NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 22-year-old woman is recovering from serious injuries in a hospital in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region after Muslim relatives beat her for putting her faith in Christ, sources said. Sofia Ahmed suffered a broken nose and significant loss of blood after the attack on May 28 in her home on […]
Young Christian Woman in Somalia Recovering from Assault
Muslim relatives beat her with sticks, sharp object.
June 5, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
‘Cow Vigilantes’ Get Catholics in Prayer Arrested in India
Rajasthan state’s new ‘anti-conversion’ law brazenly abused.
June 4, 2026 By - 1 Comment
NEW DELHI, June 4, 2026 (Morning Star News) – Catholics in India arrested in May under Rajasthan’s new “anti-conversion law” are still trying to obtain bail from the state High Court after lower courts denied their petitions, sources said. Their arrests followed a disruption of their Mass by “cow vigilantes” – self-styled protectors of cows […]
‘Sacrilege Law’ in Punjab, India Further Threatens Christians
Non-bailable offenses, officer immunity alarm community leaders.
June 2, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Thanks to misuse of a law against “outraging religious feelings,” a Christian pastor in Punjab state, India still cannot return home. His church is shut. He survives on daily physical labor, and some months there is not enough money to feed his family or pay his children’s school fees. A […]
Islamic Extremists Halt Church Service in Indonesia
Building permit or not, disruption of worship is criminal, officials say.
May 29, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in Indonesia led by members of the Islamic extremist Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) on Sunday (May 24) stopped a church from worshiping at the congregation’s new location, sources said. More than a dozen FJI members along with local residents forced their way into the newly rented building […]
Three Christians Killed at Prayer Vigil in Western Nigeria
Gunmen abduct 15 others in attack.
May 25, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen on Saturday night (May 23) killed three Christians and kidnapped 15 others in an attack on a church prayer vigil in western Nigeria’s Kwara state, sources said. The attacked occurred in Ori-Oke Ajaiye, on the outskirts of Ekerin village in Ekiti County, at 8:30 p.m., said Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, […]
Pakistan Fails to Make Arrests in Violence against Christians
Little progress since March 31 court order.
May 22, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have failed to comply with Supreme Court orders to arrest all suspects involved in the August 2023 attacks on multiple churches and Christian homes in Jaranwala, Punjab Province, a church leader said. The Rev. Khalid Mukhtar, whose parish house was among the properties destroyed in […]
Married Muslim Said to Forcibly Convert, Marry Christian Girl
Wives cooperating with investigation.
May 19, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A married Muslim abducted a 14-year-old girl on May 12, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, exploiting her medical and mental health vulnerabilities to sexually abuse her, her father and his attorney said. Abbas Masih, a daily wage laborer and member of a local Brethren church […]
Fulanis Face Rare Resistance as Attacks Mount in Nigeria
Priest released from captivity.
May 13, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani attacks on Christians in Nigeria were partially thwarted with rare resistance over the weekend, and a kidnapped priest was released, sources said. While coordinated assaults in Kogi and Plateau states took the lives of at least 34 people last week, Fulani assailants were partially turned away in […]
Convert to Christianity in Uganda Seriously Wounded
Wife and child leave him after learning he left Islam.
May 13, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim in-laws of a recent convert to Christianity in eastern Uganda on May 2 lured him to their home and beat him unconscious after learning that he had left Islam, he said. Ochora Awali, a 28-year-old father of one child, is still receiving hospital treatment for serious head injuries following […]
Christian Girl in Pakistan Allegedly Abducted for Online Marriage
16-year-old forcibly converted to Islam, family says.
May 11, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Pakistan accused police of failing to recover their 16-year-old daughter after they said she was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married online to a Muslim in the United Arab Emirates. Liaqat Masih of Chak No. 505/WB village in Burewala Tehsil, Vehari District, Punjab […]