NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Under pressure from an official in the ruling Hindu nationalist political party, police in Uttar Pradesh state, India have released without charges a suspect in the attempted killing of a pastor last month, sources said. “When we entered the police station for the identification process, the attacker was treated […]
Police Release Suspect in Attempted Killing of Pastor in India
Official from Hindu nationalist party pressures officers, sources say.
June 28, 2020 By -
Christians Attacked in Sudan after Incitement by Mosque Leaders in Khartoum
One South Sudanese dead, another in critical condition, sources say.
June 24, 2020 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Following calls from mosque leaders in east Khartoum, Sudan to rid their “Muslim area” of South Sudanese Christians, several Christians were attacked there and in neighboring Omdurman this month, sources said. At the end of evening prayers at a mosque in the Al-Jerif East area, on the eastern […]
Villagers Burn Home, Beat Wife of Former Muslim Sheikh in Eastern Uganda
Another Christian convert also loses his home in separate attack.
June 22, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A former sheikh (Muslim teacher) in eastern Uganda who secretly became a Christian on Christmas Day decided to tell his two wives about his new faith last month. Marijan Olupot invited his pastor to his home in Obokora village, Obokorasub County, Kibuku District on the evening of May 14. […]
Hard-line Hindu Relatives Threaten to Kill Christian’s Children in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pastor beaten unconscious in separate attack.
June 19, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – His father away from home due in part to coronavirus travel restrictions, a 12-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh, India heard relatives angry at his family for refusing to renounce Christ pounding on the door late last night (June 18). “It was past 11’o clock in the night when we […]
Hopes Wilt for Teaching Christianity in Schools in Sudan
Obligatory classes on Islam result in Islamization, sources say.
June 18, 2020 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Hopes that the transitional government in Sudan would allow Christianity as a school subject alongside Islam wilted when officials omitted it from an academic schedule released last week, sources said. Doubly disappointed when an expected TV broadcast of school lessons on Christianity was omitted from the government-owned Television […]
Christian Boy, 16, Stabbed and Stoned to Death for His Faith in Eastern India
Tribal mob incited by Hindu extremists, pastor says.
June 11, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Incited by Hindu extremists, followers of traditional tribal religion in eastern India last week stabbed and stoned a 16-year-old Christian boy to death for his faith, sources said. The mutilated body of Sambaru Madkami was found on Friday (June 5) buried in the jungle of Malkangiri, about six kilometers […]
Nine Christians Killed in Gun and Machete Attack in North-central Nigeria
Seven others kidnapped.
June 9, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Women and children were among nine Christians shot or hacked to death in an attack on Wednesday (June 3) in north-central Nigeria, with seven others kidnapped, sources said. While more than 30 corpses of slain Christians still lay in nearby villages from prior attacks, Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded predominantly […]
Police Unresponsive or Hostile toward Christians Beaten in Jharkhand, India
Officers refuse to file complaint in one case, falsely accuse relatives in another.
June 8, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in Jharkhand, India refused to register a complaint about an attack that sent Christians to the hospital for treatment, while officers in another area falsely accused the victims’ relatives in an assault that left a woman unconscious, sources said. A mob of about 400 animists of the tribal […]
Civilians Apprehend Muslim Fulani Suspects in Killing of Five Christians in Nigeria
Assailants shoot dead store owner, four others.
June 3, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian in north-central Nigeria who led a team of civilians that apprehended Muslim Fulani herdsmen after they allegedly killed five Christians on Thursday night (May 28) was blunt about their motives. “These Muslim Fulani herdsmen have been attacking our communities because we are Christians,” Ibrahim Agu Iliya told […]
Some Prisoners Released, but Iran Continues Crack-Down on Christians
After brief lull, converts still targeted.
June 1, 2020 By -
(Morning Star News) – The COVID-19 crisis in Iran has resulted in freedom for several Christians among the roughly 85,000 people released from prison, but convictions have continued in spite of a short-lived lull in actions against converts to Christianity, sources said. The release of imprisoned Christians as part of the regime’s efforts to curb […]