NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The gang that knocked on the door of a pastor’s home in Andhra Pradesh state and stabbed him to death earlier this month consisted of Hindu extremists, authorities said. State police have arrested seven of the eight members of the Hindu Vahini group accused of attacking pastor Orucanti Sanjeevi on […]
Hindu Extremists Accused of Killing Pastor in Andhra Pradesh, India
Seven of eight suspects arrested after Christians protest.
January 30, 2014 By -
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2013
In Nigeria, terrorists weren’t the only ones terrorizing Christians.
January 10, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Last year Egypt saw its greatest level of attacks on Christians; more Christians were killed in Syria’s civil war than anywhere else; and an Islamist rebel take-over in the Central African Republic brought new atrocities to the historically unstable country. But where political instability and civil war were not contributing factors, […]
Death Penalty Order Deepens Hard-line Islamist Trend in Pakistan, Critics Say
Ruling could broaden powers of Federal Shariat Court, they fear.
December 30, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Compliance with an order that only the death sentence can be given to those convicted of insulting Islam’s prophet will further endanger Christians and increase the powers of the Islamic court that issued it, critics said. While Christians fear that government compliance with the Federal Shariat Court’s (FSC) Dec. 4 […]
Police in India Slow to Investigate Torture, Killing of Christian Boy
Hindu extremists issued death threats, father says.
November 30, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The father of a 7-year-old boy tortured and killed last week in India’s Rajasthan state said police are ignoring his suggestions on possible suspects – Hindu extremists who have long threatened to kill him. “For the 10 years I have been a Christian, some local Hindu extremists have threatened to […]
Despite Settlement, ‘Blasphemy’ Charge Sought against Christian in Pakistan
Complainant, mullah seek to make example of illiterate vendor.
November 15, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – An illiterate vendor in Pakistan beaten by an Islamic mob for unwittingly using pages containing Koranic verses received “forgiveness” from his accusers, but the complainant filed a blasphemy case against the Christian anyway under direction from Islamic leaders. In Pakistan’s northeastern town of Wazirabad, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Lahore, […]
Killing of Christian Leader in Nepal Appears Religiously Motivated
Suspect allegedly told wife he would kill other Christians.
November 12, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In a remote corner of Nepal, a church elder was summoned three times after midnight last month to pray for the head of a devout Hindu family. The first time the wife and mother of Kumar Sardar summoned church elder Debalal Sardar (no relation) to their village home in southeastern […]
Fearing Assassination, Christian Accused of ‘Blasphemy’ in Pakistan Turns Himself In
Adnan Masih will likely be held in prison for security reasons.
November 7, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – A young evangelist in Pakistan, in hiding after being accused of blaspheming Islam’s prophet, has surrendered to police due to serious threats to his life from Islamic extremists, his lawyer said. Attorney Aneeqa Maria, head of The Voice Society, told Morning Star News that Adnan Masih agreed to surrender to police […]
Police, Islamic Extremists in Pakistan Hunt for Christian Accused of ‘Blasphemy’
Young evangelist in hiding denies charges, sources say.
October 25, 2013 By -
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Police and a banned Islamic extremist group in Lahore, Pakistan are searching for a young Christian accused of blasphemy – with the extremist group calling for his death – after he sought to correct misconceptions about Christianity in a Muslim book, sources said. Sources close to Adnan Masih, 26, said he […]
Muslims in Pakistan Arrested on Forcible Conversion Charges
Assailants in Islamabad beat three Christians, shoot at house, police say.
October 24, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News ) – Police in Islamabad have arrested three Muslims for pistol-whipping a Christian and his teenage nephews after they refused to convert to Islam, sources said. The assailants in an Islamabad suburb allegedly have links to a banned Islamic extremist group. The primary suspect, Muhammad Nadeem, and others approached a […]
Conviction of Christians for Murder of Hindu Leader in India Biased, Unfounded: Attorneys
Evidence insufficient for conviction of seven sentenced to life in prison.
October 17, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The sentencing of seven Christians this month to life in prison for the murder that triggered anti-Christian riots in India’s Orissa state resulted from a biased and unfounded conviction, Christian attorneys and leaders said. Maoists have twice claimed responsibility for the Aug. 23, 2008 murder of Hindu leader Laxmanananda Saraswati […]