NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two pastors were discharged from a hospital in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Feb. 8) after a group of Muslim extremists beat them more than a week before, sources said. Pastor John Michael Okoel and Assistant Pastor Abraham Omoding of New Life Church in Pallisa, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northeast […]
Muslim Extremists Beat Two Pastors in Eastern Uganda
Assailants accuse them of blasphemy and trying to convert Muslims.
February 11, 2026 By -
Christians in Nigeria Live in Fear amid Kidnappings, Killings
Abducted Catholic priest regains freedom after two month in captivity.
February 10, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christians in a village in Nigeria remain traumatized by violence even as a priest held hostage for 61 days was released last month, sources said. The Rev. Bobbo Paschal of St. Stephen Catholic Parish in Kushe Gugdu village, Kagarko County, Kaduna state was released on Jan. 17 after terrorists […]
Pastor, Daughter and Son-in-Law Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
3-month-old granddaughter left with severe machete wound.
February 6, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria. The Christian family was ambushed as they traveled on the Jos-Barkin Ladi highway to a village in Barkin Ladi County on Jan. 16, the […]
Two Christian Nurses in Pakistan Acquitted of Blasphemy
Verdict comes after nearly four years in hiding.
February 5, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Catholic nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they were charged with blasphemy in 2021, rights advocates said. Nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Navish Arooj were arrested on April 9, 2021, and charged under Section […]
Muslim Kidnapper of Christian Girl in Pakistan Given Custody, Sources Say
Court rejects birth certificate, fake marriage finding, attorney says.
February 3, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A federal court in Pakistan on Tuesday (Feb. 3) gave custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim who kidnapped and forcibly converted and married her, sources said. The parents of Maria Shahbaz were devastated at the ruling after the two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal […]
Family in Somalia Flees Home after Embracing Christ
Mother of three at risk, then husband also converts.
February 2, 2026 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of three in Somalia fled her home after her Muslim husband learned she had accepted Christ, but he later also converted and now the entire family is at risk, they said. Fatuma Juma, a resident of Kismayo, said she experienced a deep personal encounter with Christ in November […]
Pastor in South Sudan Refugee Camp Jailed after Muslim Converts
Christian woman, 18, expelled from home fears returning.
January 30, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese family that expelled an 18-year-old relative from their home in a refugee camp in South Sudan for accepting Christ has dragged a pastor to jail on accusations of kidnapping, sources said. Hassan Ibrahim Kaki, the Muslim brother of recently converted Amona Ibrahim Kaki, on Jan. 20 forcibly […]
Pastor Assaulted in India Felt Police Left Him to Die
Hindu nationalists force him to worship Hindu deity.
January 29, 2026 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India this month subjected a pastor to dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and trying to force him to worship a Hindu deity, sources said. The mob of 150 villagers led by cow vigilantes garlanded with footwear Pastor Bipin Bihari Naik, 35, […]
Muslim in Pakistan Sets Christian on Fire over Petty Dispute
‘Shockingly disproportionate’ attack indicates religious factor.
January 29, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic suffered severe burn injuries after a Muslim neighbor allegedly doused him with petrol and set him on fire following a minor dispute, his attorney said. Zahid Morris, 36, a father of two and a resident of Bahawalpur city in Punjab Province, was attacked on Jan. 21 […]
Christians in Indonesia Appeal Revocation of Building Permit
Islamist pressure halts construction 80 percent completed.
January 23, 2026 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Christian organization in Indonesia is appealing a decision to revoke its construction permits, asserting the revocations were unlawful, sources said. The Surakarta Blessed Family Foundation (YKAS), an affiliate of the Bethel Indonesia Church, filed the administrative appeal against the Karanganyar Regency in Central Java on Jan. 7. The regency […]