LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Federal agents in Pakistan last week arrested a Christian under a blasphemy law mandating the death penalty in relation to material that appeared on Facebook groups without his knowledge, sources said. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials took 24-year-old Arsalan Gill of Railway Quarters in Mughalpura, Lahore, into custody […]
Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for Facebook Post
Impoverished sweeper says he has no knowledge of alleged material.
March 25, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Sudan Jails 19 Christians on Unfounded Allegations
SAF accuses them of supporting rival RSF.
March 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – At least 19 Christians were arrested in Sudan’s city of Madani on various occasions in January and February, area sources said. Seven Christians were arrested by security personnel associated with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Jan. 21 as the group traveled from Barakat to Madani, capital of Al […]
Muslim Slashes Throat of Christian Co-Worker in Pakistan
Suspect accused Waqas Masih of blasphemy.
March 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan on Friday (March 21) slashed the throat of a Christian co-worker on allegations that he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook “with unclean hands,” sources said. The attack on Waqas Masih, 22, took place at Subhan Allah Paper Mills in the Sharaqpur […]
Christian’s Release Delayed after Bail Granted in Blasphemy Cases
Under pressure from Islamists, judge finds pretexts for denying freedom.
March 21, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old Christian is still languishing in jail a month after winning bail in all three blasphemy cases against him as a trial court is delaying his release, his father said. Sargodha Additional Sessions Judge Naveed Khaliq initially gave the family of Akash Karamat, who has been jailed […]
Christian Apologists in Indonesia Flee ‘Blasphemy’ Prosecution
Expression of ideas on religion repressed in Muslim majority country.
March 21, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A rash of complaints to police in Indonesia accusing Christians of blasphemy on social media has driven several of them abroad to seek refuge, sources said. Christian apologist Edwin Hutabarat, also known as “Metatron,” is now in the Netherlands after radical Muslims from the Anti-Blasphemy Community Alliance on Nov. […]
Deterioration of Human Rights in Pakistan Condemned at UN Event
Trade and aid must be conditional on real reforms, advocates say.
March 19, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Religious freedom advocates this month strongly condemned deterioration of human rights in Pakistan, particularly continued abuse of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws and forced conversions of minority girls. They delivered the scathing rebukes during the 58th Regular Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on […]
Christian Found Dead after Kidnapping in Central Nigeria
Suspected herdsmen abduct villagers in Abuja, Kaduna state.
March 18, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A village head kidnapped along with seven other Christians in central Nigeria was reportedly found dead on Monday (March 17). Yuda Garba, head of predominantly Christian Dnako village in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), had been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen on March 11. […]
Four Northern States in Nigeria Close All Schools for Ramadan
Christian leaders decry violation of educational, religious rights.
March 17, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian leaders decried a decision by Muslim governors of four northern states in Nigeria to close all schools for five weeks for Ramadan. The decision to close all public and private schools in Bauchi, Katsina, Kano and Kebbi states further erodes an already hobbled educational system and threatens […]
Court Annuls Christian Woman’s Forced Marriage/Conversion
Ruling marks significant human rights victory in Pakistan.
March 17, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a significant legal victory against forced conversions/marriages in Pakistan, a civil court has annulled the marriage of a Christian woman who was given to a Muslim man as a child and coerced to convert to Islam and marry him, sources said. Bahawalpur Civil Judge Afzal Baig on […]
Herdsmen Kill One Christian, then Six Others in Nigeria
Herder who stabbed farmer to death returns with other assailants.
March 14, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Monday (March 10) killed at least six Christian villagers in central Nigeria after stabbing another to death the prior day because he objected to them grazing their cattle on his property, sources said. The assailants who invaded predominantly Christian Farin Dutse village, in Nasarawa state’s […]