NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Sushil Kumar and his wife rose at 3 a.m. on July 8 in their village in northern India as always to pray. They came out of their house 90 minutes later to find their 22-year-old son’s body hanging from the bamboo ceiling of a nearby animal shed. Nilesh Kumar […]
Pastor and Family Devastated by Death of Son in India
Higher-caste Hindu takes brutal revenge on Christian.
July 22, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Father, 29, Gunned Down by Muslims in Pakistan
Catholic was sole provider for family with four children.
July 15, 2024 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic father of four children was gunned down by Muslim neighbors last week after he objected to their harassment of Christians in the area, his family said. Marshall Masih of the Patiala House area in Lahore was the sole breadwinner for his elderly parents, wife and four […]
Hindu Extremist Attack Shuts Down Church’s Services in India
Police inaction contributes to closure.
July 15, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Worship services at a church in a village in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state have been suspended since Hindu extremists attacked the congregation on June 1, sources said. The mob of about 20 villagers led by members of the Hindu extremist Bajrang Dal intruded into the house of Pastor Madia […]
Pakistan among Worst Violators of Religious Freedom, US Body Says
USCIRF again recommends designation as ‘Country of Particular Concern.’
July 12, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) again has recommended that the State Department designate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC), citing the country’s blasphemy laws as a prime source religious freedom violations. The U.S. State Department does not accept all USCIRF recommendations in its […]
Christian Girl, 14, Taken for Sham Conversion/Marriage in Pakistan
Neighborhood butcher, 27, arranged kidnapping, father told.
July 9, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Another Christian girl in Pakistan, this one 14 years old, has fallen victim to forced conversion/marriage by a Muslim kidnapper, sources said. Khalid Masih, a 48-year-old Catholic sanitation worker in Islamabad, said that a butcher in his neighborhood, Haider Ali, took his daughter Alina Khalid from their home in […]
Relatives Kill Christian Woman with Axe Blows, Stones in India
Uncle claimed she had no right to land because of her new faith.
July 4, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A tribal religion villager in India killed his 32-year-old niece with axe blows and stones last week, claiming she and her relatives had no right to ancestral farmland because they had become Christians, sources said. Bindu Sodi of Toylanka village, Kotewarpara in Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh state had been the sole […]
Christian Sentenced to Death under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law
Kiln worker convicted without evidence, attorney says.
July 3, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Saturday (June 29) handed the death sentence to a Christian for allegedly sharing a “blasphemous” video on a social media platform despite lack of evidence, his attorney said. Sahiwal District Anti-Terrorism Judge Ziaullah Khan delivered the sentence to 27-year-old Ehsaan (nickname “Shan”) […]
Shattered Widow of Christian Lynched in Pakistan Dies
Trauma, depression follow killing incited by false blasphemy accusation.
June 25, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Not a day passed when Allah Rakhi Bibi would not cry for her husband Nazeer Masih Gill, beaten to death at 74 by a Muslim mob on a false blasphemy accusation a month ago. On Friday (June 21), the grieving widow could bear the suffering no longer, and […]
Blasphemy Law Wielded against Christian in Pakistan
Relatives misuse statute in personal dispute, Christian leader says.
June 24, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Sunday (June 23) arrested a Christian under blasphemy laws as part of his siblings’ effort to retaliate against him over a property dispute, sources said. The arrest came the same day a key government minister admitted on the floor of the National Assembly that […]
Christian in Pakistan Jailed for Stepping on Papers in Street
Rickshaw driver was trying to protect his feet from hot road.
June 18, 2024 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic has been jailed under blasphemy charges since April 27 in Lahore, Pakistan for inadvertently stepping out of his rickshaw onto some papers said to be pages of the Quran, sources said. Dennis Albert, a 35-year-old rickshaw driver, was booked under one section of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws […]