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 -
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 […]
Christian’s Hearing Damaged in ‘Reconversion’ Attacks in India
Death threats, violence and sexual harassment from Hindu extremists.
October 12, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian and his 20-year-old son have taken refuge at an undisclosed location since an attack on Sept. 2 in Chhattisgarh state left the father with permanent damage to his hearing, sources said. Jagra Kashyap, 45, and son Asharam Kashyap had to leave their families at home in Badrenga village, […]
Beaten Christians Tonsured, Paraded in India
Hindu extremists falsely accuse them of eating cow beef.
October 6, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – After beating and parading Pastor Raj Singh along with four other Christians in eastern India, Hindu extremists were tonsuring them to further ridicule them when one cut the pastor’s head. “While shaving my head, the razor cut my skull, and blood oozed out,” Pastor Singh said of the Sept. 16 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Christian Hospitalized for More than Two Weeks after Assault in India
Hindu extremists in northern village beat him with iron rods.
August 17, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of seven in northern India was hospitalized for more than two weeks after Hindu extremists with iron rods interrupted his night prayers with his family and beat him at his home. Pappu Kumar, released from a hospital on Thursday (Aug. 13), was praying with his family […]
Hard-Line Hindu Neighbors Attack Pastor and Guests at His Home in India
Police refuse to listen to church leader, arrest victims.
August 13, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pastor Ramnivas Kumar had been attacked before, but in the latest instance he was stunned that police in eastern India arrested his bleeding guests based on transparently false accusations that they were robbers, he said. Christians Avinash Kumar and Rambali Ram were visiting Pastor Kumar’s home in Ranjitpur village, […]