ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Seven Christians, including a 12-year-old boy, were mourned on Saturday (Nov. 8) after they were killed in an attack in Kaduna state, Nigeria, the same day Islamic extremists burned homes and a church building in Borno state. At a funeral in Damakasuwa town, Kauru County in northwest Nigeria’s […]
Christians Killed in NW Nigeria, Homes Burned in Northeast
Fulanis attack in Kaduna state, Boko Haram in Borno state.
Christian Woman in Pakistan Accused of Blasphemy Wins Bail
Mother of small child jailed for more than a year.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan has granted bail to a Christian woman imprisoned for more than a year over false accusations of blasphemy, her attorney said. Christian attorney Lazar Allah Rakha said that Lahore High Court Justice Asjad Javaid Ghural on Thursday (Nov. 6) ordered the release of […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 15 Christians in Central Nigeria
Renewed attacks in Plateau, Nasarawa states.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (Nov. 6) killed two Christians in Nigeria’s Nasarawa state and two others in Plateau state following the slaughter of 11 Christians in the latter state earlier in the week, sources said. In Nasarawa state’s predominantly Christian Sarkin Noma village, Keana County, herdsman invaded at […]
Pastor among 10 Christians Killed by Herdsmen in Nigeria
Fulanis massacre farmers in Benue state.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Monday (Nov. 3) killed at least 10 Christians, including a Pentecostal pastor, in Benue state, Nigeria, residents said. The Rev. Simon Nbach of Flaming Fire Ministry and the other Christians were massacred in the attack on Anwule Oglewu village of Ohimini County as farmers […]
Oppressed Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Fight against corruption results in false allegations, son says.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan with mental health issues has been arrested and charged under blasphemy, terrorism and sedition laws, sources said. Police arrested Rasheed Masih, 48, on Aug. 6 and on allegations that he intended to incite religious tensions by recording a video against Islam and the government. […]
Pastor, Nine other Christians Killed in Nigeria
Fulani militias and other terrorists strike Kaduna, Plateau states.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani assailants and other terrorists in Nigeria killed nine Christians in Plateau state and a pastor in Kaduna state in the past week, sources said. In the Kauru area of Kaduna state, Fulani assailants on Oct. 28 killed the Rev. Yahaya Kambasaya and kidnapped 20 of his church […]
Police in India Arrest Pastor after Hindu Extremist Attack
Assailants try to force church leader to teach about their gods.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said. In Rajasthan state’s Hanumangarh District, several Hindu women intruded into the church building in Nohar city followed […]
Christians in India Cleared of False Forcible Conversion Charges
Lives of victims of concocted allegations devastated.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Supreme Court on Oct. 17 quashed all criminal proceedings against Christians falsely accused of mass religious conversions, delivering a scathing rebuke to authorities for using the criminal justice system as a “tool of harassment of innocent persons.” Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra’s 158-page judgment vindicated Pastor Vijay […]
Probe of Anti-Christian Violence in Jaranwala, Pakistan Rejected
Hopes for justice dim for victims of attacks.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Hopes for justice for victims of 2023 attacks on Christians in Jaranwala town, Pakistan ostensibly ended when a high court on Oct. 22 rejected all petitions filed by individuals and Christian groups seeking a judicial investigation, sources said. After a delay of two years, Lahore High Court Justice […]
Blind Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Objecting to harassment results in false, serious allegation.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 49-year-old blind Christian in Pakistan has been arrested and charged with blasphemy, punishable by death, after a Muslim accused him of insulting Islam’s prophet, his mother said. Martha Yousaf, the nearly 80-year-old mother of Nadeem Masih, said that Waqas Mazhar and other Muslims often harassed her son, […]








