LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court judge in Pakistan resigned last week after a media report exposed his alleged close ties with a criminal gang falsely charging Christians and others with blasphemy, sources said. Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday (March 6) sent his resignation […]
Judge Implicated in Blasphemy Entrapment Ring Resigns
Lahore High Court justice cites 'personal reasons.'
March 13, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Death Sentence Upheld for Christian Defending against Attack
Farmer in Nigeria tried to ward off Fulani herdsmen.
March 12, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday (March 7) upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice,” attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a press statement that the […]
Police Free Christian Girl from Kidnapper in Pakistan
12-year-old forcibly converted to Islam and coerced into sham marriage.
March 10, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 12-year-old Christian girl reunited with her parents last week after she was abducted two months prior by a Muslim neighbor who forcibly converted her to Islam and coerced her into marrying him, sources said. Saba Shafique was abducted by Muhammad Ali, 35, from outside her home in […]
Christian Couple in India Convicted of ‘Forced Conversion’ Wins Bail
Sentenced to five years in prison, pastor and wife appeal.
March 10, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian couple in India convicted of forcible conversion despite lack of evidence and sentenced to five years in prison has won bail while they appeal, sources said. Pastor Jose Pappachen, 58, and his wife Sheeja Pappachen, 57, were released on Feb. 19 after a Sessions Court in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar […]
Priest Kidnapped and Slain in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Clergyman’s body found on Ash Wednesday.
March 6, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night (March 4) in Kaduna state, Nigeria where Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic extremist terrorists have been active, and his corpse was found the next day, sources said. The Rev. Sylvester Okechukwu, priest of St. Mary Catholic Church in Tachira, Kaura […]
Christian in Pakistan Beaten, Shaved and Paraded through Village
Little hope for justice seen for humiliated laborer.
March 6, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim landowners in Pakistan abducted a Christian laborer, shaved his head and facial hair, blackened his face and paraded him on the back of a donkey for allegedly stealing wood from their property, his brother said. On the assumption that impoverished Catholics in Muslim-majority Pakistan have little chance […]
Christian Mother in Pakistan Abducted, Forcibly Converted/Wedded
Married Muslim co-worker still threatening her husband.
March 5, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan who twice abducted a Christian mother raped her, fraudulently converted her to Islam and fabricated an Islamic marriage, sources said. The suspect, Muhammad Asif Sadiq, is still threatening her husband, demanding that he return his “wife” and withdraw charges against him, said Asif Maih, […]
Assassinated Christian Lawmaker in Pakistan Honored
Shahbaz Bhatti slain by Taliban gunmen in 2011.
March 4, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian rights activists and church leaders in Pakistan vowed to step up efforts to protect persecuted Christians as they honored the memory of assassinated politician Shahbaz Bhatti on Sunday (March 2), the 14th anniversary of his death. Bhatti, an ardent advocate for a diverse, multicultural and multireligious society, […]
Kidnapped Girl in Pakistan Who Escaped Is Abducted Again
Suspect and accomplice seize her at gunpoint, father says.
March 3, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan who kidnapped and forcibly converted a Christian girl who later escaped has abducted her again, her father said. Salman Masih said that Arsalan Ali again kidnapped his 15-year-old daughter, Muskan Salman, as the family visited their remote hometown, Tando Ghulam Ali in Badin District, […]
Christian Stabbed in Attack on Evangelists in Uganda
Hardline Muslims also tear up their Bibles.
February 25, 2025 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching, sources said. Robert Kasozi, a 39-year-old evangelist also known as Mulokole, was stabbed in the stomach, and three co-workers also were beaten […]