SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials in East Borneo Province, Indonesia refused to approve construction of a church building even though the congregation had met all requirements for a permit, sources said. In Samarinda, capital of East Borneo Province, the Samarinda Ministry of Religious Affairs Office refused to provide a letter of recommendation for […]
Authorities in Indonesia Refuse to Back Church Construction
Congregation in Samarinda met all requirements for a permit.
March 31, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Judge in Pakistan Sentences Killer of Christian to Death
Convict’s relatives continue to threaten slain man’s family.
March 31, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan on Thursday (March 27) sentenced to death a Muslim who murdered a 20-year-old Christian in the presence of his family members, sources said. Saima Riyasat, additional sessions judge of Pasrur, Sialkot District, handed the country’s maximum punishment for murder to Muhammad Zubair for killing […]
Christian Couple, Woman They Led to Christ Poisoned to Death
Muslim mother in Uganda confesses to accidentally killing her daughter.
March 28, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim woman in eastern Uganda this month killed a Christian couple and accidentally took her own daughter’s life with the same poison she used on those who had led her to Christ, sources said. Doreen Nairuba died on March 16 from eating poisoned food prepared by Hanifa Hamiyat in […]
Mother of Three in Somalia Loses All Relatives for Receiving Christ
Husband drives her from one home, parents from another.
March 28, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim husband of a woman in Somalia sent her back to her parents for accepting Christ – without their three young children – and then her parents drove her away for sharing the gospel with her sister, sources said. Fatuma Hussein, 30, was beaten and then ostracized by her […]
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
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 […]
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 […]