(Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Village officials in central Laos on Saturday (June 22) arrested a pastor and five other Christians as they prayed in preparation for worship services the next day, according to a rights watchdog. Tahae village authorities arrested the church leader, identified only as Pastor Mum, and the other Christians in […]
Pastor, Five Other Christians Arrested in Laos
Village officials detain them at prayer meeting.
June 27, 2024 By -
Shattered Widow of Christian Lynched in Pakistan Dies
Trauma, depression follow killing incited by false blasphemy accusation.
June 25, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Not a day passed when Allah Rakhi Bibi would not cry for her husband Nazeer Masih Gill, beaten to death at 74 by a Muslim mob on a false blasphemy accusation a month ago. On Friday (June 21), the grieving widow could bear the suffering no longer, and […]
Blasphemy Law Wielded against Christian in Pakistan
Relatives misuse statute in personal dispute, Christian leader says.
June 24, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Sunday (June 23) arrested a Christian under blasphemy laws as part of his siblings’ effort to retaliate against him over a property dispute, sources said. The arrest came the same day a key government minister admitted on the floor of the National Assembly that […]
Christian in Pakistan Jailed for Stepping on Papers in Street
Rickshaw driver was trying to protect his feet from hot road.
June 18, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic has been jailed under blasphemy charges since April 27 in Lahore, Pakistan for inadvertently stepping out of his rickshaw onto some papers said to be pages of the Quran, sources said. Dennis Albert, a 35-year-old rickshaw driver, was booked under one section of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws […]
Bail Granted to Suspects in Killing of Christian in Pakistan
Police deliberately obtain statements from false witnesses, attorney says.
June 17, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Due to sloppy police investigation and pressure from an Islamist extremist party, a judge last week granted bail to at least 52 Muslims accused of killing a Christian man over a false blasphemy accusation, sources said. Special Judge Anti-Terrorism Court Sargodha Muhammad Abbas on Thursday (June 13), granted […]
Five Christian Sanitation Workers Die in Pakistan
Relatives stage protest over lack of safety provisions.
June 13, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Five Christian sanitation workers in Pakistan have died since Tuesday (June 11) from inhaling toxic gases, highlighting how they are forced to work without proper safety equipment, sources said. Irfan Masih, Ratan Masih and Babar Masih succumbed on Wednesday (June 12) to the poisonous gases while cleaning […]
Abducted Young Mother in Pakistan Refuses Forced Conversion
Suspects warn family to stop efforts to prosecute.
June 13, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A young Catholic mother’s eyes welled up with tears and her hands shook as she recalled how a Muslim in Pakistan kidnapped her and tried to force her to convert to Islam and marry him. A 20-year-old mother of a 3-year-old girl and an 18-month old boy in […]
Massive Rally in Pakistan Backs Killing of Christian
Islamist party activists vow to lynch other ‘blasphemers.’
June 12, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In the wake of a mob lynching of a Christian falsely accused of defiling the Quran in Pakistan, Islamic extremists at a rally on Sunday (June 9) voiced support of the homicide and threatened others. At the rally organized by the Islamic extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in Sargodha, […]
Islamic Extremists Kill Three Christians in Northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kidnap one other.
June 11, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremist militants on Wednesday (June 5) killed three Christians and kidnapped another after intercepting them on a highway in northeast Nigeria, Christian leaders said. The suspected Boko Haram terrorists stopped a commercial passenger vehicle along the Damaturu-Biu Highway in Yobe state and separated out four Christians, […]
Muslim Employer in Pakistan Tortures Christian Worker to Death
Catholic employee had quit against owner’s wishes.
June 11, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim factory owner in Pakistan on Thursday (June 6) tortured to death an 18-year-old Catholic worker for leaving the job against his wishes, family members said. Waqas Salamat had started working at the plastic bottle manufacturing factory owned by Haji Muhammad Saleem in Lahore’s Islampura area two […]