Hardline Hindu Neighbors Attack Pastors in Northern India

Extremists beat them, burn Bible.

NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Hindu extremist mob on Jan. 28 attacked two pastors in northern India, setting the Bible of one on fire as he blacked out from the beating, he said. Accusing the pastors of luring the family they were visiting with money to convert, the hardline Hindus attacked Pastor Sanjay Kumar […]

Christian Apologist Beaten Unconscious in Kampala, Uganda

Muslim extremists tried to kill him prior to debate, he says.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists on Saturday (Jan. 29) stopped an evangelist on his way to participate in a debate about Christianity and Islam in Kampala, Uganda and beat him unconscious, he said. Charles Kamya, 43, said he was about 300 meters from the open-air debate site in the Bwaise area of Kampala […]

Lay Pastor Slain, Priest Wounded in Northwestern Pakistan

Unknown gunmen attack them on street in Peshawar.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Church of Pakistan lay pastor was gunned down and a priest wounded by unknown assailants as the leaders drove home from a worship service on Sunday (Jan. 30) in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, sources said. Church of Pakistan Bishop of Peshawar Humphrey Peters said that William Siraj, […]

Fulanis Kill 11Christians in Attack on Village, Sources Say

Following other assaults, 20 houses burned.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Jan. 30) killed 11 Christians in an attack in northern Nigeria, sources said. Danjuma Enoch said his grandmother, known as Mama Fide, was burned to death in the attack at 3 a.m. in southern Kaduna state’s Kurmin Masara village, Zangon Kataf County. “Grandma was unable to […]

Suspected Fulanis Kill 22 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

Attack in one village burns down 24 houses. 

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed four Christians in Plateau state on Saturday (Jan. 22), after 18 Christians were slain in another area of the state on Jan. 11, sources said. In the two attacks, eight other Christians were reported wounded, and in one village 24 homes were burned down. The armed […]

Hostility toward Christians Grows in District in Northern India

Attacks can happen in home worship or shopping for groceries.

HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Intense opposition to Christianity grew in an area of northern India in the past month as a Hindu mob invited news media to record them reviling a house church gathering, and another pastor and his family were driven from their home, sources said. Intending to stir public sentiment against Christians, […]

Islamic Extremist Terrorists Kill, Kidnap Christians in NE Nigeria

Two church buildings burned in attack in Chibok area, Borno state.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Four Christians were killed and 22 girls kidnapped in Islamic extremist attacks on Thursday (Jan. 20) and Jan. 14 in the Chibok area of Borno state, Nigeria, sources said. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Thursday (Jan. 20) attacked Pemi village, killing a Christian identified as Blan Gutto, […]

Former Mosque Leader in Uganda Beaten for Faith in Christ

Muslim relatives urged him to return home for years.

(Update: Bashir Sengendo on Jan. 25 succumbed to his injuries, sources said. The father of four children was 35. The original Jan. 24 story follows below.) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A former mosque leader in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity is still hospitalized with serious head, back and hand injuries after Muslim relatives […]

Nigeria Again Worst in World in Killed, Kidnapped Christians

Suspected Fulani herdsmen slay three in Plateau state.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen last week killed three Christians in attacks in Nigeria, where more Christians were killed for their faith last year than in any other country, sources said. Three Christians were killed and two wounded in an ambush at about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 10 in predominantly Christian Tyaana […]

Christian Widow, Daughter Beaten Unconscious in Uganda

Muslim extremists who killed husband also tried to kill them in October, mother says.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a widow and her 16-year-old daughter unconscious on Dec. 30, leaving the girl unable to walk a year after killing her father, sources said. Suffering from an apparent spinal injury, Oliva Apio has had to discontinue her high school studies, said her injured mother, […]