‘Cow Vigilantes’ Get Catholics in Prayer Arrested in India
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Catholics in India arrested in May under Rajasthan’s new “anti-conversion law” are still trying to obtain bail from the state High Court after lower courts denied their petitions, sources said. Their arrests followed a disruption of their Mass by “cow vigilantes” – self-styled protectors of cows regarded as sacred in […]
Islamic Extremists Halt Church Service in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in Indonesia led by members of the Islamic extremist Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) on Sunday (May 24) stopped a church from worshiping at the congregation’s new location, sources said. More than a dozen FJI members along with local residents forced their way into the newly rented building […]
Independent U.S. Body Urges CPC Redesignation for Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. The independent U.S. federal watchdog in its 2026 Annual Report asserted that religious freedom in […]
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‘Sacrilege Law’ in Punjab, India Further Threatens Christians
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Thanks to misuse of a law against “outraging religious feelings,” a Christian pastor in Punjab state, India still cannot return home. His church is shut. He survives on daily physical labor, and some months there is not enough money to feed his family or pay his children’s school fees. A […]
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Three Christians Killed at Prayer Vigil in Western Nigeria
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Independent U.S. Body Urges CPC Redesignation for Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. The independent U.S. federal watchdog in its 2026 Annual Report asserted that religious freedom in […]