NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India this month subjected a pastor to dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and trying to force him to worship a Hindu deity, sources said. The mob of 150 villagers led by cow vigilantes garlanded with footwear Pastor Bipin Bihari Naik, 35, […]
Pastor Assaulted in India Felt Police Left Him to Die
Hindu nationalists force him to worship Hindu deity.
January 29, 2026 By -
Muslim in Pakistan Sets Christian on Fire over Petty Dispute
‘Shockingly disproportionate’ attack indicates religious factor.
January 29, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic suffered severe burn injuries after a Muslim neighbor allegedly doused him with petrol and set him on fire following a minor dispute, his attorney said. Zahid Morris, 36, a father of two and a resident of Bahawalpur city in Punjab Province, was attacked on Jan. 21 […]
Christians in Indonesia Appeal Revocation of Building Permit
Islamist pressure halts construction 80 percent completed.
January 23, 2026 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Christian organization in Indonesia is appealing a decision to revoke its construction permits, asserting the revocations were unlawful, sources said. The Surakarta Blessed Family Foundation (YKAS), an affiliate of the Bethel Indonesia Church, filed the administrative appeal against the Karanganyar Regency in Central Java on Jan. 7. The regency […]
Mass Kidnapping from Churches in Kaduna State, Nigeria Confirmed
Wife, daughter of slain Anglican priest regain freedom.
January 20, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Residents of a village in Kaduna state have confirmed to news outlet Truth Nigeria that 177 Christians were kidnapped from three churches on Sunday (Jan. 18) following government attempts to impede access and block information about the crime. Interviews with church officials, survivors and community leaders in Kurmin […]
Officials in Nigeria Deny Mass Kidnapping at Churches
Three congregations simultaneously targeted, sources say.
January 20, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani militias in Kaduna state, Nigeria raided three church worship services on Sunday (Jan. 18) in what local leaders said could be the largest mass kidnapping of Christian farmers in the area. The number of those kidnapped varied from 100 to 177, with facts unclear as state authorities […]
Body Exhumed Due to Burial on Christians’ Land in India
Tribal villagers attack home, church buildings.
January 19, 2026 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Officials in India exhumed the body of a tribal man without his sons’ consent after villagers attacked Christians for burying it on land of Christian relatives, arguing that it would insult their deity, sources said. The exhumation of the body in Chhattisgarh state’s Kanker District last month without the consent […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Central Nigeria
Ambushes launched across several areas of Plateau state.
January 15, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed at least 12 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria from Jan. 1 to Jan. 9, sources said. In the Gero area of Gyel District in Jos South County, Fulani herders on Friday (Jan. 9) killed one Christian and critically wounded another, said resident Tengwong Yohana Thomas. “Two […]
Court in Pakistan Orders Recovery of Kidnapped Christian Girl
Family of forcibly converted/married 13-year-old hopeful.
January 15, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After multiple setbacks for a Christian family in Pakistan striving to recover their forcibly married/converted 13-year-old daughter, a federal court on Friday (Jan. 9) ordered police to find and present her and the Muslim who kidnapped her, sources said. A two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal Constitutional […]
Missing Christian Girl in Nigeria Held by Islamic Police
Family, pastor fear 15-year-old could be forcefully converted to Islam.
January 14, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim police force in Kano state, Nigeria is holding a 15-year-old Christian girl missing since Dec. 1 amid fears that she may be forcefully converted to Islam, sources said. Pastor Kabiru Usman said he discovered that the Kano State Hisbah Board, a Muslim police force charged with enforcing […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians in Central Nigeria
Massacres in January follow attacks in December.
January 13, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Benue state, Nigeria killed four Christians on Monday (Jan. 12) and nine others on Jan. 5-6, sources said. In Otobi Akpa village, Otukpo County, Fulani herdsmen arrived at midnight on Monday and shot four Christians who had been asleep in their homes, said resident Franca Akipu, […]