SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim crowd near Jakarta, Indonesia demanded a congregation suspend worship on Sunday (Sept. 21), sources said. In Tangerang, a satellite town of Jakarta, at least 20 Muslims arrived at the Indonesian Bethel Church (GBI) at 9 a.m., an hour before the congregation was to begin worship in a shophouse of a […]
Muslims Demand Christians Halt Worship at Site in Indonesia
One objector claims residents were bribed to approve church.
September 26, 2025 By -
Christian in Uganda Slain Day after Converting
Muslim brother stabs him to death, sources say.
September 25, 2025 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim high school student in Uganda stabbed his brother to death this month a day after he converted to Christianity, sources said. Akram Kairoki, a third-year student at Mbale High School in Mbale city, twice knifed his brother Shafiki Wasike on Sept. 1 shortly before they arrived at the […]
Christian Woman in India Raped, Mother Beaten Unconscious
Hindu relatives attack women for their faith.
September 24, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu relatives of a 20-year-old Christian woman in central India raped her and nearly killed her mother for their faith in Christ, sources said. “Since we started to attend church six years ago, my father’s elder brother and his family have begun persecuting us in whatever way possible,” the woman, […]
Officials, Muslims Halt Church Construction in Indonesia
Worship site and religious tourism project blocked.
September 17, 2025 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Central Java Province, Indonesia halted construction of a church and religious tourism compound following pressure from local council members and Muslim groups. The Karanganyar Regent on Sept. 2 suspended construction of the Immanuel Christian Church (Gereja Kristen Immanuel, GKIM) building and the Holyland Bukit Doa religious tourism compound […]
Five of Seven Christians Killed in Nigeria Were Children
Among eight wounded, all are minors.
September 12, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Aug. 24 attacked a predominantly Christian village in Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing seven people, including a 1-year-old infant, residents said. In Angwan Rimi village in Kauru County, five of the seven Christian slain by “Fulani marauders” were children, said resident Iliya Tata. “Seven Christians have been killed, […]
Herdsmen Kill Eight Christians in Northwest Nigeria
Nine others wounded.
September 11, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state early on Sunday (Sept. 7), killing eight Christians and wounding nine others. Area resident Timothy Kimbe said herdsmen attacked Wakeh and Gadanaji villages in Kachia County between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. “What a black Sunday for Kachia Christians,” Kimbe […]
Pastor, other Christians Agonize under False Charges in India
Pastor’s wife beaten in custody.
September 9, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India left two young children of a pastor and his wife unattended when they arrested the couple on fabricated charges, and other officers later beat the children’s mother in custody, sources said. The couple was released on bail last month after being arrested on July 27 along with […]
Christian Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Wins Rare Bail
Victim voluntarily surrenders to police to avert Islamist violence.
September 9, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan won a rare grant of bail on Monday (Sept. 8), a day after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy, sources said. Maan Shaukat Masih, a 25-year-old resident of Nishat Colony in Lahore, was accused of tearing down a banner inscribed with the name […]
Catholic Slain in Muslim Attack on Pilgrims in Pakistan
Cousin seriously wounded in religiously motivated shooting.
September 8, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslims on Sunday (Sept. 7) shot to death one Catholic and wounded another as they traveled to a Marian pilgrimage site in Punjab Province, Pakistan, sources said. Afzal Masih of Samnabad locality of Lahore in Punjab Province, and his cousin Harris Tariq Masih were among a group of […]
Herdsmen Attack Christian Area in North-Central Nigeria
One slain and three wounded in Bauchi state.
September 5, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last week killed a Christian farmer and wounded three others in Bauchi state, Nigeria, sources said. Five Christians who went to check on their farms in Gumel village, close to Yamgan in Tafawa Balewa County, on Aug. 27 found Fulani grazing their cattle on their lands, said the […]