NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – One young Christian man in eastern Uganda has died after family members beat him for leaving Islam while his cousin, also beaten, clings to life, sources said. The Muslim fathers and other relatives of the two men in Budaka Town beat them with sticks and other blunt objects in […]
Christian Dies, Cousin in Critical Condition after Assault in Uganda
Coronavirus lockdown forces disowned cousins to return to hostile home.
August 26, 2020 By -
Pastor Jailed Since May after Standing Up to Land-Grabbers in Pakistan, Relatives Say
Bail hearings continually postponed; charges are baseless, they say.
August 25, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in Karachi has languished in jail since May on a baseless charge of extortion leveled against him in retaliation for taking a stand against alleged land-grabbers who demolished homes of poor Christians there, family members said. Falsely accusing pastor Sohail Latif Sandhu of extortion, the alleged land-grabbers […]
Pastor, 16-Year-Old Girl among 11 Christians Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Muslim herdsmen displace 50,000 people as they occupy villages, rights group says.
August 21, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A 16-year-old girl, a father of nine children and a church pastor were among 11 Christians killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen this week in southern Kaduna state, sources said. On Tuesday (Aug. 18) in Zangon Kataf County, herdsmen attacked Unguwan Gankon village, killing a 16-year-old student, Takama Paul, and […]
As Outcry Grows, 37 More Christians Killed in Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen mount more attacks in Middle Belt.
August 18, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Amid a groundswell of domestic and international condemnation of unchecked violence by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria, 37 more Christians were killed in Kaduna state so far this month, sources said. Following the slaughter of 33 Christians in Zangon Kataf County in early August, Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday […]
Christian Hospitalized for More than Two Weeks after Assault in India
Hindu extremists in northern village beat him with iron rods.
August 17, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of seven in northern India was hospitalized for more than two weeks after Hindu extremists with iron rods interrupted his night prayers with his family and beat him at his home. Pappu Kumar, released from a hospital on Thursday (Aug. 13), was praying with his family […]
Verdict in Pakistan Portends More Forced Marriages/Conversions of Christian Girls
Court returns 14-year-old Catholic girl to Muslim who allegedly abducted her.
August 14, 2020 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court decision in Pakistan to return custody of a 14-year-old Christian girl to the Muslim who allegedly kidnapped her and forced her to convert to Islam and marry him will make more Christian girls vulnerable to such trauma, sources said. Lala Robin Daniel, a rights activist based in […]
Hard-Line Hindu Neighbors Attack Pastor and Guests at His Home in India
Police refuse to listen to church leader, arrest victims.
August 13, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pastor Ramnivas Kumar had been attacked before, but in the latest instance he was stunned that police in eastern India arrested his bleeding guests based on transparently false accusations that they were robbers, he said. Christians Avinash Kumar and Rambali Ram were visiting Pastor Kumar’s home in Ranjitpur village, […]
Christians in China Forced to Replace Christian Items with Portraits of President
84-year-old man is told to pray to Communist Party leader.
August 12, 2020 By -
(Morning Star News) – An 84-year-old Christian in Shanxi Province, China was among people in at least five provinces ordered to remove Christian imagery from their homes and replace them with pictures of President Xi Jinping, religious rights magazine Bitter Winter reported. “The township [Chinese Communist] Party [CCP] secretary asked me to take down and […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill 14 Baptist Christians in Kogi State, Nigeria
Survivor loses 13 relatives.
August 4, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Muslim Fulani herdsmen raid on a village in central Nigeria’s Kogi state on Wednesday (July 29) killed 14 Baptist Christians, including 13 members of an extended family, sources said. Police said the wife, mother, all the children and other relatives of one man – 13 in all – […]
Pastor, 5-Year-Old Boy among 10 Christians Killed in Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria
Residents in southern Kaduna state terrorized.
July 28, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Friday (July 24) killed a church pastor, a 5-year-old boy and eight other Christians in attacks in north-central Nigeria, sources said. The boy, Joel Cephas, and the Rev. Shamah Kuyet Ishaya of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Zikpak were killed in attacks on […]