JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Egypt arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy from South Sudan without charges on April 12, part of a crackdown on immigrants both undocumented and legal from that country and Sudan, sources said. Like other immigrants from South Sudan and Sudan, Matiok Santino Matiok – who along with his […]
Police in Egypt Detain South Sudanese Christian Child
Part of wave of arrests of near church sites.
May 7, 2026 By - 1 Comment
Pakistan Court Rejects Birth Record in Forced Conversion Case
Muslim accused of sexual exploitation under guise of marriage.
May 7, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Pakistan court on Wednesday (May 6) rejected the official birth record of a Christian girl allegedly forced to convert to Islam and ordered a medical exam to determine her age, according to the family’s lawyer. Supreme Court attorney Saqib Jillani said a two-judge bench of the Federal […]
Fulani Assailants Kill 11 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Three villages raided in Barkin Ladi County.
May 6, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In attacks on three villages over two weeks, Fulani herdsmen killed 11 Christians and injured five others in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria. On Sunday (May 3), Fulanis killed five Christians in Fan village, Barkin Ladi County, at about 9 p.m., said resident Bot James. “Muslim Fulani gunmen […]
Authorities in Indonesia Halt Construction of House of Prayer
Banners put a stop to project.
May 5, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on April 14 halted construction of a prayer house due to protest banners put up by Muslim residents. The move left unused building materials scattered on the site owned by Pastor Novel Pangemanan of the El-Saddai Fellowship Church in Kappuna village, Masamba District, […]
Tribal Men in India Assault Pastor, Family for their Faith
False charges of fraudulent conversion filed against him, he says.
May 1, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Two men of traditional tribal religion in central India on April 13 assaulted a pastor and his family for their Christian faith in an attempt to chase them from their land and home, sources said. In a village in Chhattisgarh state’s Sukma District, the two men came with a mob […]
Bill to Curb Child Marriage Passes in Punjab, Pakistan
Islamists vehemently oppose legislation.
April 29, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Punjab Province Assembly in Pakistan on Monday (April 27) passed a landmark bill aimed at curbing child marriage following a heated debate between government and opposition lawmakers. The Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2026 was approved by a majority vote after being introduced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister […]
Pakistan Urged to End Forced Conversions/Marriages
U.N.-appointed body cites impunity as driving cause.
April 27, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A U.N.-appointed body on Wednesday (April 22) urged Pakistan to intensify efforts to eradicate forced conversions/marriages, noting that young minority girls consistently fall victim to Islamist coercion. To prevent forced conversions/marriages, the independent experts appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) urged Pakistan to raise the minimum […]
Change Sought to Help Kidnapped Christian Girls in Pakistan
Stop disregarding official birth records, lawmaker says.
April 23, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian lawmaker in Pakistan filed a motion in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday (April 21) seeking an explanation from the provincial government on why courts were not consistently accepting official age records in cases of abducted and forcibly converted/married girls. Ejaz Alam Augustine, a former provincial minister […]
Evangelist Killed after Gospel Event in Kampala, Uganda
Suspected Muslim extremists pose as moto-taxi drivers.
April 20, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim extremists posing as moto-taxi drivers on April 9 killed an evangelist in central Uganda shortly after he preached at a gospel event, sources said. Alfred Kitenga was beaten and stabbed at about 9:30 p.m. along the Northern Bypass in Kawaala, Wakiso District, after he and his wife, Anna […]
Police Action Lacking in Abduction of Christian Girl in Pakistan
Officers decline to prosecute suspects or recover forcibly converted/married 15-year-old.
April 17, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have declined to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according to her father. Afzal Javed Masih of Chak No. 648-GB village in Jaranwala, in Punjab Province’s Faisalabad Division, said that his daughter, […]