NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Brandishing hockey sticks and a gun that was fired on house-church grounds, masked Hindu extremists assaulted Christians in Uttar Pradesh, India. After the July 2 assault that terrorized families and sent nine of about 50 injured Christians to the hospital for treatment, influential Hindus pressured police to file charges against […]
Pastor in Hiding from Hindu Extremists – and Police – after Attack on His Church in India
Families terrorized in assault on congregation built on healing ministry.
July 19, 2018 By -
Arson Attacks Hit Churches in Tamil Nadu, India
Hindu extremists suspected.
July 16, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three church buildings were set ablaze in six weeks in the state in southern India with the most attacks against Christians this year, sources said. In one case, a church building in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state was burned to ashes after Christians refused to donate to an annual Hindu […]
Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal
Various legal means invoked to harass pastors, others, sources say.
July 11, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In a rash of recent actions against Christians in Nepal, an alcoholic who became violent during an intervention had Christian leaders arrested on forcible conversion charges, and a foreign couple was deported. Isak Tamang of the Shreejanga Free Church and pastor Dip Rai of the Chengbung Free Church were arrested […]
Christians in Rajasthan, India Harassed with False Charges, Church Leaders Say
Jailed evangelists preach to would-be murderers.
July 9, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When evangelists in India were accused of fraudulent conversion in a village at a time when they were hundreds of miles from it, they knew powers beyond their control were at play. Pastor Kasiram Meghwal, 46, was leading his church in Choru, Rajasthan, 410 miles from the village near Khajuwala […]
Hindu Extremists Launch Multifaceted Attack on Pastor, Son in Southern India
Church leader threatened with execution.
June 28, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Falsely accused of running a brothel, a badly beaten pastor in Tamil Nadu state jumped out of a moving car to save himself from Hindu extremists who were threatening to kill him. The hard-line Hindu mob had attacked pastor Jayaseelan Natarajan on June 20 as he and his son visited […]
Christians Arrested at Wedding Site on ‘Forcible Conversion’ Charge in India, Relatives Say
Pastor, guest also jailed.
June 13, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Two weeks ago a Christian couple in eastern India was about to get married, not knowing the bride’s father had filed a false complaint of forcible conversion against them, relatives said. As they were preparing for the wedding on May 28, police in Jharkhand state arrived at the site of […]
Police in Pakistan Kill Young Christian Man in Raid, Relatives Say
Officers notorious for filing false charges, then blackmailing the poor, they say.
June 8, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Poor Christians in Pakistan commonly see police target them for extortion on false charges, and last week such a case ended in the death of a 24-year-old Christian, relatives said. On the assumption that Christians with few legal resources can be targeted with impunity in the 96-percent Muslim country, policemen […]
Police Complicit in Hindu Extremist Persecution of Christians in Tamil Nadu, India, Sources Say
Officers refuse to help pastor’s mother suffering seizure in custody, they say.
May 30, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – After three policemen in southern India interrupted a pastor as he preached this month, his 58-year-old mother accompanied him to the police station. Officers told them to sit on the floor. Pastor Paul Joshua’s mother, Florence Jacintha, would face worse treatment at Peelamedu police station in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu […]
Pastor’s Wife Hides Husband from Hindu Extremists Seeking to Kill Him in Northern India
Police disparage Christians for holding worship services, sources say.
May 28, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In an attack on a church service in northern India that left a 55-year-old man unconscious, the wife of a pastor hid her husband after Hindu extremists said they would kill him, sources said. Women and children were not spared in the attack by 25 masked extremists armed with wooden […]
Christians in Nepal Suspect Hindu Extremists in Sudden Attacks on Churches
Perpetrators remain free, while six Christians jailed on unrelated charges.
May 21, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in Nepal are alarmed after this month’s sudden series of arson and bomb attacks on four church buildings, and church leaders suspect authorities are lax in investigating. At the same time, six Christians were arrested for evangelizing while suspected Hindu extremists launched attacks on three church buildings and bombed […]