ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian and kidnapped four others in Plateau state, Nigeria, on Feb. 1 after massacring more than 10 others Jan. 27-31 in the same state, sources said. Fulani herdsmen attacked Shendai village in Namu District, Qua’an Pan County at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 1, said […]
Fulani Attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria Kill 11 Christians
Four others kidnapped.
Inquiry Ordered into Blasphemy Entrapment Group in Pakistan
Islamabad High Court orders establishment of investigative commission.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court has advised the Pakistan government to establish a commission to investigate alleged collusion between the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Islamist clerics to entrap innocent people in false blasphemy charges, sources said. Justice Ejaz Ishaq Khan of the Islamabad High Court on Feb. 2 ordered […]
Boko Haram Kills Pastor, Two Other Christians in NE Nigeria
Islamic extremist militants attack in Gombe and Borno states.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected militants of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed a pastor at his home in Gombe state, Nigeria on Sunday (Feb. 9), as violence continued to terrorize the country’s northeast, sources said. The Rev. Bala Galadima of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was shot to death at […]
Six Christians Slain in Central Nigeria
Suspected Fulani herdsmen attack three villages in Benue state.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen last week invaded three predominantly Christian communities in Benue state, Nigeria, killing six Christians, injuring another and kidnapping eight residents, area sources said. The attacks on the villages of the villages of Okpomaju, Odudaje and Asa in Otukpo County on Monday and Wednesday (Feb. 3 […]
Christian in India Unable to Return Home after Assault, Charges
Dalit father tonsured, paraded and made to worship idol at Hindu temple.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Dalit Christian in northern India is unable to return home after Hindu nationalists who beat, tonsured and paraded him on Dec. 27 threatened to kill him and filed charges of insulting them, sources said. The Hindu nationalists also forced Shivbaran Paswan of Bahlolpur Aelai village in Uttar Pradesh’s […]
Christian Girl, 12, Forcibly Converted/Married in Pakistan
Muslim neighbor, 35, takes her to another province, father says.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A married, 35-year-old Muslim neighbor of a 12-year-old Christian girl abducted her and took her to another province, where he forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, her father said. Saba Shafique was abducted by Muhammad Ali from outside her home in the Walton Model Colony No. […]
Christians Suffer Deadly Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Senator calls for military intervention.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday (Feb. 5) killed three Christians in Kaduna state, a week after three others were slain in the same area, sources said. The assailants killed one Christian in Majagada Binawa village, Kauru County in the early hours of Wednesday, and two others in Fadan […]
Muslims Kidnap 12-Year-Old Christian Girl in Pakistan
Parents fear she could be forcibly converted/married or sold into sexual slavery.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Three Muslims in Pakistan abducted a 12-year-old Christian girl at gunpoint from her home and have threatened to sell her into sexual slavery, her parents said. Sumera Gulzar, a Catholic resident of Chak 55/2L village in Okara District, Punjab Province, said that her daughter, Ariha, was abducted […]
Two Christians in Egypt Released after Three Years in Jail
Converts held without trial finally freed.
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Two Christian converts from Islam who were locked in an Egyptian prison and held for three years without trial have been released, religious rights advocates said. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour Girgis were released on Jan. 25. Both had been held in “pre-trial detention” since 2021 on blasphemy charges. Abdo, who […]
Muslims in Indonesia Protest Evangelists at Gospel Event
Islamists object to campaign as threat to ‘security and harmony.’
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims from various Islamic groups last week protested the presence of two evangelists at a major gospel event in Indonesia’s Central Sulewesi Province, according to local reports. After protests on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, Islamic groups again took to the streets in the provincial capital of Palu […]