JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In an apparent attempt by a Muslim businessman in Sudan to seize church property, police on Tuesday evening (Oct. 28) arrested and jailed overnight a pastor in River Nile state, sources said. Two police officers from the state Department of Criminal Investigation arrived at the home of the Rev. […]
Police in Sudan Arrest Pastor in Apparent Property Grab
Officers help Muslim business interest pressure church leader.
October 29, 2025 By -
Hundreds of Muslims Protest Church Construction in Indonesia
Opponents dismiss approval by local residents as illegitimate.
October 29, 2025 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims on Sumatra Island, Indonesia on Oct. 14 protested against construction of a church building based on the area being predominantly Muslim, according to various sources. The protestors in Palembang, capital of South Sumatra Province, also claimed that the land for the proposed church site belongs to the […]
Muslim Attacks His Family and Demolishes Church Building
Husband learned they attended a Christian worship service.
October 28, 2025 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda this month severely beat his wife and two children for putting their faith in Christ and demolished their church building, sources said. Hospitalized for three days were Kulusumu Namulondo and her two children, ages 12 and 9, for injuries from the beating by 44-year-old Soicha […]
Christian in Pakistan Wins Faith Change on National ID Card
Court grants rare exception to system that favors Islam.
October 28, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 22-year-old Christian man in Pakistan has won a seven-month legal battle to have his religious designation corrected on his national identity card. In a systemic issue that has deep legal and social consequences for Pakistan’s vulnerable minority communities, Bahawalpur Civil Judge Anam Younis on Oct. 17 directed […]
Moves to Curb Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Surface
Proposed changes, crackdown on TLP indicate resolve.
October 27, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A massive crackdown on an Islamist religio-political party and a recent announcement by Pakistan’s law minister suggest authorities have resolved to make procedural changes to controversial blasphemy laws, sources said. The goal of such changes would be to prevent people from being falsely accused of blasphemy, which in […]
Parents Deported from Sudan Reunited with Children
Predominantly Christian South Sudanese families separated in crackdown.
October 24, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – South Sudanese children separated from their parents in deportations from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, have been reunited with their families in South Sudan, according to media reports. At least 71 children have been reunited with their families in the South Sudan town of Renk, Upper Nile state, Radio […]
Sudan Separates, Deports South Sudanese Women and Children
Mistreatment of long-time residents continues.
October 17, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan last week deported more than 100 predominantly Christian, South Sudanese women from Khartoum in what critics say was for both religious and political reasons. At least 61 of the deported women were separated from their children, according to Radio Tamazuj, in what sources said was a blatant […]
Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Slain after Ransom Payment
Captors had sought exorbitant sum.
October 8, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani criminals in western Nigeria kidnapped and killed a Christian pastor despite receiving 5 million naira ($3,125 USD) in ransom, sources said. The Rev. James Audu Issa of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the Ekati area of Kwara state was found dead in the wilderness on […]
Wrongly Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan Dies after Release
Pastor languished in prison for 13 years.
October 8, 2025 By -
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 […]
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 […]