Multiple People Dead in Suspected Fulani Militant Attack 03/29/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Armed gunmen attacked Kpachudu village in Nigeria on Monday night, killing at least five people, burning down homes, and destroying crops. “Four people were killed by the militants,” said a Christian source from the community told ICC. “[Another] one died in […]
Pastor Yalam Shankar was killed on March 17, 2022 in Chhattisgarh state, India. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Six masked men in central India this month killed one of 22 Christians a Maoist group had warned to “leave the pastorship,” sources said. Pastor Yalam Shankar was slashed and shot […]
Amina Nagudi, 13, was sprayed with acid on March 8, 2022 in Namutumba District, Uganda for her faith. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Upset over conversions to Christianity, hardline Muslims in an area of eastern Uganda this month sprayed a newly Christian family with acid and beat a former mosque leader, sources […]
Fansan Shahid was arrested in Lahore, Pakistan on false blasphemy charges on March 16, 2022. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Pakistan beat and arrested a Christian on Tuesday (March 16) for allegedly making blasphemous comments on social media and later tortured him into confessing guilt, sources said. […]
Fulani Militants Suspected in Sunday Night Attack 03/21/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – In Nigeria, Christian communities were under heavy attack in a Southern Kaduna city on Sunday night, March 20. Community members had just finished their church worship when armed insurgents arrived with sophisticated weapons, an eyewitness reported. “Agban Kagoro is under heavy gunshot attacks […]
Sultan Bello Mosque, city of Kaduna, Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Anasskoko, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (March 17) kidnapped 46 Christians and a number of their children in an attack in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The heavily armed terrorists attacked predominantly Christian Agunu Dutse village, Kachia County, in […]
Main square in Erbil, in northern Iraq’s region of Kurdistan. (Askgudmundsen, Creative Commons) (Morning Star News) – A young woman preparing to be baptized in Erbil, Iraq last week was instead killed in a possible “honor” killing for converting to Christianity, with Muslim family members reportedly suspected, according to local media. The body of Eman […]
Haryana is 11th Indian State to Introduce the Law 03/09/2022 India (International Christian Concern) –The BJP-led State Assembly in the state of Haryana has introduced an anti-conversion bill which if approved by the governor, would make Haryana the 11th state in India to introduce an anti-conversion law. The bill’s language prohibits religious conversions effected through […]
Pastor Kelom Kalyan Tete tied to post in South Delhi, India on Feb. 25, 2022. (Morning Star News screenshot) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in the National Capital Territory of Delhi last month tied a pastor to a post at a busy intersection and beat him before hundreds of people, but police have […]
20-year-old Convert was the Daughter of Muslim Clergy 03/08/2022 Iraq (International Christian Concern) –The 20-year-old daughter of a Muslim Cleric who converted to Christianity was found murdered on March 7 in northern Iraq. The assassination of Iman Sami, who was known as Maria, is suspected to have been retaliation by her family following a TikTok […]