HYDERABAD, India, (Morning Star News) – Police in India have issued questionnaires to at least 40 churches in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state seeking information that Christians fear will be used by Hindu extremists to attack them, sources said. The questionnaires are intrusive and discriminatory, as they were sent only to Christians, church leaders said. “We […]
Police in India Press Churches to Provide Information on Activities
Notices have chilling effect on worship gatherings.
August 24, 2023 By -
Evangelist, other Christians in Uganda Assaulted
Islamist ire kindled at evangelistic event.
August 23, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims at an open-air evangelistic event in eastern Uganda on Aug. 11 assaulted a preacher and more than 20 other Christians for his teaching about Christ’s divinity, sources said. Robert Faisali Miya, a 34-year-old father of four, was also struck with a thorny object and stomped on during the […]
Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for TikTok Upload
Video posted of content that led to prior attacks in Jaranwala.
August 22, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Saturday night (Aug. 19) charged a Christian with blasphemy for uploading on TikTok a video of content that last week led to attacks on Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala more than 100 kilometers away, sources said. Tensions flared over the weekend in 186/9-L village, Sahiwal, […]
3-Month Jail Term Given for Halting Christian Worship in Indonesia
A Christian would have received harsh punishment for same crime, rights advocate says.
August 21, 2023 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A court in Indonesia last week sentenced a Muslim to three months in jail for halting a Christian worship service. Sources said reducing the charge from blasphemy to disrupting a worship service, combined with an agreement the Muslim reached with the church, resulted in a lighter sentence than would have […]
Blasphemy Accusation Sparks Attacks on Christians in Pakistan
Two Christian brothers charged after Muslims frame them, relative says.
August 18, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Instigated by mosque leaders, Muslim mobs on Wednesday (Aug. 16) burned 20 church buildings and ransacked Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala, Pakistan after a Muslim framed two Christians in a false blasphemy case, a relative said. The rioting began after Muslim residents of Cinema Chowk in Jaranwala, Faisalabad District, […]
Mobs Impede Christian Worship at Two Churches in Indonesia
Building under construction damaged.
August 15, 2023 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Mobs in northern Indonesia this month blocked a church from its Sunday service venue in one town and damaged a worship building under construction in another, sources said. In Riau Islands Province, about 30 people on Wednesday (Aug. 9) used hammers and clubs to break huge holes in the walls […]
Christian in India Charged with Human Trafficking, Allurement
Police beat, file baseless case against educator.
August 11, 2023 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in central India on July 26 beat a Christian educator and filed baseless charges against him of human trafficking and fraudulent conversion of eight Christian students he was escorting to a Bible institute, sources said. After arresting Liju Kuriakose off of a bus in Manikpur, Chhattisgarh state, police officers […]
Pastor Beaten Unconscious while Speaking at Funeral
Hard-line Muslims attack church leader in eastern Uganda.
August 1, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims threw stones at a pastor in eastern Uganda and beat him unconscious as he spoke at a funeral using both the Bible and the Koran, he said from his hospital bed. Pastor Davidson Okirori, 39, said he was officiating a funeral for one of his church members on […]
Muslim in Uganda Allegedly Kills Wife for Converting to Christianity
Mother of three slain the same day she receives Christ.
July 27, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda on July 9 killed his wife for converting to Christianity that morning, a relative said. Amina Nanfuka, 31, had returned from a medical check-up in Kampala and a visit to a worship service in the capital city to her home in Bugiri town, Bugiri District, […]
Christian Charged with Blasphemy under Pakistan’s Terrorism Law
Move is ‘illegal and illogical,’ attorney says.
July 24, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A judge is allowing a Catholic to be charged with blasphemy under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism law, which his attorney said is “illegal and illogical.” Attorney Rana Abdul Hameed said Lahore Anti-Terrorism Judge Abher Gul Khan on July 6 rejected his application seeking the elimination of the terrorism charges against 32-year-old Imran […]