JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Protests against police brutality in Nigeria that grew into generalized unrest over poor government took on a religious dimension this week with attacks on Christians and church buildings. Following peaceful protests that began earlier this month against torture and killings by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) forces, counter-demonstrations against the #EndSARS […]
Churches Attacked amid #EndSARS Protests in Nigeria
Several dead, and seven worship halls damaged.
October 23, 2020 By -
Young Christian Man Hacked to Death in North-Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill eight Christians in Plateau state.
October 20, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria hacked a young Catholic man to death with machetes on Wednesday (Oct. 14), one of eight Christians killed this month in Plateau state. The herdsmen ambushed 25-year-old Justine Patrick and two Christian companions at about 6 p.m. as they were returning from farm work […]
Christian’s Hearing Damaged in ‘Reconversion’ Attacks in India
Death threats, violence and sexual harassment from Hindu extremists.
October 12, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian and his 20-year-old son have taken refuge at an undisclosed location since an attack on Sept. 2 in Chhattisgarh state left the father with permanent damage to his hearing, sources said. Jagra Kashyap, 45, and son Asharam Kashyap had to leave their families at home in Badrenga village, […]
Three Young Christians Assaulted in Khartoum North, Sudan
Muslims beat pastor’s 16-year-old son, his 17-year-old cousin and their aunt.
October 9, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor’s son, his cousin and their 20-year-old aunt were assaulted in a suburb north of Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday (Oct. 6) as Muslims continued targeting church members despite religious freedoms favored by the new transitional government. Levi Hakim, 17, had gone into a shop in the Alsamrab neighborhood in […]
Christian Sentenced to Death for ‘Blasphemy’ in Pakistan Acquitted
False allegation destroyed Christian area in 2013.
October 6, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges six years ago was acquitted by a high court in Lahore on Monday (Oct. 5), sources said. Sawan Masih, a 40-year-old Catholic father of three, had been handed the death sentence in March 2014 after a Muslim friend accused him […]
Beaten Christians Tonsured, Paraded in India
Hindu extremists falsely accuse them of eating cow beef.
October 6, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – After beating and parading Pastor Raj Singh along with four other Christians in eastern India, Hindu extremists were tonsuring them to further ridicule them when one cut the pastor’s head. “While shaving my head, the razor cut my skull, and blood oozed out,” Pastor Singh said of the Sept. 16 […]
Children Killed, Christian Leaders Kidnapped in Nigeria
Multiple deaths and abductions in Plateau, Kaduna states in September.
October 2, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria, October 1, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Two young Christian women and a 6-year-old boy were killed this week while other Christians were kidnapped or slain as uncontested lawlessness by Fulani herdsmen continued in Nigeria, sources said. In Plateau state the herdsmen attacked Kpachudu village in Miango District, Bassa County west of Jos, […]
Court in Iran Denies Christians Custody of Adopted Daughter
Verdict upheld on appeal because parents converted from Islam.
October 1, 2020 By -
(Morning Star News) – A appeals court in Iran last week denied a Christian couple custody of their adopted daughter after they faced criminal charges for their faith. Sam Khosravi and Maryam Falahi, converts from Islam, had adopted 3-month-old Lydia from an orphanage in February 2019. Before a welfare organization finalized the adoption, government security […]
Mobs of Thousands Attack Christian Homes in India
Animists incited by Hindu extremists as police stand by.
September 29, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Incited by Hindu extremists, thousands of tribal animists in Chhattisgarh, India last week drove Christians in three villages from their homes in assaults that police declined to prevent or stop in spite of prior warnings, sources said. The attacks on Sept. 22-23 by mobs that swelled to more than 3,000 […]
Christian Boy in Uganda Feared Killed in Ritual Sacrifice
Radical Muslim sold convert’s son and daughter to witchdoctor, sources say.
September 28, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy has been killed after a woman said to be a radical Muslim opposed to his father’s conversion from Islam sold him and his sister to a witchdoctor for ritual sacrifice, sources said. Sulaiman Pulisi, a former imam (mosque leader) who became a Christian three years ago, said […]