Young Pastor Killed after Religious Debate in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An imam who debated a pastor at an interfaith dialogue in Uganda is a suspect in the killing of the church leader after the event on Saturday (July 18), sources said. Bernard Mulongo, a 25-year-old pastor at New Restoration Church of Christ in Butebo District, was killed nine miles from […]
Christians Imprisoned under India’s ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Six pastors and another Christian in India have begun serving their five-year prison sentences under an “anti-conversion” law, two years after they were falsely accused at a child’s birthday party, sources said. The Christians were convicted on June 12 of “promoting enmity, hatred, or disharmony between different religious groups,” “deliberate […]
Independent U.S. Body Urges CPC Redesignation for Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. The independent U.S. federal watchdog in its 2026 Annual Report asserted that religious freedom in […]
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Muslim Woman Gains Custody of Christian Girl in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has handed custody of a 16-year-old Christian girl to an unrelated Muslim woman after the minor was recovered from a Muslim accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying her, her family’s attorney said. The ruling came despite an earlier judicial finding that the minor […]
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Muslims Protest Construction of Church Building in Indonesia
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Independent U.S. Body Urges CPC Redesignation for Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. The independent U.S. federal watchdog in its 2026 Annual Report asserted that religious freedom in […]