India: Police Join Attack on Christians, File False Charges, Sources Say
Police who did nothing to stop a fierce attack on a church service in Uttar Pradesh, India also beat and threatened the Christians while arresting them under false accusations of fraudulent conversions.
India: Hindu Nationalists Incite Animists to Attack Christians
Six Christian families worshipping in a wood-an-hay structure in eastern India were confronted by tribal animists and attacked. A mob of 20-25 men destroyed their church and neighboring properties. Sources say tribal leaders are being tapped by Hindu Nationalists to incite animosity toward Christians.
Uganda: Woman Loses Family After Responding to Visions, She Says
Upon seeing visions of Christ during prayers and in her dreams, Muslim Mansitula Buliro confided in her Christian neighbor who led her to accept Christ as her Savior. When her husband found out, he attacked her with a knife, sending her to the hospital where she would later miscarry.
Pakistan: Christian Brick Kiln Worker Beaten by Employer for Attending Church Service
On January 5, a Christian brick kiln worker named Ansar Masih was brutally beaten by his Muslim employer after he took leave to attend a prayer service over the holidays.
Pakistan: Muslim Supervisors Kill Two Christian Women
Police recovered the bodies of two Christian sisters who went missing November 26 in Lahore, Pakistan. The killers, their Muslim supervisors at a pharmacy factory, had been pressuring them to convert to Islam and marry them.
India: First Christian Arrested Under New ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law in Uttar Pradesh
A Korean Christian and three Indian nationals are in jail in Uttar Pradesh, accused of fraudulent conversion attempts while distributing food and other aid to people in need due to COVID-19 lockdown.
India: State Government Approves Harshest Anti-Conversion Law to Date
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government of Madhya Pradesh has approved an ordinance entitled The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance 2020 that will replace its Religious Freedom Act of 1968 and is considered to be the most stringent anti-conversion law in India.
Uganda: Pastor, Wife Attacked after Imam Becomes Christian
Mosque leaders in eastern Uganda incited a group of Muslims to beat a pastor and his wife and demolish parts of their church building following the conversion of a Muslim imam to Christianity.
Pakistan: Murderer Uses False Blasphemy Accusation to Justify Killing Christian
A Christian man was murdered earlier this month by a Muslim coworker in a factory. The victim’s family reports the murderer falsely accused the Christian of committing blasphemy to justify the killing.
Pakistan: Christian Neighborhood Attacked on Christmas Day
According to local sources in Pakistan, several Christians in Lahore were injured in an attack instigated by Muslim men harassing Christian girls on a church playground on Christmas day.
Indonesia: The Deep Sorrow of Lewono Lembantongoa’s Christians
On November 27, 2020, A group of East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) terrorists descended on Lewono hamlet, Lembantongoa village, a Salvation Army outpost in Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia and brutally slain four villagers before setting fire to half a dozen homes, including a church.
Uganda: Muslim Extremists Rape Pastor in Eastern Region
Muslim extremists raped a female church pastor on Dec. 21 in eastern Uganda, as she was returning to her home in Kapyani, Kibuku District, from Christmas preparations at her church.
Nigeria: Islamic State Executes Five Christians
Islamic extremist terrorists who kidnapped 11 Christians in northeast Nigeria on Christmas Day have executed five of them, according to a video released by the Islamic State’s AMAQ News agency.
India: Four BJP-Ruled States Consider Enacting Anti-Conversion Laws
Four BJP-ruled states in India are following Uttar Pradesh’s lead to enact a controversial anti-conversion law in an attempt to stop what it viewed as widespread illegal religious conversions. These states include Haryana, Karnataka, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh.
India: State Government to Promulgate Country’s Stringent Anti-Conversion Law
According to media the Madhya Pradesh state cabinet approved a bill that would replace the Religious Freedom Act of 1968 and allow the BJP-led government to more strictly regulate religious conversions and criminalize religious conversion by marriage, financial allurement, or force.