DHAKA, Bangladesh (Morning Star News) – Two of the three suspected Muslim extremists who tried to cut the throat of a pastor in northwestern Bangladesh last week met with him in mid-September and feigned interest in converting, the church leader told Morning Star News. Luke Sarker, the 52-year-old pastor of Faith Bible Church in Ishwardi, Pabna […]
Pastor in Bangladesh Describes Attempt to Slit His Throat
Member of violent Islamist group suspected.
October 11, 2015 By -
Supreme Court Ruling Said to Signal Positive Change in Pakistan
Upholding of death sentence for killer of critic of blasphemy laws a ‘strong sign,’ advocates say.
October 9, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Supreme Court decision to uphold the death sentence for an Islamist who killed Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer because of his objections to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws signals government resolve against Islamic extremism, human rights advocates said. The high court on Wednesday (Oct. 7) upheld the October 2011 death sentence for […]
Pastor Beaten Unconscious in Madhya Pradesh, India
Hindu extremists continue to use ‘anti-conversion’ law to jail victims of attacks.
October 5, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Madhya Pradesh state is recovering after Hindu extremists last month beat him unconscious and left him in a pool of blood, sources said. About 20 Hindu extremists in Fattiguda, Jhabua on Sept. 10 kicked, punched and beat with a club pastor Ajmer Singh Damor of Shalom Church, […]
Aid Worker Assassinated in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Islamic State claims responsibility for killing.
September 29, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – The Islamic State (IS) has taken responsibility for gunning down the Italian program manager of a Christian-backed aid group on Monday (Sept. 28) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. An online statement claiming to be from the Islamic extremist IS said a “security detachment” from the terrorist organization had followed Cesare Tavella of the […]
Christians in Jharkhand, India Attacked with Axes, Clubs
Armed Hindu extremists threaten death for declining to renounce Christ.
September 15, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – An attack on a prayer meeting in Jharkhand state that sent six people to the hospital on Sept. 4 began when Hindu women entered the home where it was held and began insulting Christians, sources said. By the end of the day, Hindu extremists with guns, axes, spades and clubs […]
Police Hasty, Brutal in Arrest of Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan
Business rivals stir up Muslim mob against impoverished kiln worker.
September 4, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Authorities this week charged and jailed a Christian accused of blasphemy by Muslim business competitors, and police beat area Christians in their search for him, sources said. Jamshed Masih told Morning Star News that local Muslims had entrapped his brother, 35-year-old Pervaiz Masih, in a false blasphemy case after he […]
Death Threats, Forced Conversions of Christians Cited in India
Hostilities continue through long, hot summer under new prime minister.
August 28, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Heightened hostilities against Christians in India that began late last year continued through a hot summer, with Hindu extremists threatening Christians and forcing them to “reconvert” to Hindusim, church leaders said. In Rajasthan in the northwest, 10 Christian families in Nakhnool village, near Alwar, have fled after intolerant Hindus harassed and […]
Christian in Pakistan Killed, Wife Shot by Muslim Relatives, Attorney Says
Elsewhere, three Christians accused of blasphemy for using Urdu word for ‘apostle.’
August 26, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Islamist groups are threatening the family and attorney of a young Christian man shot dead by Muslim in-laws who also wounded his wife over her decision to marry him and leave Islam, the attorney said. Aleem Masih, 28, married Nadia, 23, last year after she put her faith in Christ. […]
Police Complicit in Attack on Christians in West Delhi, India, Sources Say
Officers intervene only after Christians ‘beaten enough,’ pastor says.
July 29, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – After watching idly as a mob of Hindu extremists dragged Christians from a prayer meeting in West Delhi and beat them, police questioned those who were attacked as if they were guilty of fraudulent conversion, sources said. A mob said to be members of the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh […]
Supreme Court of Pakistan Agrees to Hear Appeal of Christian Mother on Death Row
Execution of Asia Bibi suspended until final ruling.
July 22, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today agreed to review the case of a Christian mother sentenced to death on a blasphemy charge, temporarily suspending her execution. Aasiya Noreen, commonly known as Asia Bibi, is the first woman to be sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan. The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court […]