NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Rakesh Babu was about to go to bed one night earlier this year in northern India when eight Hindu extremists broke into his house, beat and choked him and slit his wife’s throat, he said. The eight assailants, including two women, who had accused him of luring people to […]
Hindu Extremists Try to Kill Pastor, Wife in Northern India, He Says
Villagers accuse church leader of fraudulent conversion.
March 3, 2022 By -
Islamic Terrorists Kill Three Christians in Chibok, Nigeria
Church building burned in another attack on area in northeast.
February 27, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Friday (Feb. 25) killed three Christians in an attack on northeast Nigeria’s Chibok area, residents say. Besides the Christians killed in the attack on Kautikari village, Borno state, at about 5 p.m., a Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) worship […]
New Christian Seriously Injured after Church Service
Muslim 20-year-old accepted Christ that morning.
February 18, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Before Sadi Bwanga could make it home from the church service in eastern Uganda where he had just put his faith in Christ, Muslim relatives found out and intercepted him. Bwanga, 20, had prayed to receive Christ at the Feb. 6 church service in Kadama, Kibuku District that morning, said […]
Evangelist Beaten, Tied Up to Be Burned for Converting
Muslim relatives attack after funeral.
February 16, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a Christian evangelist on Feb. 6 beat and tied him up to be burned to death after he returned home for a funeral in eastern Uganda, he said. Malingumu Bruhan, 34, returned to Kaliro District for his grandfather’s funeral in Muhira village, Nawaikoke, and then accepted his […]
Hardline Hindu Neighbors Attack Pastors in Northern India
Extremists beat them, burn Bible.
February 7, 2022 By -
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.
February 2, 2022 By -
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.
January 31, 2022 By -
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.
January 30, 2022 By -
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.
January 28, 2022 By -
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.
January 26, 2022 By -
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, […]