NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians on their way to a recent Christian camp in eastern India shared the purpose of their trip with fellow bus passengers, not realizing one of them was a Hindu extremist. He began to argue about conversion with the Christians, mostly women and children, including a native missionary from a […]
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Hindu Extremists in Eastern India Attack Christians Coming Off Bus
Two Christians hospitalized.
March 7, 2018 By -
Bible Burning in Southern India Shows Depth of Hostility Toward Christians
Report denotes leap in anti-Christian attacks in 2017.
February 27, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in southern India issued harsh threats to Christians distributing Bibles before snatching their car keys, taking Bibles out of their vehicle and setting the Scripture on fire, sources said. Christians associated with Gideons International, all senior citizens, told Morning Star News that their advanced age did not temper […]
Fiery Ordeal for Pastor, Church, Widower in Jammu and Kashmir State, India
Hindu extremist mob tries to burn husband along with deceased wife’s body.
February 8, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pastor Jeewer Joeswa wasn’t sure what to think when a massive, chanting Hindu throng in northern India brought the corpse of a Christian woman to his church site – then set the building on fire. Seema Devi, 23, had put her faith in Christ several months before, after the pastor had […]
Government, Police in India Thwart Threatened Attacks on Christians
Striking example of what officials can do with political will, bishop says.
January 24, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The Rev. Shaju Devassy was quietly attending to his work as director of a Catholic graduate college in central India on Dec. 30 when police showed up and told him a mob of angry Hindu protestors was on its way. Police in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh state held the 70-strong mob […]
Pastor Found Dead in Tamil Nadu, India
Body appears to have been hung after death, church members say.
January 21, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor in southern India was found hung from the thatched roof of his house early Saturday morning (Jan. 20), a week after he complained to police about opposition from Hindu extremists, sources said. Congregation members said they found the body of pastor Gideon Periyaswamy of Maknayeem Church […]
Pastors Draw Close to God as Tribal Churches Are Attacked in India
Indigenous leaders appear to join forces with Hindu nationalists to assault Christians.
January 15, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – When Hindu extremists in India told pastor Karma Oraon they would not stop beating him until he worshipped the monkey god, he felt Christ close to him, he said. “In those moments when they were kicking and beating me, I felt that even if I die now, the Lord will […]
Soldier Beaten to Death for His Christian Faith, Relatives Say
Three officers attacked new arrival after learning of his faith, they say.
July 27, 2017 By -
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – Egyptian military officers beat a new soldier to death on July 19 upon learning that he was a Christian, relatives said. Joseph Reda Helmy of Kafr Darwish village, Beni Suef Governorate, had just completed training at Mobarak military training center and was transferred to Al-Salaam special forces police unit, where three […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2016
Jihadists fight under the radar in Africa.
January 6, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – While war in the Middle East dominated international headlines, Islamic extremists in the shadows were taking jihad to Christian civilians in Africa with unprecedented intensity in 2016. In Nigeria, Muslim ethnic Fulanis looked less like nomadic herdsmen and more like well-armed, well-funded jihadist militants. Close Muslim relatives and Islamist village mobs […]
Authorities Foil Suspected Islamist Terror Attack in Melbourne, Australia
Anglican cathedral among targets.
December 23, 2016 By -
MELBOURNE, Australia (Morning Star News) – Police in Australia today arrested seven suspected Islamic terrorists after thwarting a planned bomb attack on three sites in Melbourne, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. Some 400 heavily-armed police raided homes in five of Melbourne’s northwestern suburbs. The raids reportedly culminated weeks of intensive investigations and monitoring by Victoria Police, Australian […]
Persecution of Church in China to Escalate as Zhejiang Experiment Goes National
Draft regulations on religion portend broader clamp-down.
October 14, 2016 By -
(Morning Star News) – In October 2012, the South China Morning Post ran a series of articles on China’s looming leadership transition. One line might prove prophetic, although not in the way intended: “For clues about how China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping might manage the world’s second-largest economy, Zhejiang Province is a good place to start looking.” […]