HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Hindus on Jan. 9 tore down a church building in southern India because it was built on the west side of a village, which they said violated Hindu principles of placement and positioning, sources said. The Vastu Shastra architectural and planning principles, a Hindu version of Feng Shui, were […]
Hindu Version of Feng Shui Leads to Demolition of Church Building in Southern India
Bibles set ablaze after extremists stop Christians’ van.
January 17, 2019 By -
Christians Hospitalized after Terrifying Christmas Attacks in India
Violence afflicts Church that had experienced little opposition.
December 31, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in India who previously experienced little or no opposition reported that Hindu extremists stoned, slashed and terrorized them this Christmas season. At least 18 incidents against Christians were reported and verified during the Christmas season, according to the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). […]
Hindu Extremists Threaten Children at Sunday School in Southern India
In other assaults, police and media further join forces with assailants.
December 19, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police and news media further joined forces with Hindu extremists in recent attacks in southern India, including one where a mob terrorized children in Sunday school, sources said. In Tamil Nadu state, Pastor Selva Raj was leading a worship service in Amathur village, Virudhunagar District, when a mob of some […]
Attack on Private Gathering in Northern India Typifies Hindu Extremist Strategy
After being terrorized and humiliated, Christians are arrested.
December 7, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Hindu extremist strategy for stopping the spread of Christianity by targeting pastors – and their families – was painfully evident in a recent attack on a Christmas planning meeting in northern India. As has become routine in India, police arrested badly beaten Christians and charged them with causing religious […]
Hindu Extremist Mob Tries to Burn Pastor Alive in Odisha State, India
Christian leader attacked while driving with family in car.
November 26, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pastor John Lakra was taking his 18-month-old baby to the hospital for emergency treatment in Odisha state, India when hundreds of Hindu extremists surrounded his car. The pastor, his wife and their three children were on the way to the hospital in Sundargarh at about 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 […]
Hard-Line Sikhs, Hindus Persecute Christians in Northern India
Pastor thrown off motorbike, accused of illicit relationship.
November 19, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Villagers hostile toward Christians in northern India falsely accused a pastor of an illicit relationship with a woman and, in another village, burned a church building, sources said. As people throughout the country on Nov. 7 prepared to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, neighbors alerted pastor Satpal Masih […]
Church in Nepal Forced to Shut Down
Elsewhere in Himalayan country, evangelists arrested, deported.
November 16, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – High-caste Hindus who have been harassing a church in Nepal forced it to shut down last week, sources said. For two months Brahmins, the highest caste from which Hindu priests and teachers are drawn, in western Nepal’s Palpa District had disrupted worship of the Pakhluwa Eternal Life Church in Palpa […]
Tribal Leaders Join Hands with Hindu Extremists to Persecute Christians in Jharkhand, India
Police harm more than help victims.
November 13, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Five families in eastern India were at a worship service last month when they received a phone call telling them to return to their homes immediately. The Christians rushed nearly four miles from their church in Lisiya village to their homes in Durula, West Singhbhum District in Jharkhand state, where […]
Christian Mother Acquitted of Blasphemy in Pakistan Released from Prison
Islamic extremists warn of retaliation if she is allowed to leave country.
November 8, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother who spent nine years on death row before being acquitted in Pakistan’s most high-profile blasphemy case was released from prison late Wednesday night (Nov. 7), sources said. Sources close to the family and government officials confirmed that Aasiya Noreen, better known as Asia Bibi, was released from […]
Persecution of Christians Radiates Outward from Hub in Northern India, Sources Say
Fear spreads throughout churches in Uttar Pradesh.
November 7, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Attacks on Christians that began in one area of Uttar Pradesh in July have spiked and spread, instilling fear in congregations throughout the state, sources said. After several attacks in Jaunpur District in July, by the end of October persecution of Christians had spread to 32 of Uttar Pradesh’s 75 […]