SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – As police officers looked on, a group of Muslims on Sunday (July 27) stormed a prayer house in Indonesia, injuring two children, sources said. The Muslims shouted the jihadist slogan “Allahu Akbar [God is Greater]” and “Dismiss it” as they disrupted state mandated religious education for children provided by Anugerah Faithful […]
Christian Site Attacked in Indonesia, Hurting Two Children
Muslims unclear on purpose of prayer house.
August 1, 2025 By -
Lawmaker in India Offers Reward for Attacking Christians
Bishops condemn law enforcement’s failure to respond.
July 31, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Catholic bishops this week strongly condemned law enforcement for failing to prosecute a state legislator who publicly offered up to $12,663 USD (1.1 million rupees) for violent attacks on Christian leaders. The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) expressed “deep anguish and alarm over the growing climate of hostility […]
Muslim Employer Forcibly Converts Christian Boy in Pakistan
Minor not permitted to see family, attorney says.
July 29, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Muslim employer of a Christian boy forcibly converted him to Islam and is keeping him in his illegal custody, the family’s attorney said. In Sultan Town, Sargodha in Punjab Province, 14-year-old Shamraiz Masih went to a market on July 21 and did not return, attorney Tahir Naveed […]
Pastors and other Christians Brutalized in Odisha State, India
Adherents of tribal religion ambush 20 church leaders.
July 29, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The father of one of 20 pastors ambushed in eastern India last month was soaked in blood from the attack as he told his son, “I don’t think I will make it. I just want you to know that I will be with my Maker, and you should not worry […]
Funeral Procession for 27 Christians Killed in Nigeria
Elderly and children slain in Plateau state.
July 28, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Residents in Plateau state, Nigeria on Friday (July 25) held a funeral procession for 27 Christians massacred in one village 10 days earlier despite warning authorities of the impending danger, sources said. Accompanied by multitudes, they transported the 27 caskets in a pay-loader truck from a mortuary in […]
Order for Panel to Probe Blasphemy Law Abuse Suspended
Bench of high court issues stay under pressure from Islamists.
July 25, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Efforts to curb abuse of Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws suffered a major setback on Thursday (July 24) when judges suspended a prior court order to form a commission to investigate misuse of the harsh laws, sources said. The division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) comprising Justice […]
Muslims Pressure Christian Family to Drop Rape Charges
Married suspect sexually assaulted 14-year-old girl, father says.
July 23, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Relatives of a Muslim in Pakistan who raped a 14-year-old Christian girl are threatening her family to compel them to drop charges, sources said. Javed Masih of Chak No. R-97/6 village in Sahiwal District, Punjab Province, said that Sajid Ali, married son of his employer Mukhtar Ali, went […]
Muslim Relatives of New Christian Break into Home to Kill Him
Victim, 37, locked himself in to pray for them.
July 22, 2025 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a Christian convert in eastern Uganda on Friday (July 18) forced their way into his locked home and killed him, sources said. As he had done since accepting Christ in April, Kasajja Abdul Maliki of Kaliro village, Kaliro District had locked himself in his house during Friday […]
Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Retaliation for Row, Lawyer Says
Muslim shopkeeper in Pakistan files baseless charge, sources say.
July 21, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Saturday (July 19) arrested and charged a 60-year-old Catholic with blasphemy after he accused a Muslim shopkeeper of overcharging, sources said. Amir Peter of Nishat Colony in Lahore, capital of Punjab Province, was charged under Section 295-C of the country’s controversial blasphemy laws pertaining […]
Devastated Christians in Nigeria Pray for Relief and Help
Fulani herdsmen terrorism continues unabated.
July 18, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – As terrorism-scarred Christians in Nigeria await help from the government and the international community, within and outside of the country they prayed for God’s intervention this month. Christians in an area of Bassa County of Plateau state prayed for relief and strength in worship centers on July 9. […]