‘Sacrilege Law’ in Punjab, India Further Threatens Christians

Non-bailable offenses, officer immunity alarm community leaders.

NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Thanks to misuse of a law against “outraging religious feelings,” a Christian pastor in Punjab state, India still cannot return home. His church is shut. He survives on daily physical labor, and some months there is not enough money to feed his family or pay his children’s school fees. A […]

Islamic Extremists Halt Church Service in Indonesia

Building permit or not, disruption of worship is criminal, officials say.

SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in Indonesia led by members of the Islamic extremist Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) on Sunday (May 24) stopped a church from worshiping at the congregation’s new location, sources said. More than a dozen FJI members along with local residents forced their way into the newly rented building […]

Three Christians Killed at Prayer Vigil in Western Nigeria 

Gunmen abduct 15 others in attack.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen on Saturday night (May 23) killed three Christians and kidnapped 15 others in an attack on a church prayer vigil in western Nigeria’s Kwara state, sources said. The attacked occurred in Ori-Oke Ajaiye, on the outskirts of Ekerin village in Ekiti County, at 8:30 p.m., said Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, […]

Pakistan Fails to Make Arrests in Violence against Christians

Little progress since March 31 court order.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have failed to comply with Supreme Court orders to arrest all suspects involved in the August 2023 attacks on multiple churches and Christian homes in Jaranwala, Punjab Province, a church leader said. The Rev. Khalid Mukhtar, whose parish house was among the properties destroyed in […]

Married Muslim Said to Forcibly Convert, Marry Christian Girl

Wives cooperating with investigation.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A married Muslim abducted a 14-year-old girl on May 12, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, exploiting her medical and mental health vulnerabilities to sexually abuse her, her father and his attorney said. Abbas Masih, a daily wage laborer and member of a local Brethren church […]

Fulanis Face Rare Resistance as Attacks Mount in Nigeria

Priest released from captivity.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani attacks on Christians in Nigeria were partially thwarted with rare resistance over the weekend, and a kidnapped priest was released, sources said. While coordinated assaults in Kogi and Plateau states took the lives of at least 34 people last week, Fulani assailants were partially turned away in […]

Convert to Christianity in Uganda Seriously Wounded

Wife and child leave him after learning he left Islam.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim in-laws of a recent convert to Christianity in eastern Uganda on May 2 lured him to their home and beat him unconscious after learning that he had left Islam, he said. Ochora Awali, a 28-year-old father of one child, is still receiving hospital treatment for serious head injuries following […]

Christian Girl in Pakistan Allegedly Abducted for Online Marriage

16-year-old forcibly converted to Islam, family says.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Pakistan accused police of failing to recover their 16-year-old daughter after they said she was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married online to a Muslim in the United Arab Emirates. Liaqat Masih of Chak No. 505/WB village in Burewala Tehsil, Vehari District, Punjab […]

Fulani Terrorists Kill 13 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria 

Pastor and family slain in prior attack.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Slaughters of Christians continued in Plateau state, Nigeria on Friday (May 8) as Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Bassa County, sources said. Muslim Fulani gunmen killed the Christians in a pre-dawn attack on Ngbra Zongo community in Kwall District, said Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, spokesperson of area Miango communities […]

Muslim Relatives Cut Off New Christian’s Hands in Uganda

Victim ambushed at home.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a man in eastern Uganda who accepted Christ in March cut off his hands on April 17 in an attack over his new faith, sources said. Kalegeya Faruku, 40, was recovering from severe injuries after the attack at about 7 p.m. at his family home in Jinja, […]