SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslim leaders have filed complaints of blasphemy against a leading Christian pastor in Indonesia. After Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong of the Indonesia Bethel Church (Gereja Bethel Indonesia, GBI) mentioned Islamic prayer and alms-giving in comparison with biblical tithing in a video of his comments from a Sunday sermon, attorney Farhat Abbas […]
Pastor in Indonesia Accused of Blasphemy
Muslims in two regions file complaints.
April 25, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
Mother, Baby among Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
More than 30 killed in Fulani raids.
April 25, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A single bullet killed a young mother and the baby strapped to her back, two of the more than 30 Christians killed in Plateau state, Nigeria in the past two weeks, sources said. In predominantly Christian Kopnanle village, Bokkos County, more than 50 Fulani herdsmen on April 12 […]
Court in Pakistan Orders Change in Legal Marriage Age
Different minimums for males and females ruled discriminatory.
April 24, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan last week ordered a provincial government to remove gender-based age distinction in its child marriage law, a move aimed at deterring forced conversions and forced marriages of girls, sources said. Lahore High Court Justice Shahid Karim on April 15 declared as “discriminatory” Punjab […]
Christian Leaders Are Attacked with Swords in Northern India
Sikh warrior group warned them against worship, conversions.
April 22, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A group belonging to a Sikh warrior order last week attacked a pastor and another Christian with swords and knives in northern India’s Punjab state for leading church worship in their village. Four Nihang Sikhs, who as members of the traditional warrior group are permitted to carry such weapons, attacked […]
Christian Refugee Mother from Sudan Attacked for Her Faith
Persecution by husband compounds pain of displacement.
April 17, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Among the 8 million people who have fled military conflict in Sudan is a mother who lost two babies to illness and was beaten for putting her faith in Christ. Fatima Adam, 41, said she still has pain in the joints and bones of the leg that her Muslim […]
Muslim Suspected of Killing His Christian Mother, Relative Says
Imam in training and wife are said to have poisoned food.
April 16, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda is suspected of killing his mother last week by putting pesticide in her food for refusing to leave her Christian faith, a relative said. Sulaina Nabirye, 50, of Kamuli, Kamuli District, put her faith in Christ on Feb. 10, and since then her 31-year-old son […]
Militants Detain Church Leader in Sudan, Demand Ransom
SCOC general secretary released over the weekend.
April 16, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Friday (April 12) intercepted a church leader in Sudan as he was traveling out of Omdurman and temporarily jailed him, area sources said. The Rev. Antar Abbas Abu Hidia, general secretary of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), was traveling to Shendi, […]
Young Christian Woman Killed by Muslim Family Member
Separately, evangelist sustains serious injuries in beating.
April 12, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim brother of a 19-year-old woman in eastern Uganda on March 29 killed her for putting her faith in Christ, sources said. Namukuve Sawuya had come to faith through a Christian Union Fellowship at her high school, a relative said. When her father, 60-year-old Alhaji Muzamiru, noticed she was […]
Christian Slain, Mother and Daughter Burned for their Faith
Muslim extremists target evangelist in eastern Uganda.
April 11, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An evangelist was slain and a mother and her 10-year-old daughter suffered serious burns for their faith in separate incidents last month in eastern Uganda. In Busei B village, Nakalama Sub-County in Iganga District, sources said Ronald Twinomugisha had received threats by text message from Muslims before he was hacked […]
Christian Laborer in Pakistan Shot for Requesting Wages
Muslim employers beat him with iron rods.
April 5, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim farm owners in Pakistan on March 23 beat a Christian laborer with iron rods and shot him in the leg for requesting his wages owed him, sources said. Waqas Masih, a 42-year-old farm laborer in Chak No. 8 Panj Garaiyan Kamalpur village in Faisalabad District, Punjab Province, […]