SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia are demanding closure of a Catholic church, claiming that its renovations for Christmas lack permission, sources said. A group of 20 Muslims called the Islamic Empowerment and Development Agency (BP2UI), on Dec. 6 called for demolition of the building of St. Vincentius A. Paulo […]
Muslims Demand Closure of Church in Indonesia
Catholics trying to renovate for Christmas.
December 16, 2025 By -
Stoning of Church Building in Indonesia Leads to Melee
Christian militias summoned.
December 12, 2025 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – An attack by young Islamists on a church building in Indonesia led to a melee that threatened to involve Christian militias in defense, sources said. In North Sulawesi Province, young Muslims from Molompar village, along with Islamists from outside the area, threw stones at the worship site of Silo Watuliney […]
Sudan Detains Christian Physician for His Faith
Doctor jailed for three days.
December 11, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A medical doctor in Sudan was jailed from Sunday to Wednesday evening (Dec. 10) after officials learned he was a Christian, sources said. In Ad-Damazin, capital of Blue Nile state in southeastern Sudan, Yagoub Jibril Glademea on Sunday (Dec. 7) went to the state Civil Registration office to obtain […]
Landmark Rulings in Pakistan Aid Christian Workers
Federal high court bans discrimination, calls for safety measures.
December 10, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In two landmark rulings, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday (Dec. 9) banned employers from seeking only Christians for sanitation jobs and called for safety measures for sewage cleaners, most of whom are Christian. The IHC, Pakistan’s federal high court, imposed a strict ban on the use […]
Two Slain in Church Shooting in Southeast Nigeria
Some of kidnapped children in Niger state are released.
December 9, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen on Sunday (Dec. 7) attacked Christians in southeast Nigeria as they were gathering for worship, killing an Anglican priest’s wife and another church member and abducting another priest, sources said. In the early morning assault on St. Andrews Anglican Church in Isiokwe, a Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) […]
Unknown Assailant Shoots Pastor Dead in Pakistan
Motive for attack on effective evangelist unclear.
December 9, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Presbyterian pastor who survived an attack in September was gunned down by an unidentified assailant outside his home in front of his daughter last week in Pakistan, his family said. The Rev. Kamran Salamat of Gujranwala was about to take his 16-year-old daughter to college on Friday […]
Christian Woman Jailed in India Treated for Cancer
Hindu extremists file false charge against her and others.
December 2, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in India jailed for 86 days on false accusations of fraudulent conversion was diagnosed with cancer in October, sources said. Sheela Devi, 45, of Dubey ka Purva village, Uttar Pradesh state, was released on bail on Oct. 14 and has been hospitalized at Kachhwa Christian Hospital since […]
Christian Convert from Sudan Expelled from Home in Uganda
Vandalism in church in Port Sudan shocks Christians.
November 30, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Life seemed to be looking better for a refugee from Sudan who had fled to Ethiopia and South Sudan, put his faith in Christ, and then found a job at his uncle’s business in Uganda. After fleeing war-torn Khartoum, Essam Juma Abdelkreem had first attended Sunday worship twice in […]
Kidnapped Anglican Priest Dies in Captivity in Nigeria
Wife, daughter remain with captors amid rash of abductions.
November 28, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Amid a rash of mass kidnappings in Nigeria, an Anglican priest in Nigeria abducted along with his wife and daughter has died in captivity, leaders of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion announced on Wednesday (Nov. 26). The Rev. Edwin Achi was kidnapped on Oct. 28 along with […]
Christian Woman in Pakistan Forcibly Converted, Married, Brother Says
‘Spirit-filled’ 21-year-old disappeared on Nov. 17.
November 26, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Relatives of a 21-year-old Christian woman in Pakistan who disappeared from her home on Nov. 17 said they are heartbroken and fearful after she resurfaced in court claiming she had converted to Islam and married her Muslim neighbor. Monica Jennifer’s brother said he believes she was blackmailed and […]