LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan last month ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman’s conversion from Islam to Christianity, her attorney said. The woman, whose name is withheld for security reasons, renounced Islam and married a Christian man 15 […]
Change in Religion on ID Card Ordered for Christian in Pakistan
Court mandates rare correction for convert from Islam.
August 5, 2025 By -
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 17 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Predominantly Muslim raiders occupy nine villages.
August 5, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Monday morning (Aug. 4) killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, the latest of 17 Christians slain in the area since July 15, sources said. The herdsmen raided Njin village at about 10 a.m., said resident Dorcas Ishaya. “Fulani herdsmen are at it […]
Pastors Beaten in Custody after Arrests in India
Police detain Christians after Hindu nationalists disrupt worship.
August 4, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have laceration scars, sources said. Pastor Moses Logan of Bhilai, Durg District, Chhattisgarh state said the jailor and guards at Durg jail beat the five other […]
Christian Site Attacked in Indonesia, Hurting Two Children
Muslims unclear on purpose of prayer house.
August 1, 2025 By -
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 […]
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 […]