NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in Nepal are alarmed after this month’s sudden series of arson and bomb attacks on four church buildings, and church leaders suspect authorities are lax in investigating. At the same time, six Christians were arrested for evangelizing while suspected Hindu extremists launched attacks on three church buildings and bombed […]
Christians in Nepal Suspect Hindu Extremists in Sudden Attacks on Churches
Perpetrators remain free, while six Christians jailed on unrelated charges.
May 21, 2018 By -
Police Slow to Respond to Vicious Attack on Pastor in Uttar Pradesh, India
‘I have found favor in God’s eye. I am blessed to have suffered for His name.’
April 23, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In a village in northern India, pastor Rakesh Kumar Masih passed out from the pain of Hindu extremists beating his genitals, and they left him for dead. The sun was shining bright when the Hindu nationalists stormed into the house of one of his church members, where some Christians had […]
Highest Court in Malaysia to Hear Appeal of Christian Converts from Islam
Four people seek to have their faith legally recognized.
February 23, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – On Monday (Feb. 26) the highest court in Malaysia is scheduled to hear the appeal of four people who wish to have their conversions from Islam to Christianity legally recognized. In a country where there is no legal way to leave Islam, the four people are asking the Federal Court to […]
Port Authorities in Sudan Detain Bible Shipment without Explanation
Container held for more than two years.
October 20, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan have detained a container of Bibles in Port Sudan without explanation for at least two years, a source said. A Bible Society in Sudan representative told Morning Star News the container was one of two containing Arabic Bibles detained more than two years ago. The other […]
Mother in Uganda Beaten, Driven from Home for Embracing Christianity
Woman leaves Islam after daughter is healed.
August 30, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ is in hiding after her husband beat her for leaving Islam, sources said. Sophia Nakisaala, 35, turned to Christ on Aug. 7 after her daughter was healed when a street preacher she’d heard in Bulopa village, Kamuli District, prayed […]
Christian Mother Who Died in Detention in Eritrea Showed Signs of Torture, Mourners Note
Maltreatment may have contributed to her death, relative says.
August 25, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A relative at the burial of a Christian mother of three who died in detention in Eritrea told Morning Star News her body showed signs of torture that could have contributed to her death. Eritrean authorities arrested Fikadu Debesay and her husband in the southern town of Adi Quala as […]
Police in Sudan Evict Two Pastors from Their Homes
Church leaders and their families living on the street.
August 21, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In further efforts to help a Muslim businessman take over church property, police in Omdurman, Sudan evicted two church leaders and their families from their houses, sources said. Police on Tuesday (Aug. 15) raided the two houses belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC), one near the Omdurman Evangelical […]
Pastors in India Put Trust in God amid Persecution
Jailed, beaten church leaders keep their sights upward.
August 16, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – As two Hindu extremists gripped his hands while others beat him last week in northern India, Pastor Amar Stephen was asking God to forgive them. “Some attackers were holding both my hands so I couldn’t move, while others in the mob beat me,” he told Morning Star News. “At that […]
Christian Rights Activists in Vietnam Charged with Serious ‘Crimes’
Officials accuse advocates of seeking to 'overthrow' government.
August 11, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – After 19 long months of investigative detention following his Dec. 16, 2015 arrest, renowned human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai was finally charged with a crime on July 30. Vietnamese authorities charged Dai, 35-year-old legal associate Le Thu Ha and four other human rights activists, including Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, 45, […]
Harsh Punishments Meted Out to Christians in Iran as Tehran Sends Chilling Signal
Converts from Islam sentenced to 10 years in prison.
July 13, 2017 By -
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – The latest in a string of harsh sentences against church leaders in Iran has been handed down to four Christian converts for promoting Christianity, according to human rights activists. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, along with deacons Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb Fadaie, were sentenced to 10 years in prison in a […]