NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Plans to burn several church buildings in central India came to an end on Sunday (Feb. 12) after officers arrested three Hindu extremists, but not before they had set one structure ablaze, police said. Pastor Mahesh Kumre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaukipura village (under tribal-dominated Sukhtawa block), Madhya […]
Christian Leader in Sudan Flees Kidnapping Attempts
Convert from Islam in hiding from relatives, extremists.
February 15, 2023 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – An evangelist in western Sudan has gone into a hiding following attempted attacks by Muslim extremists, he said. Ahmad Adam Mohamad, 49, of North Darfur state went into a hiding after his Muslim uncles accused him of apostasy earlier this month. He disciples about 25 Christians of Muslim upbringing, […]
Christian Girl Kidnapped by 60-Year-Old Muslim in Pakistan
Police slow to respond to alleged forcible conversion, marriage.
February 13, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Arif Gill said he lost hope of finding his 15-year-old daughter – abducted by a 60-year-old Muslim who forcibly married her and converted her to Islam – until police in Pakistan finally registered a case after nearly two months. Sitara Arif, also known as Saira, was kidnapped on Dec. 15 […]
Pastor in India Kept in Jail on Baseless Charges, Christians Say
Anti-conversion statutes again weaponized by Hindu extremists.
February 10, 2023 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India remains in jail after more than three months despite winning bail because Hindu extremists filed new false charges against him, his wife said. “We are going through troubled times, and we don’t know when this will come to an end,” said Preeti Masih, whose husband, […]
Christian Farm Laborer Beaten to Death in Pakistan
Muslim landowner and others accuse him of theft.
February 8, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim landowner in Pakistan on Monday (Feb. 6) beat a Catholic farm laborer to death, claiming he had stolen oranges from his orchard, the victim’s family said. The killing follows the shooting death last month of another Christian in the country after he stopped Muslims from stealing from his […]
Police Arrest Christian Apologist in Indonesia
Professor compared Christianity and Islam on social media.
February 8, 2023 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Christian apologist whose comparisons of Christianity with Islam were widely disseminated on his blog and YouTube channel has disappeared since his arrest in December, sources said. Nothing has been heard from Gratia Pello, a professor at a small Christian theological school in East Java Province, since a crowd of police […]
Muslim Throws Acid on Young Christian Woman in Pakistan
Would-be suitor confesses to retaliation attack.
February 6, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday (Feb. 1) threw acid on a 19-year-old Christian woman for refusing his pressure to enter into relationship and convert to Islam, sources said. Sunita Masih, who lives with her sister after the death of her parents, left the house in Masoom Shah Colony, […]
Suspected Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
Authorities ignored warnings about influx of cattlemen.
January 31, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – After authorities in Nigeria ignored warnings that thousands of cattlemen were arriving in Benue state, suspected herdsmen on Saturday (Jan. 28) attacked two villages there and killed 12 Christians, sources said. The assailants attacked Ichembe and Mbaigbe villages in Kwande County and wounded dozens of others, besides destroying houses, crops […]
Pastor Slain in NE Nigeria, Two Christians Killed in Delta
Islamic terrorism continues to push south.
January 30, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in northeast Nigeria was slain on Thursday (Jan. 26), and anti-Christian violence continued to grow in the southern part of the country with the killing of two Christians in Delta state, sources said. In northeast Nigeria, Pastor Jerry Hinjari of Christ Nation International was abducted from his […]
Suspected Islamic Extremists Kill Four Christians in Sudan
Four others wounded in pre-dawn attack.
January 27, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A church pastor and three other Christians were killed in Sudan on Monday (Jan. 23) when suspected Islamic extremists shot them to death, an area source said. Four of the victims’ traveling companions were wounded when the assailants opened fire on the team at the facility where they were spending […]