LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A married, 35-year-old Muslim neighbor of a 12-year-old Christian girl abducted her and took her to another province, where he forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, her father said. Saba Shafique was abducted by Muhammad Ali from outside her home in the Walton Model Colony No. […]
Christian Girl, 12, Forcibly Converted/Married in Pakistan
Muslim neighbor, 35, takes her to another province, father says.
February 7, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Christians Suffer Deadly Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Senator calls for military intervention.
February 6, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday (Feb. 5) killed three Christians in Kaduna state, a week after three others were slain in the same area, sources said. The assailants killed one Christian in Majagada Binawa village, Kauru County in the early hours of Wednesday, and two others in Fadan […]
Muslims Kidnap 12-Year-Old Christian Girl in Pakistan
Parents fear she could be forcibly converted/married or sold into sexual slavery.
February 5, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Three Muslims in Pakistan abducted a 12-year-old Christian girl at gunpoint from her home and have threatened to sell her into sexual slavery, her parents said. Sumera Gulzar, a Catholic resident of Chak 55/2L village in Okara District, Punjab Province, said that her daughter, Ariha, was abducted […]
Two Christians in Egypt Released after Three Years in Jail
Converts held without trial finally freed.
February 4, 2025 By - 1 Comment
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Two Christian converts from Islam who were locked in an Egyptian prison and held for three years without trial have been released, religious rights advocates said. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour Girgis were released on Jan. 25. Both had been held in “pre-trial detention” since 2021 on blasphemy charges. Abdo, who […]
Muslims in Indonesia Protest Evangelists at Gospel Event
Islamists object to campaign as threat to ‘security and harmony.’
February 4, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims from various Islamic groups last week protested the presence of two evangelists at a major gospel event in Indonesia’s Central Sulewesi Province, according to local reports. After protests on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, Islamic groups again took to the streets in the provincial capital of Palu […]
Christian in Somalia Loses Voice in Attack by Wife
In-laws demand divorce from father of four.
February 3, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian convert from Islam in Somalia has lost his speech after his Muslim wife hit him with a heavy metallic object for practicing his faith, sources said. In a town in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region undisclosed for security reasons, 35-year-old Abdulai Ramadan suffered the attack on Jan. 20 after […]
EU Issues Warning to Pakistan about Human Rights
Preferential trade status could be in jeopardy.
January 31, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s preferential trade status could be jeopardized if it does not address human rights concerns, including controversial blasphemy laws, forced marriages/conversions of minority girls and freedom of religion, a European Union (EU) delegation said on Friday (Jan. 31). The delegation led by EU Special Representative on Human Rights […]
Mentally Challenged Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Muslim, police file case despite knowing his condition.
January 29, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan this week arrested a mentally challenged Christian on blasphemy charges despite being aware of his condition, sources said. In Sahiwal, Punjab Province, Ghala Mandi police on Monday (Jan. 26) arrested Farhan Javed Masih, 28, after a local villager, Muhammad Bilal Khan, accused him of speaking […]
Displaced Christians in Sudan Sentenced to Prison
Rights advocates say they were targeted with false charges.
January 28, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has sentenced seven Christians to prison terms of five and seven years on false charges of theft, sources said. The displaced Christians in Shendi, River Nile state, who had been tortured by Military Intelligence agents after they were arrested on Jan. 14, are now serving […]
Christian Brothers in Pakistan Acquitted of Blasphemy
Defense shows evidence was fabricated, attorney says.
January 27, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (Jan. 25) acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said. Kasur Additional Sessions Judge Farzana Shahzad ordered that 18-year-olds Sahil Shahid (known as Kalu) and Raheel Shahid (known as […]