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, […]
Christian Mother in Pakistan Abducted, Forcibly Converted/Wedded
Married Muslim co-worker still threatening her husband.
March 5, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
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 […]
National TV Show Dares to Portray ‘Blasphemy’ Violence in Pakistan
Entertainment company lauded for unprecedented treatment of taboo subject.
February 24, 2025 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws. In the final episode of Hum TV’s drama series, “Tan Man Neel o Neel […]
Christian in Pakistan Jailed for 17 Months Wins Bail
Now 18, Akash Karamat accused of blasphemy in three cases.
February 21, 2025 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan imprisoned for more than 17 months on blasphemy charges was expected to be released on bail next week, his lawyer said. Akash Karamat had won bail on Dec. 19 for one of three blasphemy cases filed against him, and judges last week granted […]
Opposition Arises against Church in Indonesia
Banner opposing construction appears unexpectedly.
February 19, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A church active in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Province for two years began facing unexpected opposition to proposed construction of a larger worship building this month, sources said. The Toraja Christian Church of Lanraki in Paccerakkang village, which has worshipped at a member’s modest home for two years, applied in […]
Young Christian Woman in Pakistan Escapes Muslim Captor
18-year-old endures six months of terror.
February 14, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old woman has been reunited with her Catholic family after six months of captivity, forced conversion to Islam and coerced marriage to the Muslim who abducted her, sources said. Huma Allah Ditta’s ordeal began when she failed to return home from her job at a call center […]
Fulani Attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria Kill 11 Christians
Four others kidnapped.
February 13, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian and kidnapped four others in Plateau state, Nigeria, on Feb. 1 after massacring more than 10 others Jan. 27-31 in the same state, sources said. Fulani herdsmen attacked Shendai village in Namu District, Qua’an Pan County at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 1, said […]
Inquiry Ordered into Blasphemy Entrapment Group in Pakistan
Islamabad High Court orders establishment of investigative commission.
February 12, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court has advised the Pakistan government to establish a commission to investigate alleged collusion between the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Islamist clerics to entrap innocent people in false blasphemy charges, sources said. Justice Ejaz Ishaq Khan of the Islamabad High Court on Feb. 2 ordered […]