MUMBAI, India (Morning Star News) – After Hindu nationalists in Maharashtra state attacked Christians two weeks ago because they refused to honor a tribal deity – violence that led many to flee their homes – the extremists yesterday assaulted remaining Christians as they met for worship, sources said. As police stood by watching, about […]
Attacked Christians in India Fear Returning Home
After assault on church, more than 100 tribal people in Maharashtra state flee.
January 14, 2013 By -
Swedish Christian Worker Dies from Pakistan Shooting
Bible school teacher, 70, gunned down by suspected Islamic extremists in Lahore.
December 13, 2012 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Birgitta Almby, Bible school teacher and director of a Christian-run technical training institute in Lahore, died last night in her native Sweden from wounds sustained in a Dec. 3 shooting here by suspected Islamic extremists. She was 70. Shot by two armed men outside her house in Lahore’s upscale Model […]
Police Contribute to Hindu Extremist Violence in India
Officer hits Christian for reporting assailants who beat pastor unconscious, church members say.
December 12, 2012 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Refusing to register a complaint against Hindu extremists who stoned and beat a pastor until he was unconscious, police in Madhya Pradesh state also struck a Christian who tried to report the attack, area church leaders said. Four police officers on Nov. 30 broke into the worship service of […]
Buddhist Monks Lead Attack on Church in Sri Lanka
More than 50 cases of violence against Christians in nation that threatens to restrict churches.
December 11, 2012 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A mob of about 1,000 people in southern Sri Lanka, led by Buddhist monks, protested the presence of a church by overpowering police, vandalizing property and beating the pastor on Sunday (Dec. 9), Christian sources said. The Buddhist monks had given a day’s notice for the church to close […]
Equal Rights for Christians in Bhutan Stalled
‘Anti-Conversion’ law quietly enacted while proposal for religious freedoms stymied.
December 6, 2012 By -
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Morning Star News) – While Bhutan’s government has quietly enacted an “anti-conversion” law that Christians fear will be used against them, a proposal to grant Christians the right to construct church buildings and form organizations remains stalled. The government of Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley – the first democracy after the Buddhist nation’s bloodless […]
Oppressive Powers in Pakistan Threaten Christian Lives
Simmering social, economic, religious pressures can explode at any time.
December 5, 2012 By -
The author is the director of the Center for Law and Justice in Lahore, Pakistan. In a land where “Christian” is synonymous with lowest-caste “untouchable,” many Muslims here believe Parvaiz Masih deserved the series of attacks he and his wife suffered for asking a Muslim to allow him and his donkey cart to pass. […]
Swedish Christian Worker Shot in Pakistan
70-year-old woman in critical condition.
December 3, 2012 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 70-year-old Swedish Christian worker is in critical condition after unidentified gunmen shot her as she returned home from her office in Lahore today, sources said. Birgitta Almby, who has been serving as area director with Full Gospel Assemblies (FGA), was returning home for lunch from the FGA Bible […]
Christian Deported from Maldives for Bringing in Literature
Bangladeshi development worker blacklisted from island country.
November 30, 2012 By -
DELHI (Morning Star News) – Authorities in the Maldives held a Bangladeshi Christian in jail for 23 days before deporting him for bringing Christian literature into the South Asian archipelago that claims to be 100 percent Muslim. Customs officials found Jathish Biswas with 11 books on Christianity in the Dhivehi language, the Christian worker said. […]
Attackers in India’s Most Violent State Follow Christians even to Hospitals
Victims threatened as they try to recover.
November 23, 2012 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in India’s most religiously intolerant state have witnessed heightened violence in the past several weeks, including Hindu extremists attempting to slit the throat of a pastor as he lay hospitalized from a previous attack, sources said. Ruled by the Hindu extremist-backed Bharatiya Janata Party in a country […]
‘Blasphemy’ Case against Pakistani Girl Ruled a Fake
Judge decides firmly against ‘mockery of justice.
November 20, 2012 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – As of late Tuesday night in Pakistan there were no reports of Islamic extremist unrest following today’s dismissal of blasphemy charges against a Christian girl in Islamabad. Accusations of blasphemy in Pakistan commonly involve clamoring crowds of Islamists, but extremists appeared resigned that the case against Rimsha Masih […]