LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A pastor acquitted of a false blasphemy charge after 13 years of languishing in prison tragically died two days after his release, a rights group said. Pastor Zafar Bhatti, 62-year-old founder of the Jesus World Mission Church ministry, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday (Oct. 5) at his […]
Wrongly Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan Dies after Release
Pastor languished in prison for 13 years.
October 8, 2025 By -
Christians in India Say Pastor’s ‘Accidental’ Death was Murder
Police, media said to aid in cover-up.
October 7, 2025 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the region say there is strong evidence the continually threatened evangelist was murdered. Pastor Praveen Pagadala’s body was found on the side of the road near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh […]
Christian Acquitted in Landmark Case in Uttarakhand, India
Pastor was charged under controversial ‘anti-conversion’’ legislation.
October 1, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The first Christian charged under Uttarakhand state, India’s “anti-conversion” law has become the first to be acquitted under the statute, sources said. After a four-year legal battle, Judicial Magistrate Anju (who uses only one name) of the Ramnagar Court in Nainital District delivered the acquittal order on Sept. 17, clearing […]
Attacks follow New Anti-Conversion Bill in Rajasthan, India
Nine incidents reported in September.
September 26, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A wave of attacks on Christians erupted in northwest India’s Rajasthan state following passage of harsh anti-conversion legislation even though it has yet to receive the governor’s assent, sources said. Following passage of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025 in the state assembly on Sept. 9, […]
Christian Woman in India Raped, Mother Beaten Unconscious
Hindu relatives attack women for their faith.
September 24, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu relatives of a 20-year-old Christian woman in central India raped her and nearly killed her mother for their faith in Christ, sources said. “Since we started to attend church six years ago, my father’s elder brother and his family have begun persecuting us in whatever way possible,” the woman, […]
Pastor, other Christians Agonize under False Charges in India
Pastor’s wife beaten in custody.
September 9, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India left two young children of a pastor and his wife unattended when they arrested the couple on fabricated charges, and other officers later beat the children’s mother in custody, sources said. The couple was released on bail last month after being arrested on July 27 along with […]
Christian Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Wins Rare Bail
Victim voluntarily surrenders to police to avert Islamist violence.
September 9, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan won a rare grant of bail on Monday (Sept. 8), a day after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy, sources said. Maan Shaukat Masih, a 25-year-old resident of Nishat Colony in Lahore, was accused of tearing down a banner inscribed with the name […]
Catholic Slain in Muslim Attack on Pilgrims in Pakistan
Cousin seriously wounded in religiously motivated shooting.
September 8, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslims on Sunday (Sept. 7) shot to death one Catholic and wounded another as they traveled to a Marian pilgrimage site in Punjab Province, Pakistan, sources said. Afzal Masih of Samnabad locality of Lahore in Punjab Province, and his cousin Harris Tariq Masih were among a group of […]
Christians Stage 17-Day Protest against Injustice in Pakistan
Sit-in could resume if promises are not kept.
September 4, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare show of Christian solidarity in Pakistan, victims of August 2023 Islamist attacks on Christians ended an unprecedented 17-day sit-in on Tuesday (Sept. 2) after government assurances of justice. Addressing the demonstrators, the convener of the Victims Committee of Jaranwala, Lala Robin Daniel, said the sit-in […]
Christian Father in Pakistan Fights to Recover Daughter
Another kidnapped girl is forcibly converted and married to a Muslim.
September 3, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Christian father of a 13-year-old girl has fought to recover his daughter since July 31, when a court in Pakistan handed custody of her to a Muslim who abducted her and forcibly converted and married her, sources said. Shahbaz Masih of Sattukatla locality in Lahore, Punjab Province, […]