NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Laxmi Sovi, a Christian widow in India’s Chhattisgarh state, heard her door opening one morning last month, she could not have guessed that by the next day she would be hospitalized and her home demolished. Three Hindu extremists identified only as Veeru, Chaytu and Mangru barged into Sovi’s house […]
Christian Widows in India Beaten for Refusing to ‘Reconvert’ to Hinduism
One left homeless; another dragged to Hindu temple, left unconscious.
September 11, 2013 By -
Hindu Extremists Attack Pastor’s Mother in India
Assailants threaten to ‘cut to pieces’ ministry leader, wife.
August 19, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Reena Behl answered the doorbell of the home she shares with her son and his wife in Rajasthan state at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 13), and four men wearing motorcycle helmets demanded to see her son, a pastor. Because of the helmets, the 51-year-old resident of Rajapark, Jaipur, could […]
Imam in Pakistan Acquitted of Desecrating Koran, Framing Christian Girl for ‘Blasphemy’
Rimsha Masih’s accuser goes free after witnesses retract statements.
August 18, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Islamabad on Saturday (Aug. 17) dismissed charges against a Muslim cleric arrested on suspicion of framing a Christian girl for blasphemy. Khalid Jadoon, leader of a mosque in the Meherabadi suburb of Islamabad, had been charged with desecrating the Koran and planting false evidence – pages ripped […]
Christian Tragedy in the Muslim World
An antidote to the West's dysfunctional spin on Islam.
July 30, 2013 By -
(Morning Star News) – Few people realize that we are today living through the largest persecution of Christians in history, worse even than the famous attacks under ancient Roman emperors like Diocletian and Nero. Estimates of the numbers of Christians under assault range from 100 million to 200 million. According to one estimate, a Christian […]
Bill Passes in India Jailing Converts, Clergy for Failure to Give Prior Notice of Conversion
Madhya Pradesh legislature approves amendment to ‘anti-conversion’ law.
July 23, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Madhya Pradesh state has passed legislation that would send those who convert and their religious leaders to prison for failing to obtain permission from authorities at least one month prior to conversion. The bill requires the governor’s signature before becoming law. Existing law in Madhya Pradesh requires those who […]
More Christians in Pakistan Accused of Sending ‘Blasphemous’ Text Messages
Married couple jailed under laws that call for death or life in prison.
July 22, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian couple was arrested on Saturday (July 20) for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages to a Muslim cleric in Gojra, a religiously volatile city where a week before a young Christian man was sentenced to life in prison on the same charge. Shafqat Masih, 43, and his 40-year-old wife […]
Christian in Pakistan Sent to Prison for ‘Blasphemy,’ in Spite of Accuser’s Retraction
Clamoring Islamists pressure judge, threaten attorney.
July 15, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 13) sentenced a Christian to life in prison for alleged blasphemy in spite of the complainant retracting the accusation and admitting police pressured him into making it, his attorney said. Attorney Javed Sahotra told Morning Star News by phone that prosecutors in the […]
Assault on Pastors’ Meeting in India Shows Depth of Extremist Hostility
Hindu nationalists in Andhra Pradesh presume engagement in ‘forceful conversion.’
June 26, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Even in a state with no “anti-conversion” law, Hindu extremists in Andhra Pradesh this month leveled the accusation of forceful conversion at pastors as they belted the Christian leaders with iron bars. At their monthly prayer gathering in Thukkugudu, Hyderabad, on June 4 about 20 pastors from various denominations were […]
Police Back Off Statement of Religious Motive in Murder of Christian in India
Investigator also denies tribal ritual took place before slaying; a more senior officer says it did.
June 7, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India’s remote Tripura state are backing away from earlier statements that the Christian faith of a convert from Hinduism was a factor in his murder. Days after the beheaded body of 35-year-old Tapas Bin was found in a stream in the Teliamura area of West Tripura District on […]
Calls for Attacks on Christians Emanate from Mosque Loudspeakers in Pakistan Villages
Tensions high where candidate who lost election strives to incite violence.
May 20, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim political candidate suspected of murdering a Christian has instigated calls from mosque loudspeakers for attacks on Christians, whom he blames for his May 11 election loss. Tensions were high in Punjab Province’s Okara district after provincial assembly seat candidate Mehr Abdul Sattar, sought by police in connection with […]