JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – South Sudanese children separated from their parents in deportations from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, have been reunited with their families in South Sudan, according to media reports. At least 71 children have been reunited with their families in the South Sudan town of Renk, Upper Nile state, Radio […]
Parents Deported from Sudan Reunited with Children
Predominantly Christian South Sudanese families separated in crackdown.
October 24, 2025 By -
Religious Favoritism, Discrimination Surface in Indonesia
State jobs, building permits favor Muslims, Christians say
October 21, 2025 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A job ad by a regional Religious Affairs Office in Indonesia discriminating against non-Muslims has been modified following objections, sources said. The Oct. 10 ad by the Tarakan Regency Ministry of Religious Affairs Office in North Kalimantan Province specified that applicants for custodial and office security positions must be Muslims able to […]
Police in Pakistan Clash with Islamic Extremist Party
Officials seek to ban TLP.
October 20, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christians in Pakistan expressed cautious relief after a massive crackdown last week on a Muslim extremist political party that has wreaked violence on Christians and other religious minorities. The Punjab Province government on Oct. 13 initiated a large-scale, pre-dawn operation to dismantle potentially violent protests by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik […]
Sudan Separates, Deports South Sudanese Women and Children
Mistreatment of long-time residents continues.
October 17, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan last week deported more than 100 predominantly Christian, South Sudanese women from Khartoum in what critics say was for both religious and political reasons. At least 61 of the deported women were separated from their children, according to Radio Tamazuj, in what sources said was a blatant […]
Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Slain after Ransom Payment
Captors had sought exorbitant sum.
October 8, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani criminals in western Nigeria kidnapped and killed a Christian pastor despite receiving 5 million naira ($3,125 USD) in ransom, sources said. The Rev. James Audu Issa of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the Ekati area of Kwara state was found dead in the wilderness on […]
Wrongly Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan Dies after Release
Pastor languished in prison for 13 years.
October 8, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A pastor acquitted of a false blasphemy charge after 13 years of languishing in prison tragically died two days after his release, a rights group said. Pastor Zafar Bhatti, 62-year-old founder of the Jesus World Mission Church ministry, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday (Oct. 5) at his […]
Christians in India Say Pastor’s ‘Accidental’ Death was Murder
Police, media said to aid in cover-up.
October 7, 2025 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the region say there is strong evidence the continually threatened evangelist was murdered. Pastor Praveen Pagadala’s body was found on the side of the road near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh […]
Christian Acquitted in Landmark Case in Uttarakhand, India
Pastor was charged under controversial ‘anti-conversion’’ legislation.
October 1, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The first Christian charged under Uttarakhand state, India’s “anti-conversion” law has become the first to be acquitted under the statute, sources said. After a four-year legal battle, Judicial Magistrate Anju (who uses only one name) of the Ramnagar Court in Nainital District delivered the acquittal order on Sept. 17, clearing […]
Muslims Attempt to Seize Christian School in Sudan
Hundreds of displaced persons told to vacate facility.
September 30, 2025 By -
JUBA, Sudan (Morning Star News) – A years-long Islamist attempt to seize a Christian school in Sudan continued this month even as people displaced by war have taken refuge in the facility, sources said. An Islamic business interest sent three Muslims who forcefully entered the embattled Evangelical School of Sudan, in Omdurman across the Nile […]
Attacks follow New Anti-Conversion Bill in Rajasthan, India
Nine incidents reported in September.
September 26, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A wave of attacks on Christians erupted in northwest India’s Rajasthan state following passage of harsh anti-conversion legislation even though it has yet to receive the governor’s assent, sources said. Following passage of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025 in the state assembly on Sept. 9, […]