NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christian families driven from their village in India’s Jharkhand state have returned home with police help, but tribal people instigated by Hindu extremists are still bent on expelling them, sources said. Hindu extremists last month mobilized tribal groups to banish the Christian families from Kullu village in Chanho Block, Ranchi […]
Hindu Extremists Instigate Tribal People against Christians in Jharkhand, India
Five families and pastor threatened, banished.
July 11, 2015 By -
Catholic Educator Flees Pakistan amid ‘Hate Campaign’ by Islamic Extremists
Separately, judge upholds expulsion of Filipino nuns.
July 6, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 6, 2015 (Morning Star News) – In two cases raising the specter of religious profiling, Islamic extremist threats have forced a leading Catholic educator to flee Pakistan, and a judge has upheld the controversial expulsion of three Filipino nuns. Bernadette L. Dean, an educator on Sindh Province’s committee for curriculum and textbook […]
Islamic Cleric in Pakistan Arrested in Mob Attack on Christians Accused of Blasphemy
Rare instance of police intervention saves couple.
July 5, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – In a rare move by Pakistani police, an Islamist cleric was taken into custody on Friday (July 3) for inciting a Muslim mob to try to kill a Christian couple for alleged desecration of the Koran, a police official said. Area residents and rights activists told Morning Star News that hundreds […]
Nun in Chhattisgarh, India Says Two Masked Men Bound, Raped Her
Christians protest official downplay of severity, religious motives of attack.
June 25, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Contrary to police reports, a nun with her face covered said yesterday at a press conference in Chhattisgarh state that two men raped her at a medical clinic in Raipur on Saturday (June 20). The unidentified, 47-year-old nun told media that two masked men entered her room at the Christ […]
Blasphemy Law Reform Drafted in Pakistan as Three More Christians Are Accused
‘Bad intent’ must be proven for conviction under new legislation.
June 17, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The Pakistani government has finished drafting a bill to combat abuse of blasphemy laws to which three Christians in the past month alone have fallen prey, sources said. In Nankana Sahib District of Punjab Province, a Muslim accused a 94-year-old Christian landowner of blaspheming Islam in retaliation for the landowner’s attempt […]
Islamic Mob Attacks Houses, Church over ‘Blasphemy’ Accusation in Pakistan
Mentally challenged Christian accused of burning papers containing koranic verses.
May 26, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians in Lahore are on edge after hundreds of Muslims attacked houses and a church building on Sunday night (May 24) in response to accusations that a Christian set fire to papers with koranic verses on them. Chaudhry Alam Masih, a resident of Dhoop Sari in Lahore’s Sandha area, told Morning […]
Hindu Extremist Attack in Assam State, India Depletes Village of Christians
Church members flee area after mob assault on men, women and children.
April 30, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Church members have fled a village in northeast India after a vicious attack this month that seriously injured at least three Christians, including a 7-year-old girl. A mob of about 100 Hindu extremists armed with swords, bamboo sticks and stones attacked Christians who were eating after a service at 8 p.m. on […]
Bones Broken in Attack on Evangelistic Gathering in Telangana State, India
Christian leaders file formal complaint of police inaction.
April 20, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians sustained broken bones and wounds when Hindu extremists on April 8 attacked an open-air gospel event in Telangana state, India, sources said. Police initially refused to help church members after the mob of about 100 Hindu extremists seriously injured four Christians in the attack in Pebbair, Mahabubnagar District, they […]
Police in Pakistan Deny Christian Youth’s Statement on Who Attacked, Killed Him
Official denies boy’s declaration that two Muslims set him ablaze because of his faith.
April 16, 2015 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy in Pakistan told police two Muslims set him on fire because of his faith before he died from his burns Wednesday (April 15), according to a human rights advocate, but police denied taking the statement. Nauman Masih, 14, told police in Lahore that two masked men on […]
Hindu Extremists Block Good Friday Service, Beat Christians in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pastor ordered to vacate rented property.
April 10, 2015 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Under pressure from Hindu extremists, local officials kept a church from meeting on Good Friday (April 3) in India’s Uttar Pradesh state and ordered the pastor to vacate the property, the church leader said. Pastor Daniel Singh of Salvation for Asia Church in Swar, near Rampur, told Morning Star News his two-year […]