JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Less than a week after the U.S. removal of Nigeria’s designation as engaging in or tolerating violations of religious freedom, Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Nov. 23) killed two more Christian farmers in Plateau state, and earlier 38 Christians were slain in Kaduna state, sources said. “This is the sad reality […]
Dozens of Christians Slain as Nigeria Moves Off CPC List
Six are killed in Plateau state, 38 in Kaduna state.
November 25, 2021 By -
Animist Villagers in India Force Christians to Exhume Body
Hindu extremist influence seen in opposition to burial.
November 24, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists influenced by Hindu extremists in central India last month forced Christians to exhume the body of a 25-year-old man buried on relatives’ private land because they didn’t want a Christian interred in their village, sources said. Laxman Markam had been dead for two days when about 50 residents […]
Christian Sentenced to Death for ‘Blasphemy’ Acquitted
False charge sent him to prison for nearly 10 years.
November 22, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan incarcerated for nearly 10 years on a false blasphemy conviction was released from prison on Nov. 13 after a high court acquitted him, but quietly to avoid Islamist outrage, his attorney said. The life prison sentence of Sajjad Masih Gill, 37, had been converted to the […]
Historic Bail for Nurses Charged with Blasphemy, Lawyer Says
Decision cloaked for two months to deter Islamist backlash.
November 19, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – In an unprecedented court decision in Pakistan kept secret for two months to avoid Islamist backlash, a trial court judge granted bail to two Christian nurses charged with “defiling the Koran,” their attorney said. Usually those charged under Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy laws even with little or no evidence languish […]
Pastor Slain for Refusing to Remove Church Building
Tensions high as area Christians take revenge.
November 14, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Saying a church pastor would “face the wrath from Allah” for refusing to remove his church building, Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda on Oct. 26 killed him on his animals’ grazing fields, sources said. Pastor Stephen Lugwire of Bunangwe estate in the predominantly Muslim area of Nangonde, Namutumba District, had […]
Muslim Extremists Suspected in Killing of Church Elder in Uganda
Police arrest two suspects, looking for others.
November 10, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda are suspected in the killing of a 60-year-old Christian elder who had led Muslims to Christ, sources said. The decapitated body of Alex Mukasa of Busandha B village, Bukoova Town council in Luuka District, was found on Oct. 17. He had left home on Oct. […]
Hindu Nationalist Mob Holds Christians against their Will
Police in India only observe attack, then detain church members.
November 3, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hours after a Hindu nationalist mob assaulted and held more than 60 Christians against their will in central India under accusations of forcible conversion last month, police detained the Christians rather than the assailants, sources said. The mob of about 500 Hindu nationalists on Oct. 17 descended on the Christians […]
Two Christians Killed, Dozens Abducted in Attack on Church
At least eight others slain in prior attacks in Kaduna state, Nigeria.
November 2, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two Christians were killed in an attack on a church service in southern Kaduna state on Sunday (Oct. 31), with eight others slain in earlier assaults on predominantly Christian villages, sources said. The lethal attack on Baptist worshippers in Kakau Daji village, Chikun County, also resulted in the kidnapping of […]
Pastor Who Lost Wife to COVID-19 Forced to Stop Worship
Hindu extremists in eastern India attack father of three.
November 1, 2021 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pastor Raj Masih and his three children have not been able to return home to their village in eastern India since Sept. 28, when Hindu extremists attacked him. “I returned home bruised that night. My children saw me and were frightened,” Pastor Masih told Morning Star News. “Since we lost […]
Herdsmen Suspected in Killing of Ministry Leader in Nigeria
Dr. Habila Solomon brought hope to the poor, colleagues say.
October 25, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A medical doctor and pastor who headed a wholistic Christian ministry in northeast Nigeria was shot to death on Oct. 14, sources said. Dr. Habila Solomon, president of Charity and Hope Ministry based in Jauro Yinu village, Taraba state, was killed at his home in the village by Muslim […]