Hindu extremist orders not to interfere as they beat a pastor and a Bible college student, sources said. The Hindu extremists in the eastern state of India lured Assemblies of God pastor Ajay Kumar and a trainee to a marketplace in Begusarai on […]
Christian in India Dies after Tribal Villagers Immerse Him, Wife in Cold Pond, Son Says
Head of family refused to deny Christ.
February 10, 2017 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Jharkhand state, India last month succumbed to illnesses incurred when villagers immersed him and his wife in frigid water because they refused to deny Christ, relatives said. Upset that his family had left their indigenous religion, tribal residents of Kubuaa village, Palamu District immersed Bartu Urawn and […]