(Morning Star News) – Islamabad’s claim that “violations” of business visas contributed to the murder of two Chinese evangelists last month served key government purposes. Lee Zing Yang (Li Xinheng is said to be the more accurate rendering), 24, and Meng Li Si (Meng Lisi), 26, were teaching Chinese to people in Pakistan, and, like […]
Pakistan’s Calculated Spin on Apparent Killing of Chinese Evangelists
Interior ministry’s statement sends chilling message to foreign Christians.
July 11, 2017 By -
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 […]
Hospital in Pakistan Accused of Letting Christian Die Requests Arrest of Relatives, Colleagues
Medical superintendent tries to pressure family to drop case, sources say.
June 27, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hospital officials are trying to pressure family members of a Christian who died from lack of treatment to drop charges against them by ordering their arrest, sources said. A court in Pakistan has ordered police to register a case against family members and colleagues of Christian sanitation worker Irfan Masih, […]
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 Father of 2-Year-Old in Pakistan Jailed on Flimsy Blasphemy Charge, Brother Says
Arrested amid government crack-down on online ‘blasphemy.’
June 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Amid a government campaign in Pakistan against “blasphemous” content online, a Christian was arrested on Friday (June 16) when a Muslim accused him of blasphemy after a dispute over a repair bill, sources said. After millions of Pakistanis last month began receiving text messages from the government warning them against […]
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 […]
Christian Sanitation Worker in Pakistan Dies after Hospital Refuses to Treat Him, Family Says
Muslim doctors said he was ‘unclean,’ brother says.
June 5, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan died on Thursday (June 1) after Muslim doctors refused to treat him for poisonous gas he was exposed to in a sewer, sources said. Doctors at Civil Hospital Medical refused to treat 28-year-old Irfan Masih of Umerkot City, Sindh Province, saying they did not […]
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 […]
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for ‘Blasphemy’
Scanty evidence calls for acquittal, attorney says.
May 10, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to life in prison under the country’s blasphemy laws in spite of scanty evidence, an advocacy official said. Nasir Saeed said a trial court in Rawalpindi sentenced Zafar Bhatti to life imprisonment, even though conviction under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s blasphemy law […]
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 […]