LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Incited by calls from mosque loudspeakers after a dispute between Muslim and Christian youths, a Muslim mob attacked a Christian neighborhood in Gujranwala today, injuring at least five Christians and damaging a church and dozens of shops and vehicles. Only a few hours after Pakistan’s Supreme Court rebuked Punjab Police […]
Islamic Horde Attacks Christian Area of Gujranwala, Pakistan
At least five Christians injured, two seriously, in Muslim aggression following dispute among youths.
April 3, 2013 By -
Pakistani Court Overturns Younis Masih’s ‘Blasphemy’ Conviction, Death Sentence
Beaten, tortured Christian spent 7.5 years in jail.
April 3, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan today overturned the death sentence of a Christian convicted under Pakistan’s “blasphemy” laws and ordered him released, according to an advocacy group. Younis Masih, who has languished in jail since his arrest on Sept. 10, 2005, was declared innocent by Lahore High Court justices Khaja Amtiaz […]
Christian Victims of Riot Damage in Pakistan Disillusioned, Fearful
Government promises leave residents of Joseph Colony empty.
March 22, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians living in tents here after Muslims destroyed more than 175 homes following a blasphemy accusation are disillusioned that authorities have not compensated them, but for some the greatest pain is what cannot be replaced. “I am still unable to recover from the trauma after seeing my house burnt […]
Christians in India Wounded, Jailed, Expelled
Extremists in three states put Hindu nationalism, tribal custom over religious freedom.
March 21, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians suffered serious head injuries, expulsion from home and incarceration based on false witness as Hindu extremists continued their reign of terror in India this month, sources said. In the southern state of Kerala, some 100 Hindu extremists on March 10 attacked a Brethren Assembly church service in Chirayinkeezzh […]
Islamic Mobs Destroy Christian Area of Lahore, Pakistan
Authorities order police to allow rampage, but arrest 150 Christians for protesting.
March 11, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Muslim mobs upset over an alleged derogatory comment about the prophet of Islam burned down more than 180 Christian-owned houses and shops and at least two church buildings here on Saturday (March 9) after authorities told police to “let them vent their grief and anger,” officials said. Lahore’s impoverished […]
Inquiry into Death of Pakistani Christian in Custody Faces a World of Obstacles
Political, religious and societal dynamics favor the murderers of 65-year-old tortured to death.
February 26, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The murderers of a 65-year-old Christian in Pakistan are not likely to face justice in this world. A miasma of political and religious dynamics makes it unlikely. A Pakistani court has ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of Niyamat Masih, who died in police custody from torture. Officers tortured […]
Pastor in Pakistan Released on Bail after Mistaken Blasphemy Accusation
Complainant withdraws statement, but accused still faces charge, threat of violence.
February 25, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – In a rare instance in Pakistan, a judge granted bail to a pastor accused of blaspheming Islam because the complainant admitted that he had mistakenly accused him, attorneys said. Karma Patras, a 55-year-old pastor of Bado Malhi, Sangla Hill, had been languishing in Sheikhupura District Jail since October after […]
Two Pastors in India Arrested after Being Beaten, Threatened
Hindu nationalist mob tries to force them to worship idols in temple.
February 15, 2013 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Mallik Arjun knew something was wrong when he received a call from the mobile phone of his friend and fellow pastor in Gadag District, Karnataka state – but it was a stranger on the other end of the line. The stranger told him that pastor Nagesh Naik was […]
Violence against Christians Spreading in India
Maharashtra state increasingly vulnerable, rights leaders say.
February 11, 2013 By -
MUMBAI, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremist attacks on Christians in Maharashtra state could expand even as violence elsewhere in India grows in areas where extremist groups had not beeen so active, Christian leaders said. Ram Puniyani of the All India Secular Forum said at press conference in Mumbai this month that Maharashtra is […]
Alleged Kidnapper Threatens Family of Christian Girl in Pakistan
Police refuse to arrest politician’s aide who allegedly forced 15-year-old to convert, marry.
February 6, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A powerful Pakistani politician’s aid who abducted a Christian girl from her home in Karachi has warned her parents that the same fate awaits their other daughters unless they drop charges against him and leave the city, the family said. Khursheed Bibi told Morning Star News that Ghaji Khan, […]